World Rivers Day: Does a river exist for us only when it floods?

It’s important to spread river education in its totality, before dams and canals take over ‘rivers’ in the perception battle 

The invisible bhadralok

Field notes from a waterborne land sheds light on the lives of those bengalis who barely exist for the outside world.

Won’t allow bauxite mining on Mali Hill: Agitators ransack meeting in Koraput village

The Mali Hill in Koraput is the source of several streams, home to medicinal trees and is an elephant corridor, protestors say

Flamingos, pelicans yet to leave Chilika, despite early onset of summer

Some of the migratory birds have been staying at the lake because of the availability of food and water

Why are fires raging in Similipal?

The fires seem to be both, a natural disaster and human-made mishap, according to experts

Elephants destroy prawn farms, fishing boats in Odisha

Changes in Odisha’s Ganjam district has destroyed habitats and traditional corridors of elephants, bringing them into frequent conflict with humans

Heavy rains lash coastal Odisha as Bulbul nears

Fishermen have taken shelter in harbours even as farmers are harvesting paddy that has not fully ripened

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 7, 2019)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

Odisha may ban catching under-sized fish

The state has also banned use of purse seine nets, gill nets to protect the baby fish, particularly the Hilsa 

Odisha’s climate refugees: Satabhaya’s cattle farmers suffer in new homes

The once-prosperous community has been left to fend for itself after losing its rich economy to the ravages of the sea

Lord! Where will the wood for Jagannath’s chariot come from?

As the forest cover in Odisha decreases, there are apprehensions about the scarcity of wood for making the deity’s chariot for the Rath Yatra

Mission possible: Turning a waste land into a forest with a bank of traditional seeds

A father-daughter duo grow 800 varieties of traditional seeds in a 2.5-acre land in Nayagarh district of Odisha

Vedanta's Red Mud Pond

Odisha seeks panel nod for forest clearance transfer from POSCO ltd to Jindal Steel

Forest Advisory Committee says Union Environment Ministry will seek legal opinion on the issue

Odisha stir against coal trucks emitting smoke: Nearly 170, including children, detained

The movement of coal trucks sparks pollution concerns; police claim no forceful detention of children

World Turtle Day: Meet Odisha’s ‘Turtle Man’

Rabindranath Sahu and his team have been helping in Olive Ridley conservation since 20 years  

In a first, Odisha studies potential forest land under FRA

New estimate offers ‘baseline for planning and effective implementation of forest rights Act recognition’ 

Puri may have no water left in a decade

Rapid construction and encroachment in Odisha’s main tourist hub threaten water supplies

DTE Coverage: Voting without voters

Down To Earth reports from four states on migrant voters and the upcoming Lok Sabha elections

How Odisha is providing 24X7 ‘drink from tap’ quality water for its urban population

This video analyses how the mission works on the ground and whether Puri and Bhubaneswar can be used as models to implement such …

DTE Coverage: Cyclone Michaung leaves a trail of destruction

Slow-moving cyclone wreaks havoc in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andhra Pradesh and Odisha

Simply Put: Caveman or forest staff

Internet, the new water. Let’s not convert it into opium

Internet shutdowns can take unimaginable tolls

Elephant found dead in Odisha’s Angul, tusks missing

The incident comes within days of 7 elephants dying due to electrocution in Dhenkanal

Bumper procurement helps Odisha kendu leaf collectors amid COVID-19

The volume of Kendu leaves sold this year was worth over Rs 70 crore than 2020.