Mining devours Saranda, the largest sal forest in Asia
Krishna Birhor often complains of fever and bouts of vomiting. The 22-year-old depends on herbs from the forest to cure his illness. But he rues that it is just a…
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Sundarbans women lead the way in making dairy farms organic
A gaggle of laughter breaks out each morning at this one-room milk collection centre. Over 30 women have gathered to deliver milk here: a daily rendezvous for this clique belonging…
Climate change increases India’s vulnerability to extreme weather events: Report
In just four years, over 5,800 people and thousands of animals in India have lost their lives to “extremes of temperature, rainfall and tropical cyclones." Increase in frequency and intensity…
[Commentary] Fires, leopards, boars and migration: the complex story of a simple people
It was when I first read an article in Down To Earth some years ago that I got interested in the people who lived in the hills of the Western…
Waiting to exhale: Workers affected by lung disease await justice in Rajasthan
Thirty-eight years ago, Maangya, a Dalit miner who lived at Mamchari, a small village in eastern Rajasthan, held the hand of his seventeen-year-old son Rajulal and led him to a…
Sentinelese in shadows: A lesson in letting live
John Allen Chau, a 26-year-old American missionary, who “illegally” paddled his way to the remote shores of North Sentinel Island in the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago, was recently killed by…
No place for political campaigning as Vemulaghat’s ongoing protest stands strong
This is the second article in a two-part series on the role of environment in the upcoming elections in Telangana. Part One examines the scarcity of water in the state despite…
How resilient is India to water-related disturbances?
Less than half of India is resilient to dry conditions and there is a significant reduction in water use efficiency in several districts across the country, new research shows. Out of…
Meghalaya’s black holes: Unregulated rat-hole coal mines ravage environment
The attack on an activist in a coal belt in India’s northeast frontier state of Meghalaya has spotlighted the issue of ecological degradation from “rat hole mining” and the outlawed…
Water scarcity: Will the elections quench Rajasthan’s thirst?
This is the first article in a two-part series on the role of environment in the upcoming elections in Rajasthan. Part Two will examine the issue of mining in the state…
