Cities and towns are often built close to riverbanks and floodplains for easy access to water and transport. Historically, in India, the fertile land of the riverbed and floodplains, that…
The latest Earth Commission Report attached a “justice” framework to its earlier discourse of “safe” planetary boundaries, which are the environmental limits within which humans can safely operate. The new…
The jungle cat is one of India's ten small wild cat species and is also the most common cat, widely distributed throughout the Indian subcontinent except in the higher reaches…
The swamp seemed never-ending. Only crabs gave me company as I plodded knee-deep in the marsh. The voice of my field guide, only 10 feet ahead, was muffled by the…
One of the most venomous snakes in the Indian subcontinent is steadily increasing in population across Bangladesh. This begs the question about the country’s readiness to deal with venomous snakes…
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A. Yariswamy, a 40-year-old former mine worker from Ranajithpur village in Sandur taluka of Ballari, a district in Karnataka known for iron-ore mining, is witnessing the emergence of a new…
In the Himalayas, increasing temperatures and glacier recession have resulted in the formation of new glacial lakes and the expansion of existing ones, posing a threat of triggering glacial lake…
Community Reserves (CRs), or protected areas managed by indigenous communities, are a useful instrument to balance conservation priorities and livelihood requirements of the communities, finds a study, which examines the…
You might have seen organic food products at your local grocery store. But what is the process that goes into certifying these products as organic? And why are they so…
India's goal of achieving net zero emissions by 2070 raises important questions for policymakers regarding potential risks to the financial system and necessary policy reforms. These concerns are particularly relevant…
“We had to come to our homes many times in a day from the relief camp we were staying at to take care of our farm and livestock. Now, we…
The picturesque Munnar in Kerala, with its lush green tea gardens carpet rolling hills, sits at the south of biodiversity hotspot that is the Western Ghats. Coffee and cardamom plantations…
The Ministry of Power has amended the Electricity (Promoting Renewable Energy Through Green Energy Open Access) Rules, with fresh provisions to support small consumers with better access to electricity through…
The discovery of an alligator gar fish in Jammu and Kashmir’s Dal lake has raised concerns as it could pose a threat to the native fish species. The alligator gar…
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As the Karnataka assembly elections captured the nation's attention, another equally important democratic process was taking place silently in Uttar Pradesh's 760 municipalities. The state held its municipal council elections…
Deep in the forests of the south Indian Western Ghats, adivasis say there is a time to be silent and a time to speak, when they sense that an elephant…
In conservation practice, how are protected areas identified and delineated? The first step in this is to be able to describe a protected area. According to the International Union for…
In Uttar Pradesh’s Bahraich district, the Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary (KWS) appeared on the conservation map in the 1970s owing to its role in safeguarding the future of the Critically Endangered…
