Articles by Mubina Akhtar

• Villages save Amur falcons from mass slaughter

  Villagers vow to protect and conservationists gather to watch thousands of Amur falcons in north-eastern India as they pause in the longest annual migration by a bird of prey

  Posted 19 Nov 2013 in Blogs

• Guwahati’s black carbon accelerates glacier melt

  High levels of black carbon pollution in the north-eastern Indian city of Guwahati is responsible for accelerating glacier melt in the Himalayas, according to new research by scientists.

  Posted 29 Jun 2012 in Blogs

• As Indian policymakers join Rio+20, anti dam activists arrested

  While policy makers, experts, and activists meet for the UN conference Rio + 20 this week, thousands of miles away in north-east India’s Assam state, 22 farmers are languishing in the Lakhimpur jail for taking up cudgels to protect the environment.

  Posted 21 Jun 2012 in Blogs