The Dachigam National Park is currently under significant threat, as the forest cover decreased by 7 percent, and there was…
The U.S., Mexico, Poland and India have suspended environmental laws in favour of national security interests, which reduces transparency and…
The annual United Nations Climate Change Conference, better known as COP, that starts on Nov. 30 in the United Arab…
Brought to Wayanad for shade in the mid-80s, the invasive alien tree Senna spectabilis sneaked into Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary and…
The COP28 U.N. climate summit, which begins in just a couple of weeks, aims to make water more of a priority…
I have never met Madhav Gadgil but kept hearing and reading about his pioneering work as an ecologist, his campaigns…
The indigenous peoples’ engagements with forests are based on respect, responsibility, trust and relationships whereas the modern, post-colonial protected areas…
Mangroves might not look like much. Yes, they can have strange aerial roots. Yes, they’re surrounded by oozing mud. But…
Seventy-eight out of 1353 bird species in India are endemic to the country; three of them are critically endangered, according…
Conservation of urban ecological commons like lakes and parks are crucial for the ecosystem services they provide as well as…
Over 3,500 harmful invasive alien species have been introduced into regions and biomes around the world by human activities, says…
The small village of Latpanchar, located next to Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary in the Himalayan foothills of India’s West Bengal state,…
As the world warms due to climate change, threatening millions of lives and livelihoods, nothing is more urgent than clear…
Around 60 percent of birds in India have experienced population decline over the long term of 30 years, says 2023…
Allowing forests to regenerate on their own has been championed as a strategy for reducing planet-heating carbon in the atmosphere…
Growing city populations and limited space are driving the adoption of green roofs and green walls covered with living plants.…
Since April, the world has seen record high ocean temperatures and that’s bad news for the plants and animals that…
“Rainfed agriculture in India is a risky enterprise, owing to uncertainties in rainfall,” reads a World Bank article published in…
India is now home to at least 3,682 tigers – a new record that surpasses earlier estimates, according to the…
By 1900, the internal combustion engine was hailed as a way to clean up the world’s city streets, then heaped…
The commercial value of products coming from rarer wildlife species has increased because of their growing demand among the middle…
In June 2023, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) announced Monica P. Medina as its new President and CEO. Medina is…
The Lok Sabha passed the Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill, which proposes to fast-track the patent application process and encourage foreign…
“As scientists, what worries us the most is the scale at which the glaciers are melting in the Himalayas,” said…
Sunil Harsana says he always knew there were paintings in the caves near his home in Mangar, a village on…
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