New cicada species in Nagaland underscores need for conservation
The main threat to many cicada species is their rapidly diminishing natural habitat
Keep off!
Uranium-rich Meghalaya tells mining PSU
The fire-fighting children of the Khasi Hills and the decline of traditional farming in north-east India
In North-east India, children of the Khasi Hills (Meghalaya) learn slash and burn cultivation, an intergenerational yet controversial indigenous …
Won’t grant NOCs to uranium mining projects in Meghalaya: Khasi District Council
After the Centre reiterated its move to open up uranium mining in the state, the highest council of the Khasi community says it will not grant an NOC
Flood and devastation sweep Assam, Meghalaya
Cloudburst, landslides kill 27 and damage infrastructure, property and crops in Garo Hills and West Khasi Hills
Project marred
CSE calls for decentralised and distributed deployment of renewable energy in Northeast India
The Northeast can address its energy poverty and provide access to clean energy to its communities by harnessing advanced technologies such as …
Fourth industrial revolution: ‘4IR critical for India’
India has a well thought out ecosystem of data and a young population that can be skilled for the new technologies
Tripura, Mizoram, Meghalaya, south Assam running out of essentials after downpour, landslides
Tripura has imposed restrictions on the sale of petrol and diesel due to shortages; it plans to get goods via ship from Haldia to …
Meghalaya farmer parliament: Will it help plug policy loopholes
In this well intentioned and executed parliament, both the government and the farmers appeared determined to make Meghalaya emerge as a role …
Home remedies
Indigenous is the byword in the water harvesting techniques followed in India's northeast. In Meghalaya, an intricate network of bamboo pipes is …
Stink in the northeast
Unscientific coal mining is threatening the pristine beauty of Meghalaya while affecting the lives of many people
North-eastern states live in fear of drought
Monsoon ditched them so bad that they stare at lowest rain deficit in 13 years
Indo-Gangetic Plain, Meghalaya will need to use flood protection for 1,000 years: DTE analysis
DTE analysed the need for flood protection measures in India in response to a study on the subject published in Nature
The unregulated, lethal and corrupt world of Meghalaya’s rat-hole mines
Despite being banned by the National Green Tribunal and continuing litigation against them in the Supreme Court, rat-hole mines in the …
Hills of despair and hope
Book>> Unruly hills-nature and nation in India’s Northeast • by Bengt G Karlsson • Orient Blackswan, Social Science Press &…
Threatening trade
Ban on Lafarge continues
Out of rathole
Post a ban on small-scale coal mining, Meghalaya is investing its energy and enterprise in other sectors
Tangy taste: Try a twist in your daal with heiribob this weekend
Little known outside the northeast, the Peel of a wild orange adds flavour to several dishes
New look for seven Indian cities
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 4, 2019)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
When reforms ricochet
The biggest threat to Vietnam's bio-diversity comes from deforestation. In the past 25 years, the total area of natural forests has declined at …
Every northeastern state reports loss in forest cover: State of India’s Forest Report 2021
Manipur recorded the largest loss in forest cover
SC upholds mining ban on Lafarge
French cement company now wants to follow Vedanta