An encounter with the elusive Gangetic dolphin

January 15, 2021

After a chance sighting, writer Nimesh Ved explores how India’s endangered river dolphin is faring in Uttar Pradesh, and asks how the inland waterways project will affect it

A little help transforms farming in two West Bengal villages

January 14, 2021

Training and improved irrigation have helped indigenous and marginalised communities in two villages to take up farming and reduce their dependence on forests

Bihar farmers save the Greater Adjutant Stork

January 12, 2021

The endangered birds, locally called Garuda, repay by killing farm pests

Indigenous people demand new home after exclusion from Assam national park

January 11, 2021

For over 20 years, Mising people have been victims of restrictive conservation policies in the same forest that is being opened up to industry and mining

Volunteers in Jammu strive to save the Tawi river

January 08, 2021

In Jammu, the Tawi river becomes one of the most polluted in Jammu and Kashmir, inspiring local clean-up efforts, but little government help

Ropeways’ green image masks potential damage in Himalayas

January 04, 2021

Ropeways are being touted by the Indian government as an environment-friendly form of transport in the Himalayas, but experts and locals say they risk disturbing fragile mountain ecosystems and disrupting livelihoods