https://www.downtoearth.org.in/africa/africa-shaped-the-global-2030-development-agenda-how-it-can-influence-what-comes-next https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-08-03/82mpn0gx/iStock-2143073238.jpg downtoearth en 2026-08-03T04:46:27.868Z Africa shaped the global 2030 development agenda. How it can influence what comes next Africa, african union au, UN Millennium Development Goals (MDG), Africa Agenda 2063, Global development, Structural Adjustment Programmes, Pact for the Future, United Nations Sustainable Development Goals https://www.downtoearth.org.in/wildlife-biodiversity/two-thirds-of-indias-58-tiger-reserves-have-either-declining-prey-base-or-poor-habitat-or-both-nine-have-zero-or-critically-low-tiger-numbers-says-government-report https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-08-03/psxfcz4x/Tiger-Gaur.jpg A tiger with gaur kill. downtoearth en 2026-08-03T02:38:43.560Z Two-thirds of India’s 58 tiger reserves have either declining prey base or poor habitat or both; nine have zero or critically low tiger numbers, says government report   Wildlife & Biodiversity, Forests, Habitat, Tiger Reserves, Tigers, National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), prey base https://www.downtoearth.org.in/wildlife-biodiversity/blind-blood-red-eel-found-inside-dug-out-wells-in-assams-goalpara https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-08-03/gtpgl6ag/Rakthamichthys-anchi.jpg downtoearth en 2026-08-02T11:38:54.575Z Blind, blood-red eel found inside dug-out wells in Assam’s Goalpara Wildlife & Biodiversity, Assam, Fish, eels, Goalpara, Swamp eels https://www.downtoearth.org.in/wildlife-biodiversity/amid-concurrence-and-disagreement-over-various-issues-sbstta28-ends-in-nairobi-ahead-of-cbd-cop17-in-yerevan https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-08-02/1iug3bod/SBSTTA28.jpg SBSTTA28 in Nairobi. downtoearth en 2026-08-02T06:55:12.868Z Amid concurrence and disagreement over various issues, SBSTTA28 ends in Nairobi ahead of CBD COP17 in Yerevan Wildlife & Biodiversity, Nairobi, Convention On Biological Diversity (CBD), Kenya, synthetic biology, Armenia, Yerevan, COP17 Yerevan, SBSTTA28, CBD COP17 https://www.downtoearth.org.in/climate-change/two-years-after-the-mundakkai-chooralmala-catastrophe-wayanad-and-kerala-are-at-a-crossroads https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-08-02/5tsvgymq/chooralmala.jpeg People pay respects at the Puthumala burial ground on the second anniversary of the tragedy in Wayanad. downtoearth en 2026-08-02T06:42:04.923Z Two years after the Mundakkai-Chooralmala catastrophe, Wayanad and Kerala are at a crossroads Climate Change, Natural Disasters, Governance, Kerala, Landslide, Western Ghats, Wayanad, Conservation of Western Ghats, Wayanad Landslide 2024, Kalladi Landslide, Wayanad Landslide 2026, Mundakkai-Chooralmala https://www.downtoearth.org.in/energy/power-of-dung-can-india-cook-without-imported-lpg https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-08-01/k31qz1az/Power-of-dung.jpg downtoearth en 2026-08-01T09:47:51.494Z Power of dung: Can India cook without imported LPG? Energy, clean fuel, liquefied petroleum gas (lpg), Strait of Hormuz, Cow dung cakes, Iran-Israel War 2026, Power of dung https://www.downtoearth.org.in/climate-change/daily-weather-tracker-rain-turns-into-disaster-in-gujarat-as-red-alert-continues-over-20-states-set-to-witness-heavy-downpours-imd-warns-of-severe-weather https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-08-01/5sou361v/Gujarat-Floods.jpg Heavy rain in Surat district, South Gujarat. downtoearth en 2026-08-01T06:39:26.816Z Daily weather tracker: Rain turns into disaster in Gujarat as red alert continues; over 20 states set to witness heavy downpours, IMD warns of severe weather Climate Change, Natural Disasters, Floods, Gujarat, Southwest monsoon, India Meteorological Department (IMD), Daily Weather Tracker, Southwest Monsoon 2026