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Seeds being sown by Kai Thota workers. Kai Thota's model ensures that women farmers get a consistent source of income, while ensuring healthy soil ecosystems and promoting local biodiversity. Image courtesy of Kai Thota.

Centring women in climate-resilient farming

Sharmila Vaidyanathan 15 Jan 2026

A rural jobs law without a guarantee

Kundan Pandey 9 Jan 2026
Trees thriving around flyovers in Hyderabad. Insufficient policy protection, incentives, and funding often undermine conservation efforts and sustainable management of trees outside forests. Image by Mohan Chandra Pargaien.

The expansion and conservation of trees outside forests has multi-fold benefits [Commentary]

Mohan Chandra Pargaien 6 Oct 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

[Commentary] Lifestyle For Environment is a noble concept, but needs a holistic approach

Dipak Anand, G.V. Gopi 18 Nov 2022
Women in Odisha selling dry fish.

Marine fishing ban in Odisha leads to loss of income for women involved in allied activities

Aishwarya Mohanty 26 Sep 2022
A woman walks across a mini-solar grid plant in Gumla district. Photo by Manish Kumar/Mongabay

Solar mini-grids fuel women-led enterprises in Jharkhand’s Gumla district

Manish Kumar 22 Apr 2022