Programme Director, Environment Resource Unit, Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi
Nigeria first to approve Bt cowpea, Ghana may follow
Nigeria has to import cowpea to meet demand for its most important legume
Forest fires in India tripled in the last four months
Five southern states account more than a third of fires in 2019
26% of local livestock breeds face the risk of extinction
African wild ass and the wild Bactrian camel most endangered
Water in major reservoirs of 10 states below 2017 levels: CWC
Water levels 22% below the average of last decade
India loses natural resources to economic growth: report
11 states have registered a decline in natural capital between 2005 and 2015
India had a deficit monsoon in 13 of the last 18 years
The country had its last surplus monsoon in 2013
Hard work, but low wages for women farmers
Women farmers earn 22 per cent less than their male counterparts
Courts must dispose of 57 environment cases a day to clear backlog in a year
The current rate is just nine cases a day
19% of world’s people without access to clean water live in India
Yet state governments are not serious enough
100% Indians exposed to PM 2.5 pollutants beyond limits
Long-term exposure to the pollutant has been associated with lung cancer