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Water security, management need more attention

29 Mar 2022

World Water Day (WWD) is held annually on 22 March as a means of focusing attention on the importance of freshwater and advocating for the sustainable management of freshwater resources....

Indian Arctic policy focuses on climate change

22 Mar 2022

Last week India unveiled its Arctic policy that seeks to deepen the country’s partnership with the resource-rich region. The policy, titled ‘India and the Arctic: building a partnership for sustainable...

Women agents of transformational change

15 Mar 2022

The world celebrated women on March 8 — and brought back into focus the strength of the women and their varied roles. One such invaluable and inextricably linked role is...

Analysing the state of India’s environment

08 Mar 2022

At an event, which has over 60 journalists participating from across India, Mr Bhupender Yadav, Indian Union minister of environment, forests and climate change, released Down To Earth’s Annual State...

Call for a dedicated Environment Council in India

01 Mar 2022

Indian Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced an allocation of Rs30,300 million for the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) for the financial year 2022-23, of which Rs46,00...

Survey of river dolphins warns of threats to species

22 Feb 2022

A November 2021 survey that claims to be the first such assessment of the Ganges river dolphin in the Mahananda river in India may help close the existing information gap...

India 3rd on LEED certified green building list

15 Feb 2022

Last week, the US Green Building Council (USGBC) announced that India has ranked third in the world on its annual list of the top 10 countries and regions for LEED...

Mapping and promoting wetland conservation

08 Feb 2022

India’s ‘National Wetland Decadal Change Atlas’ was released on World Wetlands Day 2022 on 2 February. Formally named as ‘Space-Based Observation of Indian Wetlands’, the Atlas is documentation of wetlands...

Climate change threatens India’s mango output

01 Feb 2022

Late flowering and the resulting delay in harvests due to climate change and unseasonal rains has affected the flowering cycle of mango seeds, which is likely to impact production in...

Citizen science could track Himalayan illegal wildlife trade

25 Jan 2022

Scientists from the Kumaon University in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand and the University of Sydney, state that investments in citizen reporting tools could provide crucial data on the status...

Meena Janardhan

Writer/Editor/Consultant. She has over 25 years of experience in the fields of environmental journalism and publishing.

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