An urban puzzle

India’s population and cities are set to double by 2030. Can it cope with the pressures?

What is leading to Africa’s baby boom

The continent will witness arrival of 2 billion babies between 2015 and 2050

Till the last drop

FARM IP, ENTER WIPO

Developing countries will now have to battle IP issues related to new agricultural technologies at WIPO instead of WTO

ISRO data shows Uttarakhand’s Rudraprayag and Tehri Gharwal most prone to landslides in India

Mizoram saw 12,385 landslides from 1988-2022, the highest; followed by 11,219 in Uttarakhand and 8,070 in Tripura

Paradise in peril

Galpagos, an archipelago straddling the equator 1,000 km west of Ecuador, is probably the world's best-known biodiversity zone. But alien species …

Most in Asia-Pacific already in cities; expect 3.5 bln by 2015

Urban boom will be despite declines in Japan, China, Korea

Naxal-hit areas of Chhattisgarh see sharp decline in population

Industrialisation and forced sterilisation programmes may be some reasons for the trend

Land over nature

Cities are expanding indiscriminately across the globe, at the cost of rich biodiversity  

India’s tiger population bounces to 2,226 from a low of 1,411

Tiger census 2014 says cause for worry now is declining tiger populations in northern Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Jharkhand

Count the natural debt, too

Cancer rises in the Northeast

Report of Indian Council of Medical Research shows Aizawl district in Mizoram has the highest incidence of cancer

Decline in monarch butterfly population not because of migration: Study

The ‘migration mortality’ hypothesis, highlighted by two scientific journals, is not backed by data, says the study’s author …

Impatient to sterilise

In a hurry to bring down fertility rate, health officials are blatantly flouting government’s guidelines

As dingoes grow in size, should we blame pesticides?

Sodium fluoroacetate — popularly known as Compound 1080 — was identified as one of the reasons behind the growth in dingoes, a dog …

Increasing population, demand for food in Africa need urgent attention: Experts

Policies, mega plans by governments needed as 2023 priorities for action for food systems

Public Deprived System

The country’s 76 million poor have been denied the right to claim subsidised foodgrain under public distribution system

Making a beginning

Community management of natural resources is still in the nascent stage

Mismanagement, negligence and political pressure are killing Kuno cheetahs

Experts say not too late, but a severe restructure and competent authorities incharge needed to salvage the project

Reunion dengue study claims climate data can help predict disease outbreaks

Sub-seasonal climate forecasts from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts model were incorporated into a vector model that …

Battle between UIDAI and home ministry ends

Data of people covered by the Unique Identification Authority of India will be used for the National Population Register

Proactive planning

It's not about fighting the problem later, it's about pre-empting the problem. Measures against air pollution and plastics are all about taking …

Three avenues, one goal

The focus is on development of hydropower, industries and food production: how sustainably can the targets be achieved?

High Altitude Dilemma

It is an intriguing view from the high mountains of Bhutan. To the east lies Nepal, grappling large-scale environmental degradation. To the north …

Cities are good

Angel argues slowing down urbanisation will hurt the poor the most