What do animal rights have to do with human wellbeing? Everything

Animal rights are important because all animals have inherent worth and because human rights and a healthy planet matter

It’s official: Australia is set for a hot, dry El Nino. Here’s what that means for the flammable continent

Australia, with its wealth of scientific knowledge and long history of Indigenous land management, should be well placed to manage fire …

‘These are exciting times for Alzheimer’s research; but do not lose focus on prevention’: MV Padma Srivastava

Down To Earth speaks to MV Padma Srivastava, Head of Department of Neurology and the Chief of Neurosciences Centre at the All India Institute of …

Polycrisis at a Kanker village: ‘With every tree chopped, I became poorer’

Villages in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region enter economic recession as a new railway line brings the world closer to them

Community forest rights at work: Chhattisgarh’s Chargaon reaps benefits in first year itself

Gram Sabhas, Community Forest Management Committee, non-profits join hands to streamline processes in Chargaon Naya Basti

Climate Emergency CoP 25: 22 million people will be displaced in 2019 by extreme weather events, says WMO

The State of Global Climate 2019 says that once-in-a-century climate events are becoming regular

‘Attacks against land rights activists rising in India, Asia’

Special legislation and quick response systems needed to provide protection and support to these defenders, experts said at a meeting in Udaipur

Human-bear conflict in Kashmir can be solved

Though human-bear conflict in the Kashmir Valley has shown a sharp increase in the last one-and-a-half decade, it can be solved by proper strategy

South Sudan heading for unprecedented food insecurity

4.8 million people will face severe food shortage in the coming months, warn UN agencies. Food scarcity and conflict are also forcing many …

Penguins v leopards: two sides of conservation debate in South Africa

When threatened species come into conflict, the benefit of conserving one species over the other becomes the deciding factor

SDGs better than MDGs, but still flawed, say indigenous communities

According to them, SDGs do not recognise the collective rights of indigenous communities as one of the indicators

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Animal rights groups welcome SC ban on Jallikattu

Owners of bulls trained for the sport must be well compensated so that the animals are not sent for slaughter, say activists

The new Forest Act debate is essential

Let both forests and communities win

Droupadi Murmu’s village in Odisha celebrates her win with fanfare

Many question if her win will alleviate plight of tribals in country

Tourism in Jarawa buffer, officially

Andaman administration to remove legal hurdles to allow small commercial activities

The wisdom of the unlettered

The monkey-catcher

Monkeys exact revenge on a naturalist

‘States that use less must get less’

Standing committee makes allocation of tribal funds conditional

Too close

'Centre must hold peace talks with Maoists'

South Asia

The unskilled Venkataswamy

One cheer for politics

Mohalla sabha brings people and authorities face to face  

Sense of self

Biometry’s colonial roots