Sonali Prasad talks to thethirdpole.net about her project ‘Ranger, Ranger’ through which she has been profiling the lives and challenges of India’s forest guards and rangers

The hydropower potential in the state of Jammu & Kashmir has been barely tapped, leaving a large energy deficit, but small hydropower plants may be the way forward, argue Simi Thambi and Shakil A Romshoo

In a country ridden by electricity shortages, some of the most remote villages in the Hindu Kush Himalayas now enjoy a steady flow, at least during the summer months

A recent judgment by the High Court of Uttarakhand in India has recognised animals as “legal persons”, but without institutions to enforce such rights the judgment is meaningless, argues Omair Ahmad

Rivers are the world’s most important ecosystems, not simply a source of water and energy, argues one of India’s foremost river experts

China’s vision of a global energy system overemphasises the benefits of connectivity, writes Eugene Simonov

Even as one of India’s most eminent environmentalists has been put into protective custody in a hospital, the authorities have largely ignored his month-long fast to force corrective action on the Ganga

Heavy rains bring threats of landslides and deadly disease to refugee camps

Villagers in Bihar have been forced to relocate ten times as the Gandak shifts its course, and are now left with no safe place left to go

Researchers from 16 countries say that the AIIB’s transport strategy will open lands to new environmental pressures