Wheat has fed humans for millenia but its vulnerability to climate change should sound alarm bells
The staple crop is part the world’s food production crisis, which is likely to worse as the...
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What are the rural livelihoods beyond agriculture? How do they impact Indian village life?
An excerpt from ‘The Indian Village: Rural Lives in the 21st Century’, by Surinder S Jodhka....
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Habitat and food loss, changing ecosystems see 60% of India’s bird population decline
The declining trajectory of bird populations in India follows global trends, where 48% of birds...
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Why states in the North East are opposing the new forest law
The fears of the states in the North East centre around two provisions of the new law. Earlier...
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Your body can be younger than you are – here’s how
Many factors such as smoking, how much your exercise and what foods you eat, can affect your...
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Why the wildlife trade surges in Bangladesh during the monsoon
The annual monsoons worsen the economic situation, leading to job losses. Selling bushmeat becomes...
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Amendment to forest conservation act leaves 28% of India’s forest cover vulnerable
The exemptions and dilution of existing provisions open up a range of forest land for...
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Does an apple a day really keep the doctor away? Understanding the science of functional foods
Functional foods like apples contain a variety of bioactive substances, each with a unique...
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A Naga village’s unique water management system can be a lesson for the rest of India
Kikruma’s irrigation and agricultural practice has been yielding good harvests for nearly a...
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Assamese eco-fiction novels ‘Maajher Char’ and ‘Jalajaah’ reclaim elemental forms of the environment
The novels pay close attention to the precarity of living on the outlying waterborne lands of...
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The dark clouds over India’s cheetah project
Seven cheetahs have died since the project was launched. As ground staff struggle to manage the...
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Readers are finally witnessing the much-awaited bloom of green literature for Indian children
What do city kids know about nature? Enough to know they need to make a difference. On a trip to...
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Carbon tax on cars, banning old vehicles: Bangladesh’s air pollution plan is pointed – but limited
National capital Dhaka is overwhelmed by traffic and private cars but vehicular emissions are not...
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Mount Everest: As mass mountaineering peaks, it is time to reckon with its environmental impacts
May 29 will mark 70 years since Mount Everest was first ascended but the dangers of modern-day...
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Workers toil under blistering sun in Bangladesh’s tea gardens, once famous for cool weather
Hotter temperatures, meanwhile, threaten not just Bangladesh’s tea workers but the tea plants...
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‘The Living Air’: A birder’s long tryst with birds show how they help overcome human fallibilities
‘The Living Air’ is as much about birding in general as it is about birding in Hyderabad. The...
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Plastic waste from India, Sri Lanka and Indonesia is overwhelming the islands of Seychelles
The Aldabra island, a Unesco world heritage site, has its coastline strewn with plastic trash that...
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As India tries to popularise millets, it should learn from the cautionary tale of quinoa
Quinoa’s sudden rise as a superfood benefited farmers but also resulted in a boom-and-bust cycle....
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Opinion: India’s policymakers need to take the illegal trade of pangolins more seriously
The shy animal faces an existential threat as its scales are used in traditional medicines across...
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Nepal’s appetite for momos is a threat to the endangered wild water buffalo
Crossbreeding dometic and endangered wild buffaloes can threaten the wild population, but people...
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