Alien plants growing together threatening tiger habitats: Study
Multiple alien species affected soil nutrients in Kanha Tiger Reserve, put pressure on native forage plants and drove away herbivores
World Water Forum prioritises integrated urban planning for water security
Governments must finance water-sensitive designs for cities to ensure sustainable water management, say experts
MoEF pulled up for flip-flop on tiger tourism
Government more worried about commercial activities being hit than safety of tigers: Supreme Court
Malnourished Children
S K Kabra , associate professor in the paediatric pulmonology division of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi talks to Nidhi …
Tehri: is it curtains?
The beginning of submergence of Tehri also marked the drowning of anti-dam sentiments. Any strong protest was conspicuous by its absence. Does …
Himalayan upheavals
NATURAL PREMISES: ECOLOGY AND PEASANT LIFE IN THE WESTERN HIMALAYA 1800- 1950·Chetan Singh·Oxford University Press·New Delhi&…
Last look: Consensus on Post-2020 Biodiversity Framework draft remains elusive during final pre-COP15 meet
Not enough progress made at 5th Open-ended Working Group on Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
Can Montreal help communities: Here is what to expect from COP15
The fate of biodiversity hangs in balance as negotiators congregate in Montreal to discuss Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
Forest officials kept eyes tightly shut
When it was found there were no tigers in the Panna Tiger Reserve, P K Sen was called to join the government special investigation team. …
Bank at your doorstep
Technology is helping public sector banks find customers in rural India. This is part of the Centre’s efforts to include villages in the …
Solo Performances
Besides the communities who have done exemplary work in the field of environment, several individuals are making a difference in the lives of …
Hamlets reborn
Although Bhaonta-Kolyala village walked away with the Down To Earth-Joseph C John Award, the judges came across several such communities worthy …
Awarded : Bhaonta-Kolyala
... for reviving the Arvari river, for showing that a healthy ecology and good water management mean prosperity, for proving that drought is a myth
Shrouded in controversy
A mountaineering expedition into the Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve revives the debate on ecotourism and people's rights over forests.
‘COP15 is our chance to start protecting and repairing the web of life’: UNEP chief
Post-2020 GBF with clear targets will help address multiple crises facing planet, said Inger Andersen, executive-director of UNEP
India's nutritional puzzle
From the maw of the Indian state there has emerged an undigested piece of development cake: nutritionally speaking, people's diets are out of …
Report flags violations in creation of India’s first critical wildlife habitats
CWH notification was first initiated in 54 of Maharashtra’s 55 protected areas, where rights of forest dwellers can be recognised under …
Obituary: Ashish Bose, a man who counted
India’s foremost demographer had a lively interest in a host of societal issues, specially the state of the aam aadmi
When exactly did the tiger colonise the Indian subcontinent?
Down To Earth popped the question to geneticists, historians and experts on the cat superstar. Here is what we were able to deduce
Nagpur has 200 bird species, reveals bird-spotting exercise
60 to 65 of the species were found in MIHAN-SEZ area earmarked for industrial development
Megaprojects in Addis Ababa raise questions about spatial justice
A unique characteristic of Addis Ababa’s urban development is that successive Ethiopian regimes have used new urban projects as …
COVID-19: Here's what decentralised planning teaches us to curb pandemics
Decentralised infrastructure and services provide a range of benefits for all stakeholders
Meltdown
Till a couple of decades ago Bangalore was a sleepy city -- running to the rhythm of old trading networks and retired people taking their evening …
Eyeing the coastlines
Further dilution of the rules safeguarding the Indian coastal ecosystem has just been proposed. Under the guise of providing land to poor …
Criminal waste
Reduced to filthy, foul smelling cesspools, with mosquito larvae arawing their lazy, intricate patterns on the green surfaces, the same takes …