Despite the growing global acknowledgment of indigenous knowledge and practices in conservation, there is a lack of policies or legal…
In many places, solar power projects are being sited on natural forestlands, even in America’s greenest state, Vermont. This ignores…
Increasing the amount of nature in our cities can provide many benefits as long as it's done with biodiversity in…
A study of street trees in Kochi, Kerala and Panjim, Goa reported low density of roadside trees and a decline…
To work in nature conservation is to battle a headwind of bad news. When the overwhelming picture indicates the natural…
Indian ecologist and international environment policy expert S. Faizi awarded the Alliance World of Scientists (AWS) 2024 Planet Earth Awards…
Gond art was historically painted on the walls of tribal homes with natural pigments and accompanied by Bana, a musical…
The issue of climate finance and loss and damage funds are taking centre stage at the ongoing climate conference in…
The recently-released Climate India 2023 report by Down to Earth paints a grim picture of the nation grappling with extreme…
The U.S., Mexico, Poland and India have suspended environmental laws in favour of national security interests, which reduces transparency and…
In October 2023, the UK government dismissed ’15-minute cities’ – an urban planning concept that reimagines neighborhoods as self-contained spaces,…
Mangroves might not look like much. Yes, they can have strange aerial roots. Yes, they’re surrounded by oozing mud. But…
“I can’t even watch a snake on TV without feeling sick to my stomach.” “Swimming? Forget about it… I’m too…
The invention of electric light has extended our lives deeper into the night: street lamps help us travel more safely…
It’s been about two months since The Elephant Whisperers won the best documentary short film award at the Oscars and…
Last year, Sri Lanka was plunged into economic crisis. As the country struggles in the aftermath of its sovereign debt…
Calling for strategies to tackle residual emissions, scientists said they would need to be balanced by carbon dioxide removal techniques…
In December 2022, the world’s governments agreed on a set of actions to address the rapid disappearance of wild plants…
Madhya Pradesh is celebrating its three new Ramsar Sites that were designated in 2022, but the journey for the rest…
The Whanganui River in New Zealand wanders from its wellspring on the slopes of a volcano in the centre of…
How do we see nature? Do we see it, and therefore, value it — based on its usefulness for human…
Rivers are the lifeblood for millions of Indians and Bangladeshis. But a radical legal idea to save them from pollution…
Reflected in key goals and targets, ecological connectivity will be decisive, as countries move to implement the freshly minted Kunming-Montreal…
Biodiversity is in the headlines as 2022 comes to an end, with a “historic” deal to reverse biodiversity loss by…
Delegates at the COP15 UN Biodiversity Conference have approved a deal to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030, hoping…
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