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Disasters in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand point to flawed development model

Indigenous communities in the two ecologically fragile Himalayan States are routinely excluded from this narrative that fuels reckless growth.

India’s cheetah project: A costly diversion from more pressing priorities

The project, hailed as a saviour for abused ecosystems and endangered species, now faces scrutiny over its suitability, transparency and feasibility.

Wildlife Institute’s biodiversity study for rail project in Western Ghats raises conflict of interest concerns

Terms of the assessment are set by RVNL, the project developer.

Rishika Pardikar

Himachal Pradesh’s race for development is threatening its precious heritage, ecology

As the State rapidly strides towards modernity, it seems to have lost touch with the very elements that made it unique.

Siddharth Pandey

Will the new CEC be able to protect India’s forests?

The government’s controversial revamp of the Central Empowered Committee raises questions about its autonomy.

How tigers in Uttarakhand’s Thano range are under threat from an airport project

A WWF-Uttarakhand Forest Department study found new evidence of a breeding, thriving population of tigers at the Shivalik Elephant Reserve.

Rishika Pardikar

El Nino’s back—prepare for drought, hunger and diseases

The return of the El Nino weather phenomenon is likely to amplify the problems of the climate crisis.

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The rapid spread of fire was abetted by extremely strong winds.

What caused Hawaii’s devastating wildfires?

Climate change, along with four incendiary factors, led to the disaster. Here’s a dossier.

Rescue workers carry a body recovered at the site after the landslide in Irshalwadi village.

Irshalwadi landslide exposes criminal neglect threatening Western Ghats ecology

Landslides in Maharashtra’s Sahyadri range raise the question: is Gadgil report the way out?

A forest path in the Niyamgiri hills in Odisha. The Dongria Kondh people of this region have been fighting a long battle against Vedanta’s plans to mine the hills for bauxite.

Modi government’s new environmental laws a threat to India’s biodiversity and forests

They could open up precious forest resources to the exploitation of private companies.

Leo F. Saldanha

Visitors look at the water of Loch Ness, which is experiencing a lower than average water level, in the Scottish Highlands.

Loch Ness has a new monster: Climate Change

Figures released in May confirmed what seasoned observers could already see: the freshwater levels had dropped to the lowest level in decades.

The GenOns Cheswick Power Station, which still burns coal to produce 637 megawatts of electricity for the region about 15 miles northeast of Pittsburgh in Cheswick, Pennsylvania.

Are we headed into climate hell? Is IPCC the one to save us?

Questions arise about the IPCC’s role in guiding us toward a sustainable future amid growing climate change concerns.

Raghu Murtugudde

Mannequins displaying women’s clothing in the window of the Christian Dior SE luxury boutique on Parizska Street in Prague, Czech Republic.

Overconsumption: How long can humans now live on ecological credit?

The planet has hit Earth Overshoot Day, meaning that humanity has used more resources than it can regenerate this year.

An aerial photo shows logged wood on a road in the Tarhaus Valley, near the Ghimes-Faget village in the central Transylvania region of Romania. One of Europe’s “last remaining biodiversity havens”, the forests covering the Carpathians house bison, lynx, wolves and wildcats, along with scores of bird species like the three-toed woodpecker or the Ural owl.

The fight to save ‘sacred’ Carpathian forests from loggers

One of Europe’s “last remaining biodiversity havens”, the forests covering the Carpathians house bison, lynx, wolves, and wildcats.

A woman swims in the floodwaters of the swollen Yamuna river at Raj Ghat in New Delhi on July 15, 2023

Delhi floods: Will urbanisation of Yamuna floodplains sink the capital?

Fatehpur Sikri was ruined by drought. The floods powered by unchecked urban development on Yamuna plains signal a similar doom for Delhi.

Riddhi Chatterji

A barn owl in Gurgaon

Click, click, hoot, hoot: How one man photographed all species of owls in India

The Indian subcontinent is home to about 38 species of owls. One fine day, Dhiraj Singh set out to click them all. Here’s what happened.

Campbell Bay in Great Nicobar Island. The Great Nicobar project in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands has sparked renewed debate about the islands’ future in view of the suggested development plans.

How controversial development chokes India’s archipelagos

The strategically important Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep are seeing a clash between development and conservation.

Aerial view of the flood-affected area as seen by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma during his survey, in Silchar on June 23.

Only 25 per cent of India’s flood-exposed districts have EWS: CEEW report

It highlights that the absence of early warning systems is despite the fact that almost 72 per cent of districts are exposed to extreme flood events.

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Women walk across the East Calcutta Wetlands area in Kolkata. Wetlands outside India’s megacity Kolkata have for generations provided free-of-charge sanitation, tonnes of food daily and thousands of jobs by recycling sewage through fish ponds—but the system is under threat

The ‘kidneys of Kolkata’: Indian wetlands under threat

Conservationists warn that pollution and strong-arm land grabs are putting a lifeline for the megacity’s 14 million residents at risk.

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