Forest matters

Increase in offences under 4 of 7 environment-related acts in 2022: NCRB 

Rajasthan, with the maximum number (30 per cent) of wildlife crime cases in the country, recorded a 50% increase in such offences

Simply put: Number of scientists advising NGT reduced to 2 from 20

Head-banging

NGT orders shut 15 chemical industrial units in Haryana for flouting norms

Experts express concern, point at state pollution control board for poor implementation

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 20, 2023)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 5, 2023)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal  

India may lose 3-10% of its GDP annually by 2100 due to climate change

India’s poverty rate may rise by 3.5 per cent in 2040 due to climate change

Simply put: Safety and unemployment

Sustainable farming systems of Bangladesh, Japan globally recognised

The sites include Bangladesh’s floating gardens and three areas in Japan

Paying for the nature of tourism

Loan for eco-project

Penguin prowess

Pressure for food

Redknot sandpipers use their pressure sensors to prey on buried clams

Small is big

Swinging both ways

Two's company

Death by trash

In nests made of junk, Mongolian raptors die unusual deaths

Sounding out mussels

Judges take lessons

Orissa's lower judiciary hones its skills to settle environmental disputes

Red-listed

Island fauna and flora at risk

Fortifying ecofront

Can existing constitutional safeguards adequately address the environmental concerns?

DTE exclusive: 2020 order on floodplain zoning declaring Gomti ‘non-perennial river’ draws flak

Floodplain zone halved to 50 metres, contradicting an Allahabad HC order

Victory dance of the impotent

It is sickening to see the Union home minister rejoice when dam oustees despair

This Pune stone-crusher unit shows how to do it properly

Mangrul village unit runs on best practices despite being surrounded by polluting ones