Mirage of a river

Is restoration of the Sabarmati the way to go?

Public good, private concerns

Odisha is becoming a testing ground for ADB’s aggressive water sector reforms

How effective are environmental PILs

Judiciary's pro-development tilt is making activists seek recourse at the societal level

A greenscape goes black

Meghalaya becomes a quarry for uncontrolled coal mining

Chipko's triumphs extend beyond the forest

A look at the achievements and failures of a movement that began spontaneously in the Garhwal region two decades ago to protect trees from human …

Mega power projects hold the key

De-romanticizing green energy

Reform for reform’s sake

Without bottom-up rehauling National Environment Protection Agency will be more of the same

The orphan of development

At home with nature

Terrace, windowsills are a great space to nurture birds, butterflies

Curse of the urban boom

Real estate sector in India has serious environmental implications. How effective are regulatory agencies?

Tuberculosis control in India: towards universal access

Revised TB control programme needs to evolve an inclusive business model to engage the Indian private sector to ensure better quality of TB care

Distance between Earth and Sun

Measure it yourself during transit of Venus this year

A forest guard’s life is tough

Conserving biodiversity at the ground is different from buzzwords of today’s conservation science

Gory conservation

Assam debates dehorning rhinos without proper studies

Nuclear reality, damaged democracy

Indian policy-makers continue to vouch for nuclear energy after the Fukushima tragedy

It’s about the poor

Poverty line figures hide people’s aspirations

Energy market glitch

Why new renewable energy trading policy could be a win-lose rather than a win-win instrument

Whose flat is it anyway

Resettlement of slum dwellers remains confined to political agenda

A window for forest people

NTFPS-EP is a network working with adivasis on ecosystem conservation, advocacy and livelihoods

History matters

The Forest Rights Act augurs differently for two tribal communities in Kerala

Hope in jaywalkers

The dominant urban vision is deeply exclusionary

Tussle over land

Land acquisition Bill should take into account demands of those dependant on natural resources

Tigers fall prey to development

In southern Maharashtra an area rich in wildlife is being opened for plantations and mines

Freeing bamboo from the state

A recent notification making bamboo a minor forest produce can only be the first step

The digital is political

Technologies are not just agents of politics, there is politics in their design