Kono diamond mining suspended

Poor regulators do not a rich country make

Sponge iron industries are killing fields

The sponge iron industry is growing fast and polluting alarmingly. K Radhika in Chhattisgarh and Maureen Nandini Mitra in Jharkhand and Orissa …

3.9 million people in South Sudan facing severe hunger, says UN report

An analysis shows that at least 30,000 people are living in extreme conditions and are facing starvation and death

Rogues tamed

In a unique operation, forest departments of two states use trained elephants to capture crop-raiding tuskers in the forests of southern Maharashtra

Cold comfort for 400,000 Burundi refugees

UN Food Aid Programme to withdraw aid from Angola

Srinagar officials, residents agree on three more dumpsites

Agitation over forestland

As told to Parliament (February 2, 2023): Tapovan-Vishnugad power project far away from Joshimath, claims minister

Experts are of the opinion that the 520 MW Tapovan-Vishnugad project is part of the reason for the soil collapse

Why the attack on Kashmir's pastoralists is a big concern

Gujjars and Bakkerwals, the nomadic pastoralists of Jammu and Kashmir, now face a new deadly enemy: Gau Rakshaks

India’s hunger crisis worse than Bangladesh, Nepal

Around 15 per cent of India’s population is undernourished and 38.7 per cent of children suffer from stunted growth

Twist in turtle’s tale

Falling catch fuels turtle-fisher conflict in Lakshadweep atolls

Eco-sensitive zones subverted

States exclude ecologically rich areas around parks from regulation to allow industries

South Asia

UN adopts declaration on rights of indigenous people

Villagers ransack mining site in Vietnam

Warring over water

While issues like Cauvery water sharing and Indus Treaty figured prominently in 2016, other inter-state water conflicts could be on the anvil as …

Is Arctic rush worth it?

With Shell's proposed oil exploration in the Chukchi Sea, we revisit the potential impact of exploring oil, natural gas, minerals and fish …

Sociology of conflict

In vitro testing needs a push

Better wild than never

POSCO faces fresh litigation, protest

Uncertainty looms over its $12 billion steel plant project in Odisha

‘Hong Kong’s lost tigers show us a species once gone, cannot return’

Down To Earth speaks to journalist John Saeki about his upcoming book on the lost tigers of Hong Kong

Tamil Nadu and Kerala slug it out over Mullaperiyar dam