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During the Raikas' long migrations in search for pastureland, they take breaks at areas with water resources. Image by Aishwarya Mohanty.

Shrinking commons, broken routes strain nomadic pastoralists

Aishwarya Mohanty 30 Mar 2026
Tashi Dorje shears a sheep with traditional scissors at a temporary enclosure in Kharnak, Changthang plains. Image by Safeena Wani.

Erratic snowfall and shrinking pastures threaten Changpa pastoralism

Safeena Wani 17 Feb 2026
A Himalayan snowcock. Image by Kalzang Gurmet/NCF.

Birds are declining even in undisturbed grasslands, raising climate concerns

Manish Chandra Mishra 6 Feb 2026
Himalayan brown bears are elusive, largely nocturnal and occur at very low densities, making direct sightings rare. Image by WII camera-trap.

Study identifies prime brown bear habitats beyond protected areas

Sneha Mahale 9 Jan 2026

Concerted efforts save an Indigenous donkey from oblivion

Azera Parveen Rahman 25 Dec 2025
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

[Commentary] Pressures on the Thanpattan pastureland threaten biodiversity, pastoral livelihoods

Nidhi Singh 19 Jan 2024

Gujarat’s indigenous Patanwadi wool and sheep, on a steady fall

Azera Parveen Rahman 1 Aug 2023
People collecting wood in Uttarakhand. Representative image. Photo by Ashutosh Rawat/ Wikimedia Commons.

[Commentary] A decade after relocation, the lives of Van Gujjars still lack stability and security

Akshay Chettri, Neema P. Broome 29 Jun 2023

[Commentary] Pastoralists of Gujarat need a passage to participate in governance

Rituja Mitra 22 Jun 2022
A Van Gujjar with a herd of buffaloes. Rearing cattle is a part of their traditional nomadic lifestyle. Image credit: Radhika Gupta

Van Gujjars: People of the forest or nowhere?

Radhika Gupta 28 May 2021