Caution: pastures ahead

SEZ, how special?

Despite having burned its fingers with export processing zones, which mainly involved a number of substantial fiscal benefits, the government has …

Freeze on special economic zones lifted

Novel land grab

Bulldozers on crop

Your gods are mine

Cultural appropriation leads to ecological distress in Odisha

Green could go red

A perplexing water cycle

Agricultural areas get no rain, urban areas face water logging  

Centre stalls Vedanta university

Says it approved project without considering objections

India inc involved in land grab abroad too, says international non-profit

Companies acquired prime agricultural land in countries suffering high levels of hunger to grow crops for export

'Downsize state's eminent domain powers'

Parliamentary panel recommends changing definition of “public purpose” clause in land acquisition Bill

Simply Put: Bengaluru water crisis

Delayed by decades: Centre-state tussle and red tape withhold compensation for land acquisition in Jharkhand’s coal belt

Many of those who were to be compensated, have become destitute

100 million hectares of arable land lost yearly to degradation, shows UN report

Eastern and Central Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean regions experience the most severe degradation

Sinks: No principles!

The working group on sinks finds principles most expendable!

Invest $1.7 trillion in nature-based solutions to adapt to climate change: UNCCD report

The investment would give four times the return on investment, it said  

Allahabad HC directs Kanpur authorities to demolish mall, restore park land

The order comes 17 years after a petition was filed against construction of the mall

88% land conflicts in South Asia remain unsolved; 47% result in violence

Environmental damage was also a common problem, accounting for 29 per cent of cases

Desertification has increased in 90 per cent of states in India

Increased drying of soil will further precipitate the agrarian crisis in the country

India's urban transformation

From CityLab 2015

Graphic Editor Sorit Gupto: Can Congress regain lost ground?

Cleaning up Mt Everest

Tax the rich and help the poor survive

Controversial canal

Tribals protest