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India’s bird species suffer long-term decline

26 Feb 2020

Indian bird species are declining at an alarming rate. This was one of the crucial takeaways at the recent United Nations 13th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on...

Small Indian islands face huge ecological stress

18 Feb 2020

Away from the Indian mainland, the rich forests and biodiversity of the strategically important islands of Andaman and the Nicobar and Lakshadweep are battling pressures of climate change, seismic impacts,...

Tackling hunger in India in a sustainable way

11 Feb 2020

A population of 1.3 billion that pits growing needs and innumerable environmental issues against each other is a huge challenge. Each day, India has to work out how to feed...

India awaits the return of the cheetah

04 Feb 2020

The cheetah went extinct in India nearly 70 years ago. It is now set to return! The Supreme Court of India, which in 2013 had rejected a cheetah reintroduction plan...

Green solution for mining troubles

28 Jan 2020

The Indian Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has issued a directive earlier this month making re-grassing of mined-out areas mandatory, while giving green clearances to mining projects....

Coastal erosion threatens Indian Sundarbans

21 Jan 2020

Local villagers have created a tall barrier of mud and rocks and the government of West Bengal has built a long concrete structure. But this has not prevented large-scale coastal...

Living standards still remain poor in India

14 Jan 2020

A study by researchers at the International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria, recently published in the journal Nature Energy, has revealed that among the three developing countries, India,...

Kerala retains first place in SDG achievement

07 Jan 2020

In a ranking of states released last week by Indian policy think tank NITI Aayog and the United Nations, Kerala, Himachal Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu have emerged as the front...

Changing rainfall patterns warms oceans

31 Dec 2019

Changing rainfall patterns may be accelerating the warming of the oceans in India and in many other parts of the globe. Scientists from the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM)...

Dolphins struggle against noise pollution

24 Dec 2019

A new study has found increased ship traffic and dredging in India’s Ganga River is rapidly heightening noise levels in the river and stressing the river’s iconic dolphins and changing...

Meena Janardhan

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

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