
Mongabay series: Conserving Agro-biodiversity
The Conserving Agrobiodiversity series looks at a gamut of stories from the fields of India -- from technological advances to traditional knowledge, from saving seeds to modifying them -- all focussed towards protecting the diversity of crops and food we eat and efforts to ensure food security for generations to come. In the quest to feed a burgeoning population, India's agriculture is scrambling for ways to keep up production in the face of climate change and livelihood challenges. Whether it is going back to basic natural farming methods, unlocking genetic diversity of primary crops or bringing traditional grains back into vogue, institutions and individuals across the country and working on new and old ways of conserving agrobiodiversity.


Scientists sequence chickpea genome which could inform crop improvement efforts

[Video Explainer] What is the significance of the Biological Diversity Amendment Bill and why did it face opposition?

Tackling agrobiodiversity loss in Odisha’s Similipal protected area

An indigenous community in Meghalaya offers lessons in climate resilience

Sweet pineapples and a variety of trees nurture each other in this patchwork plantation

How climate change is taking a toll on livelihoods of small-scale fishers in Kerala

Plant Man Miguel Braganza on how Konkan Fruit Fest preserves food biodiversity

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

Coloured cotton from India on the cusp of commercial release in 2021

Revival and absence of Bengaluru’s traditional crop varieties

India’s millets policy: is it headed in the right direction?

Salt-tolerant rice, innovations help farmers deal with salinity in the Sundarbans

Why do indigenous communities persist with practising shifting cultivation?

Involving traditional healers in public health initiatives to mitigate spread of COVID-19 in Bastar

[Commentary] Covid-19 and food security: Lessons for Indian Agriculture

[Interview] Lockdown throws up challenges for quarantine of plant samples for research

Agrobiodiversity initiatives open women’s horizons in Kerala

Bioresource access and benefit-sharing: How far have we come in India?

Could tribal honey hunters help save the bees and improve our food security?
Special series
Wetland Champions
- [Commentary] India establishes the largest network of Ramsar Sites in South Asia
- [Commentary] Wetland champions: Promise from the grassroots
- The story of Jakkur lake sets an example for inclusive rejuvenation projects
- Welcome to Tsomgo lake: Please don’t litter

Environment And Health
- Industrial water pollution threatens residents in Haryana’s Kundli area
- [Photos] Maharashtra’s female farm workforce struggles in the shadows of floods
- Sewing their way to a sustainable menstruation
- Continued fluoride contamination of groundwater is a glaring public health issue in central India

Almost Famous Species
- Habitat changes may be causing sarus cranes to form breeding trios
- New gharial hatchlings in Nepal a hopeful sign for the critically endangered reptile
- [Explainer] How are fireflies affected by light pollution?
- Invasive freshwater fish are thriving in the Ganges, aided by increasing temperatures

India's Iconic Landscapes
- North India’s hills are feeling the heat too, but differently
- [Commentary] Is expansion of aquaculture in the Indian Sundarbans an ecological threat or a pathway to sustainable development?
- One year of Similipal forest fire: The hits and misses
- Grasses spur mangroves to grow in an erosion-riddled Sundarbans patch

Beyond Protected Areas
- Habitat changes may be causing sarus cranes to form breeding trios
- New gharial hatchlings in Nepal a hopeful sign for the critically endangered reptile
- Plastic, glass and other waste materials found in elephant dung in Uttarakhand
- Global illegal trade and farming flourish amid tiger conservation efforts

Conserving Agro-biodiversity
- Farmers fear low fruit production as Kashmir records decline in precipitation
- Scientists sequence chickpea genome which could inform crop improvement efforts
- [Video Explainer] What is the significance of the Biological Diversity Amendment Bill and why did it face opposition?
- Tackling agrobiodiversity loss in Odisha’s Similipal protected area

Just Transitions
- Unaccounted deaths lay bare the dark side of sand mining
- In the midst of coal shortage reports, a coal mine extension is approved in pristine Hasdeo forests
- As India looks to shift to renewables, Jharkhand’s coal mine workers fear loss of jobs and social security
- Are power lines turning Kutch into a bird graveyard from a bird paradise?
