Wet’suewet’en protests have exposed Canada’s racist underbelly: Ruth Hopkins

Protests against proposed Coastal GasLink pipeline through First Nations land in British Columbia, has crippled rail travel 

'Australia must sign a treaty with its First People'

Aboriginal activist Lidia Thorpe says a treaty is the only way to bring closure to Australia, which is after all, a settler-colonial project

‘There is no camel community for Australia’s camels’

Down To Earth speaks to well-known camel expert Ilse Kohler-Rollefson on Australia’s recent plans to cull 10,000 camels

Indus river system among world’s most vulnerable water towers: Study

The research, which looked at 78 global water towers, said they were at risk, mostly due to the threats of climate change

जलवायु परिवर्तन का आपातकाल बहुत हद तक विकसित देशों की देन है : कैथरीन रोवेट

लोग उन चीजों के लिए मतदान करते रहे, जिनके बारे में हम सबक�…

Climate Emergency CoP 25: Global mean sea level highest-ever in 2019

The State of Global Climate 2019 says that this is yet another sign of the world being in a climate emergency

अपने ही गढ़ में क्यों ढेर हुए शेर

गुजरात के गीर राष्ट्रीय उद्यान एवं वन्यजीव अभ्यारण्य म�…

क्या सेंटीनेलिस को ‘बचाने’ की जरूरत है?

अंडमान की सेंटीनेलिस और अन्य जनजातियों की आबादी सीमित ह…

प्रदूषण से कितनी राहत देगी कृत्रिम बारिश?

राजधानी दिल्ली में वायु प्रदूषण को कम करने के लिए कृत्र�…

'Belgium does owe reparations to the Congo'

Down To Earth talks to American historian, Adam Hochschild about his book on King Leopold of Belgium whose reign is responsible for the deaths of …

Crowd-sourcing, community participation to help in conserving rare toad

Bengaluru-based non-profit grantee to build citizen conservationist group for mapping, conserving Malabar Tree Toad in the Western Ghats

‘State protection for wildlife not a panacea for conservation’

Down To Earth speaks to Brain Heath, CEO of Mara Conservancy and director of Seiya Ltd, about the conservation model in Kenya, other African countries

How Nanak used nature in his verses to drive home his point

Down To Earth speaks to musician and singer Rabbi Shergill about the poetry of Sikhism’s founder and its many allusions to facets of …

The East India Company was not a hypocrite like the British Raj: William Dalrymple

The historian speaks to Down To Earth about his latest work, The Anarchy

'The Satnami rebellion was a rare anti-caste movement in South Asian history'

Author Amita Kanekar speaks to Down To Earth about her latest book 'Fear of Lions'

The peasant rebels of the Satnami Rebellion

'Fear of Lions' is a fictional retelling of the Satnami revolt against Aurangzeb, and underlines the importance of rebellion in times of oppression

‘The Amazon recycles water’

Down To Earth speaks to environmental scientist Deborah Lawrence on the Amazon blazes

‘Due to the Amazon fires, we will lose the battle against climate change’

Down To Earth speaks to Aline Carrara, Brazilian researcher, social scientist and conservation practitioner with a focus on Amazonia about the …

‘The burning of the Amazon will not alter wind patterns’

Down To Earth spoke to meteorologist U C Mohanty about the impact of the Amazon fires on global warming and wind patterns

'Generic industry makes poor-quality drugs for nations with lax regulations'

Katherine Eban, author of Bottle of Lies, is an investigative journalist whose articles on pharmaceutical counterfeiting, gun trafficking and …

Himalayan wolves prey on as many as 39 species: Study

The study also found that more Himalayan wolves consumed a larger proportion of domestic than wild prey in areas that had regular livestock …

‘The United States’ Indian Wars never ended’

Down To Earth speaks to Ruth Hopkins, writer of Dakota and Lakota Sioux origin, about various issues concerning Native Americans today in the …

New glanders action plan: Equine fairs won’t be allowed near infected zone

The plan released by the government on July 26, 2019 has updated existing guidelines related to the deadly equine disease

IUCN's new Red List reports alarming decline in global freshwater fish species

According to the body, the world's freshwater fish species are undergoing a silent decline

‘Wildlife trafficking and crime are ever shifting and changing’

Azzedine Downes, president and CEO of International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) spoke to the media about various issues concerning global …