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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/forests/a-mindless-denial-district-bodies-increasingly-refuse-tribal-populations-fra-rights</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Since 2013, members of Tharu tribe have struggled to get access to forest resources in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri district ]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/forests/why-india-needs-a-forest-tribunal</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Members of Tharu tribe at a protest meeting in Lakhimpur Kheri in 2023]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/agriculture/super-el-nino-is-here-can-india-save-its-crops</loc>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/climate-change/extreme-heat-is-now-a-public-health-and-livelihood-crisis-but-indias-budget-does-not-yet-reflect-it-finds-report</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Share of direct and indirect schemes towards addressing heat-related risks and impacts.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/pollution/ground-level-ozone-pollution-an-emerging-public-health-crisis-in-delhi</loc>
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<lastmod>2026-06-17T08:22:49.942Z</lastmod>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/energy/asian-critical-minerals-boom-faces-rising-environmental-human-rights-and-climate-risks</loc>
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<lastmod>2026-06-17T06:43:49.536Z</lastmod>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/forests/a-forest-in-wait</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Amila, a resident of Abujhmad, travels across the Kotri river on handcrafted dongis to the local haat  in Narayanpur, Chhattisgarh, to sell a rooster. The dongis, though old and rundown, are the only way Abujhmadiya can cross the river to reach other parts of the state.]]></image:caption>
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<lastmod>2026-06-17T05:59:49.321Z</lastmod>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/health/dont-waste-the-future-nfhs-6-shows-why-better-execution-could-matter-more-than-bigger-budgets</loc>
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<lastmod>2026-06-17T04:49:09.337Z</lastmod>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/climate-change/el-niño-amplified-as-a-super-event-looms-in-2026-scientists-warn-impacts-may-last-into-2027</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ During the super El Niño of 1876-78, Asian regions influenced by monsoon suffered the most intense and extensive drought in 800 years]]></image:caption>
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