Explainer | Wastelands or grasslands? India’s history with defining open ecosystems

Nearly 70 percent of the areas which are open natural ecosystems overlap with those which the government calls wastelands.

Uttar Pradesh reports an increase in rhino population since reintroduction over three decades ago

The Indian rhinoceros falls under the ‘vulnerable’ category of species in the Red List of threatened species of the International Union for ...

Despite challenges, Telangana plans to expand oil palm plantation area by 22 times

The Telangana government has planned to bring a total of 80,937 hectares of land in the state under oil palm cultivation in the next four years.

How preserving forests could save the Indian giant squirrel

Among the four global giant squirrels, the Indian giant squirrel is endemic to India.

Mumbai activists demand that the tree geo-tagging information be made public

Environment activists and mapping technology experts assert that when the information about geo-tagged trees in cities such as Mumbai are made ...

Himalayan medicinal plants under threat due to climate change

Medicinal plants in the Himalayas are under threat due to climate change. The findings call for reorienting conservation strategies. The new ...

Solar mini-grids fuel women-led enterprises in Jharkhand’s Gumla district

Jharkhand’s Gumla district is among the most backward districts of the state as per government classification. About 69 percent of the ...

Chhattisgarh forest fires continue while forest staff remain on strike

Chhattisgarh’s forest department officials say they are resorting to traditional methods to control fires as new equipment such as blowers ...

Explainer| What are urban heat islands?

The term ‘urban heat island’, however, is thought to have been coined as ‘städtischen Wärmeinsel’ in 1929 by the German meteorologist ...

The wind farm paradox in southern Tamil Nadu

Over three decades, a lot has changed in this region of the southern Indian coastal state, which accounts for about 25 percent of India’s ...

Delays and glitches mar Uttarakhand’s solar self-employment scheme

The Uttarakhand government started the ambitious scheme in September 2020 when migrant workers and youth were returning to the state due to ...

Sweet pineapples and a variety of trees nurture each other in this patchwork plantation

The pineapple agroforestry system (PAFS) also needs more multipurpose tree species for better structure, diversity and composition for desired ...

Keeping alive a mangrove conservationist’s legacy to protect Kerala coast

According to P Sujanapal, a scientist with Kerala Forest Research Institute, Kerala’s mangrove cover has severely disintegrated in the last ...

Yes, No or Maybe: Fate of Hasdeo Arand forest back in limbo

The study warned that infrastructure development and mining will cause fragmentation and have a negative impact on quality habitat available. ...

Excess paddy kept for elephants in Chhattisgarh may not have the intended impact

For net-zero by 2050, India needs 2.5 percent of its land for clean energy installation

India has ambitious energy transition targets to push for large scale adoption of clean energy.

A to Z guide to Bengaluru’s lakes

Environmental activists argue that instead of solely focusing on the superficial beautification of water bodies, the plan should be to restore ...

Artificial nests for barn owls help farmers befriend these natural rodent killers

In an initiative in Assam, agricultural scientists are helping farmers in the state to conserve and increase the number of barn owls with the ...

Commentary: Forests, ecosystem services and humans

Farmers continue protests against proposed IIT campus in Goa

The site earmarked for the campus, is a thickly forested hill that stands in the middle of surrounding farmland and orchard plains, crisscrossed ...