Coming of a desert

Fruits of struggle

"Salwa Judum is peaceful. We support it"

No developed land for farmers

Maharashtra takes U turn; amends rehabilitation law

If we’re smart about water, we can stop our cities sinking

As more cities sink, rethinking how we use groundwater can ease pressure on precious aquifers

When climate crisis meets human rights conundrum: Decoding death curves of environment, land avengers

As many as 1,539 environment, land right defenders were killed between 2012 and 2020   

Union Budget 2020-2021: Solar units to be set up on fallow, railway lands

Move may affect afforestation to meet India's international commitments  

Assam’s NRC process mired in ad hocism and prejudice

Millions of people becoming stateless in their own land is totally unacceptable

Victory for aborigines

HONG KONG

PERU

In black and white, but..

Debatable Decree

Fatal change

A step ahead

Landmark legislation

No, minister

Orissa chief minister injured in fracas over mining contract

A toy called CRZ

The original coastal regulation zone (CRZ) rules passed in February 1991 had seven sections. They have been amended nearly twice that many times …

New Delhi Declaration dilutes role of international funding bodies, tenurial issues

Overall the Declaration has downplayed the role of global financial institutions, tenurial rights of people, and delinks UNCCD from other Rio …

UNCCD CoP 14: Report on Soil Organic Carbon released

Soil Organic Carbon, which is the plant and animal tissues at various states of decomposition in the soil, is a yardstick for sustainable land …

Jharkhand govt must engage with Khunti citizens, protestors demand

Activists want withdrawal of FIRs, sedition charges in response to Pathalgadi movement

Desertification: Forest cover on the planet continues to shrink

The rate of deforestation has slowed down after 2005 yet forest cover on the planet continues to shrink, says a preliminary assessment report by …

7.5 billion and counting: How many humans can the Earth support?

Data suggests that the Earth can support at most one-fifth of the present population, 1.5 billion people, at an American standard of living

One of the biggest threats to the environment - desertification, explained

At an ongoing global workshop on desertification, the Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan said desertification threatens 30% of India’s …

POSCO to withdraw investment from Odisha?

Bloomberg report says company has been trying to get government agencies to return the money it had paid