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Manipuri ponies under threat despite state conservation policy

Donald Takhell 7 May 2024

Western Himalayas more “risk prone” than the East, according to new index

Simrin Sirur 11 Mar 2024
Locals along with forces gathered to observe the remnants.Photo by Robinson Wahengbam

Fuel leak in Manipur raises concerns over water contamination

Donald Takhell 6 Feb 2024
Wet fields and destroyed fields post heavy rainfalls. Photo by Alexy Thiyam.

Manipur farmers blame institutional failures for low yield and demand compensation

Donald Takhell 6 Jan 2023
Intentional burning of jhum gone out of control at a forest adjacent to Phalee, during Phalee Luita, a seed sowing festival. Photo by Shemchon Awungshi, Phalee BMC.

[Commentary] Documenting the flora and fauna of Phalee to mitigate the impact of forest fires

Ng Ngashangva 7 Nov 2022
Image shows a twig with two leaves with greenery in the background against an open sky

Reconstructing 90-year-long rainfall history in northeast India using tea garden records

Sahana Ghosh 7 Sep 2022

Manipur landslide sparks ecological debate

Kasturi Das 26 Aug 2022
A fisherwoman pulling up her Chinese net using the traditional Khu-il Chingba method in front of a homestay. Photo by Victor Ningthoujam.

Authorities announce “clean up” of Loktak lake; locals fear loss of fishing commons

Donald Takhell 9 Aug 2022

Manipur’s push for dams threatens local ecology and communities

Snigdhendu Bhattacharya 1 Apr 2022

Protecting a forest on a hill in Imphal

Sanskrita Bharadwaj 20 Oct 2021
Seedlings of Pterygoplichthys sp. Photo by Ajmal Hussan.

Checking spread of invasive alien fish as India faces climate extremes

Sahana Ghosh 19 May 2021
Rucervus eldii eldii

Threatened sangai deer’s habitat likely to shrink due to climate change

Roopak Goswami 2 Apr 2021

The rolling ashes from Dzukou hills write back

Rini Barman 19 Feb 2021

[Commentary] Conserving orchids through community participation in a Manipur village

Ng Ngashangva 18 Feb 2021
Angami Naga tribe innovated the Alder coppicing system by retaining and pollarding nitrogen fixing Alder trees that facilitates fallow regrowth in Khonoma village, Nagaland. Photo by Joli R. Borah.

Building up carbon sinks in northeast India’s shifting cultivation landscape

Sahana Ghosh 25 Dec 2020

Conservation is the buzzword in Tamenglong district in Manipur

Nabarun Guha 24 Nov 2020

Why do indigenous communities persist with practising shifting cultivation?

Aimee Gabay 22 Jun 2020

Conservation biologists navigate the new normal

Sahana Ghosh 29 Apr 2020
A participant at Green Hub's video fellowship

[Video] Youth of northeast India use films to tell stories about their environment and communities

Pooja Gupta 18 Jul 2019

As fall armyworm invades northeast India, scientists scratch the surface of a tree-killing beetle

Sahana Ghosh 27 May 2019