Repeal or amend CAF: tribal organisations
A petition by tribal organisations says the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Act violates constitutional rights and affects livelihoods of …
Climate change can affect diseases transmitted by insects, vectors: UN report
Humans are changing zoonotic disease systems and increasing their impact through habitat encroachment, human population pressure, the report said&…
Nearly 213 ha in protected areas diverted between April and July
Standing committee of the National Board for Wildlife approved 21 projects for diversion, deferred 7 for later
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 …
Nearly 500 ha forest land in protected areas diverted in 2019
Standing committee of the National Board for Wildlife gave nod to carry out 68 projects in protected areas
On a fast track: How MGNREGA is allaying job distress in UP’s Jalaun
Jalaun district administration spent 70% of labour budget between April and July, says official
India continues to lose forest land to non-forestry projects
Central environment ministry reports diversion of 11,467 hectares forest land in 2019 (up to first week of November)
92 lions already dead in Gir this year, report flags
Union govt was aware of high mortality even as PM Modi played up rise in count
Draft EIA: SC rejects Centre challenge to Delhi HC translation order
The high court heard a petition asking the Centre to print the draft EIA notification in 22 languages mentioned in the Eight Schedule of the …
Draft EIA notification institutionalises 1 season data for baseline
Such data is needed for assessing impact of a project on the environment; experts fear Environment Impact Assessment studies will become …
EIA notification 2020 in violation of FRA: Activists write to MoEF&CC
The provisions would adversely affect rights of forest dwellers and their right to minor forest produce
'Blown away by passion of India's millennial activists'
Geoff Dembicki is a Canadian freelance journalist and author of the book Are We Screwed? Where he talks about how the youth possesses a sense of …
States paid Rs 36.8 cr as interest to panchayats, still don’t transfer funds
Parliamentary standing committee flags off persistent delay in transfer of funds to panchayats but government’s reply have not been convincing
Snow leopards, cultural codes can help prevent land degradation in Himalayas: Experts
The animal’s conservation will mean saving herbivores and the land they feed on, said panelists at an event at COP14
Heatwave over north, central India abating, says private forecaster
Temperatures to fall after rising marginally in the next two days
Tales of city-bred trees
An ecological, cultural and culinary tour of the country’s urban trees
FSI shall take 16 years to complete encroachment survey in FRA case
Only four states have sent their data to the body so far
'I am a farmer about to commit suicide. Can you help me? My Aadhaar number is...'
Psychologists are now intervening to help distressed farmers
US tiger coronavirus positive; wildlife and zoo alert in India
Zoo keepers not to be allowed in vicinity of animals without safety gear
Rajaji Park director, forest officials named in poaching probe
The investigation is about tiger and leopard parts seized in Rajaji last year
जीवन के लिए सूक्ष्मजीव
जॉन एल इंग्राहम सूक्ष्मजीव संसार से हमारे संबंध पर विस्तार से रोशनी डाल रहे हैं
Himalaya unwrapped
The science, culture and politics that shaped the world's youngest mountain range
3,500 captive elephants are used to entertain tourists in India: Study
Report focuses on situation of captive elephants across Asia, including India
Protein levels are rapidly declining in all foods in India
We are also consuming less protein-rich foods. What are the gulfs in our diet?
India, Nepal, Bhutan plan trans-border conservation area
Draft MoU for peace park doing the rounds between countries