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From forest to sea: A people’s charter seeks to reshape Kerala’s ecological future

From forest to sea: A people’s charter seeks to reshape Kerala’s ecological future

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Researchers have found frogs belonging to the Indirana genus taking refuge inside caves to cope with rising temperatures. Seen here is a frog from the Indirana genus. (Representative image)

Rising temperatures begin to reshape behaviour of plants and wildlife across India, say scientists

Himanshu Nitnaware

1 hour ago

5 min read

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 9, 2026)

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 11, 2026)

22 hours ago

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Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 9, 2026)

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 10, 2026)

11 Mar 2026

4 min read

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 9, 2026)

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 9, 2026)

10 Mar 2026

3 min read

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 6, 2026)

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 6, 2026)

09 Mar 2026

4 min read

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 25, 2025)

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 3, 2026)

09 Mar 2026

6 min read

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 2, 2026)

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 2, 2026)

03 Mar 2026

4 min read

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 27, 2026)

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 27, 2026)

03 Mar 2026

3 min read

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 26, 2026)

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 26, 2026)

03 Mar 2026

6 min read

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 25, 2026)

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 25, 2026)

02 Mar 2026

4 min read

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 24, 2026)

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 24, 2026)

02 Mar 2026

4 min read

News

From forest to sea: A people’s charter seeks to reshape Kerala’s ecological future

From forest to sea: A people’s charter seeks to reshape Kerala’s ecological future

49 seconds ago

6 min read

Researchers have found frogs belonging to the Indirana genus taking refuge inside caves to cope with rising temperatures. Seen here is a frog from the Indirana genus. (Representative image)

Rising temperatures begin to reshape behaviour of plants and wildlife across India, say scientists

Himanshu Nitnaware

1 hour ago

5 min read

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 9, 2026)

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 11, 2026)

22 hours ago

6 min read

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 9, 2026)

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 10, 2026)

11 Mar 2026

4 min read

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 9, 2026)

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 9, 2026)

10 Mar 2026

3 min read

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 6, 2026)

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 6, 2026)

09 Mar 2026

4 min read

Interviews

‘Repeal of endangerment finding is part of a systematic effort by US to dismantle climate policy’

‘Repeal of endangerment finding is part of a systematic effort by US to dismantle climate policy’

02 Mar 2026

4 min read

“Nature is the greatest consoler”

“Nature is the greatest consoler”

Preetha Banerjee

17 Jan 2026

4 min read

Donald Trump watches as Operation Absolute Resolve unfolds

The entire US intervention in Venezuela boils down to ideology, oil and international relations: Aprajita Kashyap

04 Jan 2026

7 min read

‘Fragile terrain not the cause of tunnel collapse but an excuse’

‘Fragile terrain not the cause of tunnel collapse but an excuse’

17 Feb 2025

7 min read

In war-ravaged South Sudan, environmental conservation is being used as a clarion call to bring peace

In war-ravaged South Sudan, environmental conservation is being used as a clarion call to bring peace

Ngala Killian Chimtom

11 Feb 2025

7 min read

Western societies cannot do without migrants: Amitav Ghosh

Western societies cannot do without migrants: Amitav Ghosh

14 Jan 2025

8 min read

There are big companies in China lobbying to build dams: Claude Arpi

There are big companies in China lobbying to build dams: Claude Arpi

11 Jan 2025

4 min read

‘Manufacturers manipulate chemicals to escape regulations’

‘Manufacturers manipulate chemicals to escape regulations’

Rohini Krishnamurthy

20 Dec 2024

3 min read

Blog (Environment)

Coal collection in East Jaintia hills.

Rat-hole mining in Meghalaya exposes limits of the ban and challenge of mapping state’s hills

10 Mar 2026

8 min read

Does the new EIA amendment proposal fix institutional delays or bypass environmental scrutiny?

Does the new EIA amendment proposal fix institutional delays or bypass environmental scrutiny?

Subhrajit Goswami

09 Mar 2026

5 min read

To be effective, environmental compensation should transition from retrospective punitive measure to strategic financing tool for ecological recovery

To be effective, environmental compensation should transition from retrospective punitive measure to strategic financing tool for ecological recovery

05 Mar 2026

6 min read

Eczema and asthma in children: How household fuels are harming health in poor South African homes

Eczema and asthma in children: How household fuels are harming health in poor South African homes

05 Mar 2026

4 min read

Videos (Environment)

Iran’s black rain: Environmental catastrophe after strikes on oil depots

Iran’s black rain: Environmental catastrophe after strikes on oil depots

10 Mar 2026

1 min read

AAD 2026: Sunita Narain on her new book, ‘Planet G’

AAD 2026: Sunita Narain on her new book, ‘Planet G’

28 Feb 2026

1 min read

Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2026

Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2026

23 Feb 2026

1 min read

NGT clears Rs 81,000-crore Great Nicobar Island Project, environmental concerns dismissed

NGT clears Rs 81,000-crore Great Nicobar Island Project, environmental concerns dismissed

19 Feb 2026

1 min read

Books (Environment)

‘Ghost-Eye’ suggests that the modern world’s crisis is not only environmental or political, but perceptual

‘Ghost-Eye’ suggests that the modern world’s crisis is not only environmental or political, but perceptual

Ashutosh Kumar Thakur

08 Mar 2026

5 min read

‘The Botanist’ is a whispering meditation on solitude

‘The Botanist’ is a whispering meditation on solitude

Charudutta Panigrahi

29 Nov 2025

2 min read

Book Excerpt: The real Hindustan

Book Excerpt: The real Hindustan

11 Oct 2025

3 min read

Book Excerpt: Of Gujarat, Kachchh and pastoral nomads of the western desert

Book Excerpt: Of Gujarat, Kachchh and pastoral nomads of the western desert

15 Feb 2025

4 min read

Explore More (Environment)

Highlights from the issue

Highlights from the issue

03 Mar 2026

3 min read

The evolving Dhobi Ghats of Delhi

The evolving Dhobi Ghats of Delhi

Vikas Choudhary

23 Feb 2026

1 min read

Highlights from the issue

Highlights from the issue

18 Feb 2026

3 min read

Go beyond GDP

Go beyond GDP

14 Feb 2026

1 min read

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