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[Explainer] What is micro irrigation?

Vandana K. 10 Sep 2024

Innovative air-to-water tech using liquid desiccant makes affordable, renewable water

Arathi Menon 13 Aug 2024
Kanhu Purty collects water from a chua in Karampada, Saranda forest. Photo by Manoj Choudhary.

Forest laws complicate access to safe drinking water for tribal groups

Manoj Choudhary 26 Mar 2024

Resurrecting khadeen, the ancient water harvesting structure of Rajasthan

Amir Malik, Novita Singh 8 Dec 2023

[Interview] In ‘Shades of Blue’, ecologists explore the murky future of India’s urban waters

Sharmila Vaidyanathan 7 Nov 2023

As Ken-Betwa project barrels ahead, new research finds river interlinking could worsen drought

Simrin Sirur 23 Oct 2023

[Commentary] The Atal Bhujal Yojana, meant to address groundwater depletion, is missing a key part of water flows

Veena Srinivasan and Partik Kumar 20 Oct 2023
Joyeeta Gupta speaking at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2023 in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland. Photo by World Economic Forum - Jakob Polacsek/ Flickr.

[Interview] Joyeeta Gupta: The Indian voice for environmental justice at global platforms

Arathi Menon 27 Jul 2023
Image shows people surrounding a water well in India

[Book Review] A deep dive into the imbalances of climate justice in India

Usha Rai 24 May 2023

Water is needed for green hydrogen production, but concerns remain about its availability

Manish Kumar 3 Mar 2023

Green building regulations give impetus to sustainable data centers in India

Rashmi Singh 28 Feb 2023

[Commentary] Decentralised waste water treatment systems to improve water security

Somnath Pal and Charu Bhanot 23 Jan 2023
A fisherwoman pulling up her Chinese net using the traditional Khu-il Chingba method in front of a homestay. Photo by Victor Ningthoujam.

[Editorial] Five years of Mongabay-India

Team Mongabay-India 16 Jan 2023
Painted storks in Kazhuveli. Photo by Bupesh Gupta.

[Commentary] Tamil Nadu needs an innovative wetland conservation strategy starting with Kazhuveli

Kannan Vaithianathan 12 Jan 2023
Malvan’s fisherwomen are mainly involved in ancillary processes. Once their husbands return with the catch, the fisherwomen set out to cut, clean, market and even bargain with customers and agents or middlemen, known as dalals who help them sell their fish in the wholesale market. Photo by Manjula Nair/Mongabay.

Artisanal fishers struggle in Malvan

Manjula Nair 27 Dec 2022

From paddy to palm oil: Telangana focuses on water intensive crops

Manish Kumar 6 Dec 2022
An artifical water harvesting pond in Rajasthan.

[Commentary] Traditional water harvesting structures in the Thar desert are vanishing

Rohit Jindal 17 Oct 2022
A woman doing farming in Ghoshal, a village in Lahaul valley. Photo by Anupama Shashni, Panjab University.

Farming becomes tough in Himachal’s cold desert with changing climate and crop pattern

Vivek Gupta 1 Sep 2022

Unpacking the presence of microplastics in the Bay of Bengal

Sahana Ghosh 25 Aug 2022
People walking on a road adjacent to the MSW dump

Untreated legacy waste is polluting the sensitive wetland ecosystem of Deepor Beel

Barasha Das 24 Aug 2022