Brazil

Defying court

Lead heavy

Going overboard with development?

A new project seeks to examine the environmental degradation due to development in Kochi

Deadly proposal

Double whammy

Shady deal

Land rights of Brazil's local people being usurped

Slippery turf

Pain in the pipeline

Woolly-headed environmentalism

Tribal rights and democracy loose to conservation banter

Hope sets in

As government starts drafting land rights bill for tribals

Back to basics

Call to ground airport plan

Farmland and lakes to be used for the Sriperumbudur project

Developers misuse SEZ land

Andhra Pradesh government issues notices for delays

Magnet turns detector

Measure of the soil’s remanence can quantify pollution  

Journey into the market-place

Papua New Guinea has come a long way from a society that began cultivating crops in 8000 BC and had no need for a market economy. It came in …

Where will these railway track dwellers of Delhi live after eviction

Already living in filth, misery, disease and hunger, will they now be deprived of the only places they call home?

9 DRC communities fight a century-old land conflict with a palm oil firm

They filed a complaint with German Development Bank accusing them of funding a palm oil plantation company in spite of being aware of a …

Govt needs to address policy ambiguities affecting shifting cultivation: NITI Aayog

The NITI Aayog report recommends doing away with the practice of having divergent approaches towards shifting cultivation

Genocide uncovered

Deeply embedded in the battle for land and pastoral hegemony, the first genocide of the 20th century—Namibia's Herero and Nama tribes by …

Microplastics on agricultural lands may threaten farm productivity: study

Between 110,000 and 730,000 tonnes of microplastics are transferred to agricultural soils in Europe and North America every year

African Drought Conference: leaders focus on risk mitigation measures

African countries were urged to move away from crisis management approach to risk management

Road to cool cities: Codes based on unique ‘urban form’ can be helpful

Urban India is a heat trap, but road orientation, building materials and zone-specific master plans can drastically enhance thermal comfort

Harness silvopasture systems for local climate resilience

Silvopasture systems buffer against temperature and wind extremes, providing a favourable living environment for livestock

Jakarta acts to stop being the next Atlantis

Stopping Jakarta sinking cannot happen overnight, but the city is finally taking the action needed to stop groundwater extraction