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A new pond being dug at Lalmarg pasture in Ganderbal district. Pastoralist communities in Kashmir work together with the nonprofit Himalayan Pastoral Trust to construct alpine ponds to store harvested rainwater in high-altitude pastures. Image by Shahid Sulaiman.

As springs dry up, pastoralists see potential in rainwater harvesting

Hirra Azmat 21 Nov 2025

Pastoral grief in the high Himalayan rangelands [Commentary]

Pema Yangden Lepcha 24 Sep 2025
Mithuns in Roing in Lower Dibang Valley, Arunachal Pradesh. Image by Divya Kilikar/Mongabay.

Conflicted over attacks on mithuns, experts gun for hunting ban

Kasturi Das 9 Sep 2025
A view of paddy fields during harvest in Srinagar. Image by Bilal Bahadur.

Erratic weather, overgrazing and land use change deepen fodder shortage

Hirra Azmat 18 Aug 2025
A rise in tiger numbers along with expanding human settlements is bringing people and livestock in contact with these large carnivores, resulting in conflict around protected areas. Image by Himanshu Chattani.

Tracing a tiger from its kill

Bharti Dharapuram 16 Jul 2025

Churpi from mithun milk could boost farmer incomes

Kasturi Das 13 Jun 2025
Vultures feed on a carcass in northern India. Image by Ron Knight via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).

Vulture conservation needs more than drug bans

Gowthami Subramaniam 3 Jun 2025
A markhor and its young photographed in Kashmir. Rising human and livestock populations are making herding a threat to the markhor, as they compete for resources, and risk transmission of diseases and predation — particularly of young ones — by guard dogs. Image by Shabir Hussain Bhat/Wildlife Trust of India.

The markhor is losing crucial grazing habitat to livestock

Hirra Azmat 15 May 2025
A shepherd from the Bakarwal community of Jammu and Kashmir with her livestock. Image by Amitkanwar919 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

The costs of coexisting with predators

Sneha Mahale 6 May 2025
A donkey looking for food at a dumping site. Donkeys often turn to such sites after being abandoned during winters. Image by Waseem Dar for Mongabay.

A harsh winter reality for Kashmir’s donkeys

Farzana Nisar, Waseem Dar 5 Mar 2025

Indigenous livestock breeds have evolved to brave harsh climates

Sneha Mahale 26 Nov 2024