Andaman & Nicobar wants to take a reverse gear on oil palm
Sixteen years after the Supreme Court banned monoculture plantations in the islands' fragile ecosystem, the administration wants it revoked
Cyclone threat possible this week
Severe weather warning for the Andaman and Nicobar Islands; a cyclone watch for coastal Odisha, Andhra Pradesh
A language spoken by only 273
Pramod Kumar researches a language spoken by only 273 people in the Andaman islands. A PhD candidate at Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi, he …
Tourism to be prohibited in Jarawa reserve
Cabinet approves regulation declaring five km reserved area inhabited by the aboriginal tribe as buffer zone
Dense forests lost; increase in net green cover: Forest Survey of India 2015
While northeastern states are the most hit, Andaman & Nicobar Islands gained maximum forests
On the trail of tsunami
Since the 2004 tsunami, scientists have moved closer to understanding and predicting its trigger, the tectonic earthquake. Are governments …
Fancy wall for Sundarbans
Government starts building massive embankments on the fragile delta using untested technology. Experts say the project benefits contractors, …
Paradise in peril
Galpagos, an archipelago straddling the equator 1,000 km west of Ecuador, is probably the world's best-known biodiversity zone. But alien species …
Virgin islands In peril
Tourism planned in Sri Lanka’s islands threatens their fragile ecosystem and the lives of people there
Harnessing renewables
Auroville moves ahead on the road to energy sufficiency by using non-conventional energy sources
World Crocodile Day: Experts call for patience regarding human-croc conflict
Down To Earth speaks to experts in four prominent human-croc conflict areas; none support culling
It's El Nino
The maverick child has brought about weather changes that threaten the unique ecosystem of Galapagos Islands
As told to Parliament (December 13, 2022): 130 sq km of forest land set to be diverted in Great Nicobar Island
Mitigation measures have been proposed for the ‘sustainable development’ projects
Trouble at sea
From imposing restrictions on harvesting of shark species to having second thoughts about them, the authorities seem utterly confused
A hard rain’s falling
Sayantan Bera tells the story of a man and a state, paralysed inside the remote islands of Sundarbans
Rising sea levels and tidal erosion eating up Sunderbans
Rising sea levels are real. A trip to the Sunderbans, in the Bay of Bengal, shows how devastating it can be in tandem with insidious tidal erosion.…
@110 km/hr
Planners are yet to recognize the Sunderbans is increasingly vulnerable to rising sea level and intense cyclones. Despite the early warning, it …
Andaman & Nicobar turtles face extinction
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands are the third most significant biodiversity hotspot in India. With a coastline of 1962 kilometres and many …
Time-out
The 17th Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change met in Durban in December 2011. Negotiations were heated and …