Connected Environments News

In a highly connected world, any action on the environment in any part of the world is almost never in isolation. In the Connected Environments series, we go beyond borders and explore the impact of India's consumption needs and demands for natural resources on the environment in other countries.

Barnacles on a plastic bottle found on the beach. Photo by Gunasekaran Kannan

Marine debris transporting invasive species along the southeastern coast

Max Martin 11 Oct 2023

A Pokkali field in Ezhikkara. Photo by Kavya Sanjaya.

[Commentary] Pokkali, a GI-tagged rice variety, could be on the verge of extinction

Amalendu Jyotishi, Gummadi Sridevi, Kavya Sanjaya 5 Oct 2022

Fishing on the Teesta River in Bangladesh

Experts call for more effective water sharing agreements between India and Bangladesh

Abu Siddique 27 Sep 2022

Sand mining in Bangladesh

Demand for sand in Bangladesh escalates illegal activities, threatens environment

Abu Siddique 22 Sep 2022

[Commentary] Mobilising resources for biodiversity conservation in the far eastern Himalayas

Kripa Shrestha 21 Sep 2022

A Sikkim grass lizard

The elusive and endangered Sikkim grass lizard makes a rare appearance in Nepal

Abhaya Raj Joshi 14 Sep 2022

The coastal communities in Satkhira are heavily dependent on agriculture.

As stronger storms hit, farmers in Bangladesh struggle to pay agricultural loans

Maksuda Aziz 9 Sep 2022

A dolphin in Kulsi river. Photo from Prasanna Kalita.

Gangetic river dolphins in Assam decline in the wake of anthropogenic pressures

Nabarun Guha 24 Aug 2022

The snow leopard (Panthera uncia) is native to the high mountain ranges of Central and South Asia.

Peace parks as a transboundary approach to conservation

Saul Elbein 29 Jul 2022

Bangladesh Sundarbans communities face hardships following a resource hunting ban

Abu Siddique 14 Jul 2022

[Interview] More research about relationship between flash floods and climate change needed

Abu Siddique 7 Jul 2022

West Africa’s illegal online bird trade finds most buyers in South Asia

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 5 Jul 2022

A gharial on the banks of the Rapti River

New gharial hatchlings in Nepal a hopeful sign for the critically endangered reptile

Abhaya Raj Joshi 28 Jun 2022

Building blocks and biodiversity: India’s ecosystems a part of a global crisis

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 30 May 2022

Tamil Nadu maintains that the neutrino observatory project and allied activities could impact the movement of tigers. Photo by Timothy A. Gonsalves/Wikimedia Commons.

Tiger movements between India and Nepal become increasingly restricted, even as numbers rise

Abhaya Raj Joshi, Sahana Ghosh 17 May 2022

Mahananda river survey records 190 dolphins, warns of fishing threats to Red List species

Seema Sharma 17 Feb 2022

[Commentary] To address climate change, grow and restore soil, not trees

G. Ravikanth, P. Srinivas Vasu, Veena Srinivasan 10 Jan 2022

India can lead the fight for climate justice as global carbon budget shrinks

Soumya Sarkar 5 Nov 2021

The migratory routes of plastic

Devayani Khare 8 Oct 2021

[Commentary] Transformative adaptation: Ways to improve India’s long-term food security

Parvathi Preethan and Namrata Ginoya 30 Aug 2021

IPCC report warns India likely to see more extreme weather events

Mayank Aggarwal and Sahana Ghosh 11 Aug 2021

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