Mocha and the ever-growing fiasco we are pushing ourselves into

Will the Anthropocene be the shortest era in history?

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

Why so few people are worried about Thwaites

The worry about Thwaites is not just the estimated rise in sea-level but an unknown and sometimes incomprehensible cascade that its melting can …

Reviving ourselves is the only way to revive our rivers

New disturbance to river ecology is the proliferation of riverside development projects that aim to beautify a dying river as it passes through …

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

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: 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

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 …

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