Good news: Trees that bind families

An Uttarkhand teacher gives reasons to take care of plants after plantation drives

Payment for Ecosystem Services: Himalayan states should demand more

Their demand for “green bonus” triggers the payment for ecosystems debate

Elephantine block

A wall to keep elephants at bay ends up alienating people in an Uttarakhand village

Web unravels

Spiders can tell us about the health of the environment

Prickly, delicious

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 1, 2024)

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

क्या मिसाल बन सकता है कॉर्बेट टाइगर रिजर्व में अवैध रूप से पेड़ काटने का मामला?

नैनीताल हाईकोर्ट ने जिम कॉर्बेट टाइगर रिजर्व में 6000 से ज�…

Badrinath Master Plan: Development script or disaster manual?

The Uttarakhand government might be repeating a 50-year-old misstep which had been stopped in the nick of time after widespread agitations  

Why should we not stay green nod for Char Dham highway? SC asks Centre

Neglecting environmental concerns can be disastrous for mountain state, NGO petitioner cautions

Of 'man-eating tigers' and ‘tiger-eating men'

While reigniting debate on human-wildlife conflicts, Uttarakhand High Court’s order on man-eating big cats leaves many questions unanswered …

Roadside remedy

A common plant growing in the wild in Garhwal, basingu is traded both as a medicinal herb and vegetable

Joshimath won’t be saved unless NTPC’s project is shelved: Expert’s dire warning

Big projects should never have been sanctioned in and around Joshimath without conducting proper studies first, say experts

Long road home: Uttarakhand increasingly declares villages disaster-prone

While many are fighting relocation, those who shift face conflicts with host villages over resources like water and grazing land. Is relocation …

Floods and the Politics

Shalini Dhyani travels to Chinyalisaur to find out how heavy rains coupled with rise in water of Tehri dam has devastated the area.

Srinagar hydroelectric project: walls of desilting basin collapse

Houses and fields inundated in several villages; residents had been complaining of water leakage from power channel canal for past one week

Damage due to heavy rains in Uttarakhand’s Kotdwar point to greater need for rainfall and water level monitoring

Removing illegal encroachments and climate resilient infrastructure need of the hour

Uttarakhand floods: more rains predicted

Light to moderate rain forecast from June 24; will impede ongoing rescue operations

No food in forests: Bears, langurs throng Uttarkahand apple orchards as native vegetation gets taken over by invasives

Locals report numerous changes in food habits of wildlife; increased number of tigers in the state may also have a role

Futile deadlines: Afforestation drive in 5 states along Ganga is over with just 22% of target being met

Experts have questioned as to whether the Ganga catchment area is really available for afforestation

Rs 25,000 fine on NHAI, BRO for not answering queries on roads in Uttarakhand

Green tribunal pulls up highway authority for claiming it is not in charge of any highway in the state where there are chances of landslide

Money matters

Sonal Matharu finds out how schemes for women and children are all about making money and neglect their health

Widespread protests near Tehri

Residents are angry after increase in the dam’s water level led to landslides and subsequent house collapse

'I cannot be a mute spectator to the carnage of Ganga'

As Uttarakhand grapples with the task of repair and restoration, octogenarian environmentalist G D Agarwal's fast to free Ganga of dams continues.…

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 9, 2024)

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

True measure of growth