Experts advise community-led forest conservation in Himalayas
Being major biodiversity hotspots, forests provide critical goods and services like timber and firewood
In conversation with South Africa’s central bank governor Lesetja Kganyago
“There is nothing monetary policy can do to produce the engineers that the country needs in order for its economy to grow.”
Will India lose one of its last patches of Jurassic forest?
Kathalekan, in Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka, is a relic forest with Myristica swamp ecosystem. It has remained unchanged for over 100 …
Modi Sarkar’s big budgetary miss: Malnutrition
Having the highest number of malnourished children in the world, India cannot afford to overlook this fact
Going Dutch
The Netherlands leads the way in sustainable investments -- funds that go towards the setting up of projects that are ecologically viable
Demonetisation: public health system ill-equipped and unreliable
The government’s assurance of treatment in government hospitals is hollow as the system is inadequate
What lessons does COVID-19 offer for India's urban poor policy
The government should learn from this pandemic and create a robust, equitable and sustainable infrastructure that should be inclusive for all …
Crucial biodiversity hotspots still not under protection radar
According to a report, protected areas are critical for maintaining a healthy environment for people as well as nature
Will India’s recycling sector collapse under the new GST regime?
Under the new GST regime, all categories of scrap now have a high tax rate of mostly 18 per cent
Mid-day meal has failed to attract children to government schools, says CAG audit
The latest report says that in most of the states children are not getting the prescribed level of nutrition through the food supplied under the …
Bihar’s ambulance service staff go on strike
They have not been paid salaries for six months; private companies operating services under PPP model blame government
Transboundary conservation is essential to save endangered Red Pandas
Protection of the existing species, corridor management with the enrichment of bamboo and other species & awareness creation to reduce the …
In strange waters
Kenyan authorities are caught between reviving a dying lake and ensuring livelihood to farmers living in its catchment
Study sheds light on functioning of global river-based ecosystems
Around 153 researchers from 40 countries worked on the paper, which shows how climatic factors that govern decomposition rates are increasingly …
Africa must diversify its exports to survive further economic shocks: Report
African countries can overcome commodity dependence by investing in high knowledge-intensive services and improving competitiveness in the …
Public banks responsible for $800 billion in damages to nature annually: Report
Some 450 public development banks worldwide are exposed to a ‘dependency risk’ worth $4.6 trillion, due to their investments in nature-…
GST collection for June 2021 below Rs 1 lakh crore
While GST collection is expected to increase from July onwards, a third wave of COVID-19 could again reduce it
Solar power: In a slump India’s booming
India’s booming solar power sector has witnessed a slowdown as distribution companies delay payments to power plants
Found: 'lost' forests covering an area two-thirds the size of Australia
The discovery boosts the total global forest cover by nine per cent and has significant consequences for carbon budgets
Banking Ordinance a bold step but silent on considering environmental and social risk management to reduce NPA: CSE
The CSE calls for mandating environmental and social risk management for internal credit risk appraisal process
Should farmers get steady income?
Farmers have rarely been considered eligible for payment for various ecological services. The old concept of Payment for Ecosystem Services can …
Quantifying ecosystem value crucial for conservation, say experts
Experts gathered at the second international dialogue on Himalayan ecology spoke of valuing mountain ecosystems for their services
Union Budget 2021-22: Taxing the working class while corporates profit from COVID-19 pandemic
The assumption that the government is making is that we are where we were one year ago. This is a false claim
Rainfall changes could impact global manufacturing, services sectors
India needs to identify risks in each sector and safeguard them from climate change as we move forward, says experts
‘Revolutionary change’ needed to stop unprecedented global extinction crisis
If we are to halt the continued loss of nature, then the world’s legal, institutional and economic systems must be reformed entirely