Eco Hope News

Stories of hope and efforts around environment protection and wildlife conservation from around India.

Manisha Oraon, co-founder of The Open Field, interacts with women at her restaurant. Besides serving local cuisine, her team is documenting Jharkhand’s tribal food traditions. Image courtesy of Manisha Oraon

Tribal entrepreneurs bring indigenous cuisine to the urban mainstream

Kundan Pandey 12 Mar 2025

Clean tap water mission in Puri hopes to replenish groundwater

Tazeen Qureshy 23 Aug 2021

Two storied dru toilet in Himachal Pradesh. Photo by Rakshak Kumar Acharya.

Microbial boost to Himalayan dry toilets can help mainstream organic farming

Sahana Ghosh 11 Aug 2021

[Commentary] Nature-based solutions hold the key to transform our cities into resilient spaces

Suchismita Mukhopadhyay and Saurav Chowdhury 30 Jul 2021

Are we overlooking the role of grasslands in mitigating climate change?

Aathira Perinchery 29 Jun 2021

Desert areas of Rajasthan bloom under afforestation efforts

Nandini Jhalani 28 Jun 2021

Reviving the critically endangered gharials in Odisha

Tazeen Qureshy 22 Jun 2021

How Sarmoli became a poster child of ecotourism in Uttarakhand

Archana Singh 21 Jun 2021

Women working at a MNREGA site in Uttar Pradesh. Photo by UN Women/Gaganjit Singh Chandok

Rural job scheme guarantees carbon sequestration

Manu Moudgil 18 Jun 2021

Two young women in Nagaland are leading a crusade against e-waste

Sanskrita Bharadwaj 14 Jun 2021

Shrimp farming gets a push in Uttar Pradesh as India looks to boost exports in fisheries sector

Sneha Mahale 7 Jun 2021

Indian grassroots conservationist Nuklu Phom is one of the six Whitley Award winners, 2021. Photo from Nuklu Phom.

Indian “Green Oscar” winner Nuklu Phom envisions a Biodiversity Peace Corridor

Sahana Ghosh 24 May 2021

Community restores grasslands in Lamkani, making the village drought-resilient

Vinaya Kurtkoti 8 Apr 2021

Welcome to Tsomgo lake: Please don’t litter

Nabarun Guha 30 Mar 2021

Managing waste to save the wetlands of Himachal Pradesh

Snigdha Nalini Oreya 16 Mar 2021

The monks who protect the Bhagajang wetland

Ranju Dodum 10 Mar 2021

Genomics offer clues to how forest trees responded to the last Ice Age

Sahana Ghosh 5 Mar 2021

A community-created mangrove forest protects a village from eroding away

Manish Kumar 2 Mar 2021

Chowkidar turns conservationist for winged friends in Chambal

Manish Chandra Mishra and Aditi Tandon 1 Feb 2021

World Wetlands Day: Celebrating the champions who protect our wetlands

Aditi Tandon 29 Jan 2021

A blackbuck takes a jump on the open land of Bhetnoi in Ganjam. Photo by Rakesh Roul.

A cluster of villages conserve shy blackbucks in Odisha’s Ganjam

Manish Kumar 26 Jan 2021

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