In Memoriam: P V Satheesh was an agrarian revolutionary 

A tireless advocate for empowerment of rural communities through local biodiversity, P V Satheesh will remain an inspiration

COP26: Africa’s challenges must steer the climate change conference

Africa carries the heaviest burden of the associated climate change effects

Falling through the cracks: Shining a light on adolescent girls in humanitarian emergencies

With the onset of COVID-19, adolescent girls in conflict zones are 90 per cent more likely to be out of school

Medical volunteers in rural Zambia: Learning from attitudes to angels and vampires

Presence of outsiders has often produced powerful anxieties. White medical doctors in central Africa were often identified as vampires, and …

What is the Darien Gap? And why are more migrants risking this Latin American route to get to the US?

The challenging topography of humid, swampy rainforest as well as criminal gangs who control the area, make the route an extremely challenging …

No legal identity for a billion people globally, says UN body

International Organization for Migration holds meet for promoting dialogue between countries of origin and destination

Give rivers their rights, activists tell IUCN World Conservation Congress

Only 37% of rivers longer than 1,000 km still flow freely due to dams being built on them

Governments and environmental groups are turning to international courts to address the impacts of climate change — podcast

The ICJ has addressed various environmental issues in the past, but this is the first time the global problem of climate change has come before …

International year of millets: Centre to work on decentralised processing & marketing

Themes for a comprehensive plate-to-farm millet food system proposed the People’s Convention on Millets for Millions

20 years of talks later, half the Earth’s surface area to have binding environment treaty

United Nations members negotiate instrument under UN Convention on Law of the Sea to conserve, sustainably use marine biological diversity of …

International Women’s Day: Why 2021 shines bright for gender parity at parliaments in Sub-Saharan Africa

In the 48 countries around the world that held parliamentary elections in 2021, women candidates won 28.6% of the new seats

SETI: New signal excites alien hunters. Here’s how we could find out if it’s real

A mysterious radio signal seemingly coming from the nearest star to the Sun, Proxima Centauri, has generated a flood of excitement among …

International Women's Day: Empower to protect the womb and newborn

Transmission of latent toxic risk from air pollution through womb forever is not acceptable

IISF 2019: Experts talk about science through mass communication and research

While one event was about mass communication tools to take science to the masses, the other talked about how budding Indian science researchers …

CITES CoP 2019: Otters given highest protection from trade

Asian small-clawed as well as smooth-coated otters have been included in Appendix I of CITES

India’s proposed amendments to IHR demand greater equity in access to healthcare, accountability of WHO

Country sought intermediate public health alert for outbreaks yet to be declared public health emergency

Odisha starts project to conserve Bhitarkanika fishing cats

The nocturnal species are not easy to trace; no exact ecological data on their population at the park

Redundant since 2019: The 12th ministerial conference fails to revive WTO Appellate Body

Reappointment of judges to the appellate body stopped in 2017 

Climate change impact on agriculture: 50 million to be poor by 2030, says UN body

Rising displacement due to disasters fuelling more conflicts

Biden wins – experts on what it means for race relations, US foreign policy and the Supreme Court

Three scholars discuss what a Biden presidency may have in store in three key areas: race, the Supreme Court and foreign policy

Over 390 species of sharks, rays, chimaera in danger of extinction: Study

Overfishing, the biggest threat, is compounded by loss and degradation of habitat, pollution as well as climate change 

International Tiger Day 2023: Should India cap its big cat population? Here is what experts say

Are India’s forests nearing their carrying capacity to support tigers, who are apex predators? DTE puts the question to scientists

You can’t mine the seabed without proper rules

Extracting these minerals would be energy intensive and the problems experienced in terrestrial mining would be replicated at sea

Labour losses due to rising heat: India among the most affected, finds study

Economic losses associated with lost productivity can reach up to $1.6 trillion annually if warming exceeds an additional 2°C relative to the …

Climate change threatens livelihood of 70% in Mozambique: WFP

Broken rainfall patterns, droughts a threat to agriculture