The struggle for environmental justice in Africa

Today, Africa is facing multiple ecological challenges. All of these have resulted from the actions of entities that have seen the continent as a …

Aral Sea: living sample of a human-made catastrophe

The Aral Sea has shrunk to a fourth of its size. Neha Mungekar travels to Uzbekistan and recounts how it remains a living sample of a monumental …

Humans treating nature like a toilet, UN chief says in Montreal

 Urges for bold Post-2020 Global Framework to tackle drivers of ‘biodiversity apocalypse’

Biodiversity, green cover: Bhopal’s ecological garden offers shot at conservation

The tree cover in Bhopal has declined by 44% in 2 decades; the urban forest can help compensate for the same   

More than half the world's most important natural sites are under threat: it's time to protect them

Many of the United Nations’ World Heritage sites are being rapidly destroyed in the pursuit of short-term economic goals

Agreement likely between Brazil and mining company over dam collapse

A tailings dam had collapsed in November 2015 that killed 16 people and polluted nearby areas

How a restoration project in Karnataka is helping revive ecology, community livelihood

Restoration projects can set in motion a virtuous cycle of livelihoods, biodiversity and native knowledge 

Sonam Wangchuk is right. All is not well with Ladakh’s glaciers

In October 2021, 31 glacial lakes and water bodies showed an increase in area by 20%, found CSE & DTE’s State of India’s …

Change carbon-intensive lifestyles to save Ladakh, Sonam Wangchuk appeals to people

Might consider hunger strike if Ladakh is not protected under the Constitution’ Sixth Schedule, the innovator tells Down To Earth 

Grasslands in Western Ghats diverted for resort construction

The 120 room, five-star luxury resort is being built in Chikkamagalur district of Karnataka in association with international hotel chains