A third of freshwater fish face extinction: Report

As many as 16 species were declared extinct in 2020 alone

UNCCD COP14: Desertification, land degradation hit poor hardest

Climate change drives migration but many can’t even move out: Report 

Mounting problem

Human activities are degrading mountain ranges worldwide

Pine pressure

Pine culture has altered the Himalayan landscape with disastrous effect on its fragile ecology

Farmers face land crisis

Brickbats for farmlands

Kilns reduce soil nutrition, stunt vegetation

10 highlights from the State of India's Environment report

How India performed on key environment and development issues in 2016

Burundi's sustainability lies in embracing integration in agriculture

Farmer Field Schools help communities manage land better and improve food production

Digha in troubled waters

Coming of a desert

Desertification in India: Mining monstrous for Goa, but urbanisation digs a bigger hole

Lack of planning has potential of becoming the biggest degrader of land in Goa

Salvaged sands

One-man commission's rebuff forces Goa government to jettison proposal to privatise beach

Land degradation a major threat but avoidable. So why the inaction

'None of the countries have set numerical targets for land degradation neutrality'

ECO COSTS

A perplexing water cycle

Agricultural areas get no rain, urban areas face water logging  

Farmers quit mentha

Overexploitation of water leaves very little for farming

The poor? They are the government's problem

Plantation mirage

RajasthanÔÇÖs tree planting spree might not check desertification

India desertified

Map of India to change soon. Courtesy: climate change

UNEP report at COP28 reveals $7 trillion invested globally every year on activities directly harming nature

Urgent need to reduce and re-direct finance flows to keep global temperatures below 1.5°C warming

New crop scheme for Punjab farmers

Biodiversity buffer

It can protect dryland from withering due to climate change

Vanishing grasslands

Spreading message

What now ?

Desperate measures are the call of the day. Common people need to have a greater say