COP28: UAE minister, oil baron as president, funding woes – what to expect from the climate summit
Environmental groups and commentators have expressed concern that COP28 being hosted by the United...
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How molecular ecologist Uma Ramakrishnan decodes wildlife mysteries through genetics (and faeces)
An excerpt from ‘Women in the Wild: Stories of India’s Most Brilliant Women Wildlife Biologists’,...
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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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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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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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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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In Punjab, the accelerating rate of groundwater depletion is worrying both farmers and experts
A 2020 block-wise groundwater resources assessment by the Central Ground Water Board...
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Climate change is pushing tigers and leopards into snow leopard’s mountainous territory in Nepal
Both tigers and leopards have been observed at elevations above 9,800 feet, well within snow...
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