Savage sapiens, ravaged planet and COVID-19
It may be difficult to have a planet that no longer uses oil or coal, does not kill millions of farmed animals, degrade wetlands and rivers
Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and Himachal top Down to Earth’s governance rankings
Down To Earth’s State of India’s Environment 2020: In Figures releases on June 4, 2020
Will the State recognise women workers’ right to bleed with dignity
The Union Ministry of Corporate Affairs has sought feedback from stakeholders on the draft National Action Plan on Business & Human Rights by …
India home to 28% of world’s poor: Human Development Index 2019
While the country has lifted 271 million people out of poverty between 2005 and 2015, it still accounts for a large number of the world’s &…
Human development index: India climbs one spot to 130
Rising economic inequalities and wide gender gap don’t let India achieve a faster ascent among 189 countries
Voting in the global marketplace
Sustainable public procurement is about governments using their large spending power to send a signal to markets that they are interested in …
Forced resettlement violates people's rights
The UN Commission on Human Rights adopts a resolution that will have direct bearing on the controversial Narmada clam in Gujarat.
A question of rights
A NGO asks the NHRC to prevent the dislocation of Van Gujjars of the Rajaji National Park by the Uttar Pradesh government
Putting in place
Resettlement and rehabilitation of persons displaced by land acquisitions must form a part of the Land Acquisition Act, says NHRC
Claiming water
The fundamental right to water intends to alleviate suffering. It fails miserably to meet its intention. Feel the lives of those who suffer and …
Portuguese youths sue 33 European governments at EU court in largest climate case ever
Case will constitute what lawyers refer to as a “hard case” & play an important role in other future climate applications
‘An individual’s genome carries information shaped over millenia of evolutionary history’
Down To Earth spoke with Aryn P Wilder, co-author of one of 11 research papers providing insights into mammalian evolution
Uttarakhand forest officials try to capture tiger that killed 2 in December
Forest authorities are trying to tranquilise the tiger and not shoot it, says chief wildlife warden
India’s life expectancy falls to 67.2 in 2021, decade-long improvement undone
Human Development Report finds decline in life expectancy in 70% countries; Decline in income in 2020 for 85%
Africa Protected Areas Congress calls for special aid for those affected by human-wildlife conflicts
Protected areas must be considered by Africa as the first option for climate adaptation and mitigation and must be reflected in the country’…
This World Crocodile Day, South Asian countries should think of cooperating to conserve them: Experts
South Asia’s crocodilians increased during pandemic, but human-croc conflict needs to be addressed, Anslem de Silva told DTE
Two held after tusker dies due to burn injuries near Mudumalai Tiger Reserve
The animal was being shifted to a relief camp for treatment when it collapsed due to septicemia and died
Fewer men aware of HIV/AIDS in most states: NFHS-5
Significant decline in proportion of women aware of HIV / AIDS in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Kerala and Tripura
Increasing human footprint cutting Antarctica wilderness: Study
Data from 2.7 million records show how human activity has risen in Antarctica over the last 200 years
Kaziranga braces to curb human-wildlife conflict ahead of monsoon
Water levels rise inside the park every year, prompting animals to move highlands in areas of heavy settlements
Pollution in Ganga harming riverbed sediments too, says study
Human waste and toxic effluents cause deficit of dissolved oxygen in the river’s most polluted stretches
From health to faith, everything at stake for refugees in Greece
Tens of thousands of these migrants now feel trapped in a country that is least equipped to provide care
How to reinvent the sanitation wheel
The city “shit-flow” diagram shows that the situation is grim as all cities either do not treat or safely dispose the bulk of the …
Sugarcane farmers’ suicides: national rights body urged to intervene
Unscientific pricing of sugarcane, harassment by money lenders and delay in receiving payments are plaguing cultivators
World growth ‘unsustainable’, warns US-based group of museums
The group of museums in its first statement on climate change warns human activity is making preservation of species difficult