Is apple really good for the Himalayas?

Apple is the major crop in hills, but its role as a water guzzler or spread of orchards at the cost of nature is rarely discussed

Conserving Chitkul: Why the ‘last village of India’ cannot be allowed to drown in plastic

The pristine hamlet has heaps of plastic waste lurking in its inconspicuous corners

Pre-summer rains: How the charm of Chandigarh endures

Every year, the ‘City Beautiful’ located between the Siwaliks and the Indus Plain, plays host to a game between heat, cold, dust and …

How indigenous communities faced off against COVID-19 globally

Many communities quickly instituted their own strong lockdowns, drawing on generations of knowledge on how to stop the spread of infectious diseases

Biodiversity governance: A mix of knowledge and forest management for benefit sharing

People’s biodiversity register a roadmap for forest management plans; it documents knowledge of status, history, ongoing changes and …

Biodiversity governance: The agreements and laws that help enforce it

Major legally binding conventions to protect nature were adopted at the Rio Summit where several countries came together amid rapidly …

Biodiversity governance: Access and benefit sharing and its implications on agricultural resources

A special instrument for access to crop genetic resources, access and benefit sharing (ABS) system, is fraught with challenges  

Some unexpected lessons for living with wildlife post-COVID 

Wildlife can be tamed, killed, caged, eaten, but it can rage a silent war over us like COVID-19

An open letter to forest denizens to avoid being roadkill

The hapless leopard, imprudent tiger, unreasonable tortoise, witless pangolin, incautious deer and the irrational elephant should just stop …

Govt must rethink railway projects in Uttara Kannada

Uttara Kannada is home to not just a diverse number of flora and fauna, but also ancient cultures