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The forest near Jashipur in the buffer area of STR on fire. Photo by Pragati Prava.

Communities or forest department? Similipal fires rake up debate on ownership of National Park

Pragati Prava 15 Mar 2021
A home that flooded in Kerala in 2018. Photo by Dilshad Roshan/Wikimedia Commons.

Floods, cyclones caused maximum deaths by extreme weather events in past 50 years

Sahana Ghosh 9 Mar 2021

A community-created mangrove forest protects a village from eroding away

Manish Kumar 2 Mar 2021

Industries violating coastal zone law can now get away with paying compensation

Mayank Aggarwal 2 Mar 2021

Odisha forest officer gets UN Award for environment enforcement, gender leadership

Sahana Ghosh 18 Feb 2021

Chilika lake records rise in migratory bird numbers, sees new species too

Manish Kumar 8 Feb 2021
A blackbuck takes a jump on the open land of Bhetnoi in Ganjam. Photo by Rakesh Roul.

A cluster of villages conserve shy blackbucks in Odisha’s Ganjam

Manish Kumar 26 Jan 2021
Villager looking at mining devastated areas in Goa, India. Photo by Frederick Noronha/Wikimedia Commons.

People living near mining activities at increased risk of diseases, says study

Mayank Aggarwal and Sahana Ghosh 14 Dec 2020
A damaged house at the Podampetta village in Odisha. Credit-Pramit Karmakar

Eastern Indian coast erodes faster with rise in human activity

Manish Kumar 7 Dec 2020

Life and struggles of the sloth bear in human-dominated areas

Aathira Perinchery 27 Nov 2020
Local community members at Bentapada village in Athgarh district make seed balls. Photo by Special Arrangement.

Odisha, Chhattisgarh try new ways to reduce human-elephant conflict

Manish Kumar 10 Nov 2020

India’s largest coalfield to expand, green cover under threat

Manish Kumar 6 Nov 2020

The elongated tortoise battles habitat loss and fire in its leaf litter home

Roopak Goswami 14 Oct 2020

One of the world’s most trafficked animals needs focus outside India’s protected areas

Sahana Ghosh 18 Sep 2020
The coastline juxtaposed to Noliasahi village.

India’s first two ‘Tsunami Ready’ villages

Manish Kumar 26 Aug 2020

Children sketch human-elephant conflict and coexistence in Odisha

Sahana Ghosh 10 Aug 2020

Setback in inter-state tiger relocation as Odisha prepares to return Sundari to MP

Manish Kumar 28 Jul 2020

Lessons on coexistence with the environment from two tribal districts in Odisha

Basudev Mahapatra 9 Jul 2020

Community conservation strengthens biodiversity in Similipal Tiger Reserve

Pragati Prava 19 Jun 2020

Nest guardians to keep the Indian skimmer’s eggs safe

Jignasa Patel 17 Jun 2020