
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.


[Commentary] Shifting cultivation landscapes in transition

[Commentary] Zero budget natural farming is not a one-size fits all solution

Going back to the roots with natural farming

Crops under shifting cultivation hit in Mizoram villages: Study

Invasive whiteflies on coconut palms raise biosecurity concerns

Are changing agricultural practices responsible for vanishing happiness in remote Tripura hamlets?

How wild mushroom delicacies in Goa are threatening its forests

Making children resilient to droughts

An agroforestry scientist’s notes on Kodagu, coffee and climate change

Fall armyworm, destroyer of maize farms, causes concern in India

Enormous alien fish spotted in Kerala’s rivers after the 2018 floods

How going organic brought hope to MP’s cotton farmers and the wildlife around them

Spotlighting the rising stars: Neglected crops in saline areas in a changing climate

There’s bajra in my beer!

Community farming in Goa emerges as a tool against land conversion

What is preventing the widespread adoption of biopesticides in India?

Kutch’s Wagad or Kala cotton: Back from the (almost) dead

[Commentary] Factory farming for eggs impacts India’s environment

Lack of alternative livelihood linked to Nagaland tribe’s affinity to shifting cultivation
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
- Sewing their way to a sustainable menstruation
- Continued fluoride contamination of groundwater is a glaring public health issue in central India
- In a Himachal village, people accuse a waste management plant for contaminating water
- [Commentary] Worsening water quality in Ganga’s lower stretches and what it means for us

Almost Famous Species
- From a life among royals, to fighting for survival
- What do bees see? Developing urban gardens to attract pollinators
- [Interview] Whitley Award winner from Nepal emphasises on crossborder collaboration to protect the red panda
- [Interview] Priyan Perera: Shining a light on the little-studied Indian pangolins in Sri Lanka

India's Iconic Landscapes
- [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
- Scientists raise caution as mangroves erode faster along the Bengal coastline

Beyond Protected Areas
- Tiger movements between India and Nepal become increasingly restricted, even as numbers rise
- Failure to cut GHG emissions is putting species conservation in eastern Himalayas at risk
- [Commentary] Connecting corridors for tigers in Central India
- Trafficked kangaroos rescued in north Bengal en route to Indore turn the spotlight on Indian zoos

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
