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Yes, No or Maybe: Fate of Hasdeo Arand forest back in limbo
environment 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. Mitigating this impact will be a challenge..

Lower species richness in deforested landscapes tied to high Kyasanur forest disease risk: Study
environment Lower species richness in deforested landscapes tied to high Kyasanur forest disease risk: Study

Kiran’s point also has context in terms of the affected communities’ close association with the forests and exposure to virus-carrying ticks circulating in wildlife..

Renegotiate Indus Water Treaty with Pakistan to factor in climate change: Parliamentary panel
environment Renegotiate Indus Water Treaty with Pakistan to factor in climate change: Parliamentary panel

The Indus Water Treaty is a UN-recognised trans-boundary water-sharing agreement between India and Pakistan signed by the two countries in 1960 for sharing the waters of the Indus basin..

Bhubaneswar’s periphery is losing its hills to stone mining
environment Bhubaneswar’s periphery is losing its hills to stone mining

The Google Earth images showed that one of the active stone mining sites, had a green cover in 2010 with no scars, but the current pictures show major cuts made by the heavy machines deployed to cut down the hillocks..

India establishes the largest network of Ramsar Sites in South Asia
environment India establishes the largest network of Ramsar Sites in South Asia

The vision of designating Ramsar Sites is ‘developing and maintaining an international network of wetlands which are important for the conservation of global biological diversity and for sustaining human life through the maintenance of their ecosystem components, processes and services’..

To escape floodwaters, Kaziranga’s large herbivores risk moving through human-dominated spaces: Study
environment To escape floodwaters, Kaziranga’s large herbivores risk moving through human-dominated spaces: Study

A grid-based approach was used for the surveys. The survey data fed into the occupancy modelling framework to estimate a species-specific probability of large herbivores using a given grid cell..

Illegal sand mining a threat to the shrinking Chandubi lake
environment Illegal sand mining a threat to the shrinking Chandubi lake

Chandubi lake was formed as a result of an earthquake in 1897 when parts of land along the present Assam-Meghalaya border sank and led to the formation of the lake..

Blue whale songs recorded off Lakshadweep coast
environment Blue whale songs recorded off Lakshadweep coast

Because blue whales track productive waters, their presence in Lakshadweep, which is on the cusp of major tourism and infrastructure expansion, demonstrates that the waters in this archipelago are rich and productive..

Sustainable strategies needed to manage human-wild boar conflict in Goa, experts say
agriculture Sustainable strategies needed to manage human-wild boar conflict in Goa, experts say

The wild boar, in particular, has become a regular menace for the farming community in India..

Can Odisha, Chhattisgarh move beyond conventional approaches to save Mahanadi?
environment Can Odisha, Chhattisgarh move beyond conventional approaches to save Mahanadi?

Amid this conflict, environmentalists, concerned citizens and civil society organisations of both the states maintain that both these states are neither doing justice to their people nor the river..

Limitations in Bihar’s flood relief likely due to budget constraints
environment Limitations in Bihar’s flood relief likely due to budget constraints

Experts and activists say they believe that due to the Covid-19 pandemic the government is facing a budget constraint and avoiding expenditure on flood relief..

Wetland champions: Promise from the grassroots
environment Wetland champions: Promise from the grassroots

Much of the conservation in these locations is around ecosystem services – the benefits that the communities derive from the wetlands..

How a village in Maharashtra is helping vultures make a big comeback
environment How a village in Maharashtra is helping vultures make a big comeback

Once the causes were identified, SEESCAP members started surveying the village and areas near it to identify areas that needed to be protected..

Challenges of conservation, cyclones and COVID-19 in the lives of Sundarban residents
environment Challenges of conservation, cyclones and COVID-19 in the lives of Sundarban residents

Other than the threat of tigers, strict vigilance and stringent conservation rules make islanders’ access to the forest difficult..

Longest dispersal of a female tiger recorded in Central India
environment Longest dispersal of a female tiger recorded in Central India

Tiger habitats in India are fragmented and highly mosaic, often interspersed with human-dominated landscapes..