Neermahal: palace on shrinking lake

Paradise under fire

The beautiful Valley of Flowers, known for its flower diversity and fecundity, is caught in a strange controversy over ban on grazing

A 'shoot-at-sight order for a tigress

Unhappy Bani

March of real estate threatens one of the last patches of native Aravalli forest near Delhi

A Nationalised Nightmare

One of the main reasons given for nationalising the coalmines of India was to protect workers from accidents. What followed was large-scale …

A walk through Mangar Bani, a sacred grove near Delhi

Making hell-holes

What slaughter mining and power plants have done to the people and the environment

Chipping away

Time was, when the Saranda forest cover was so dense that even the sun's rays couldn't penetrate it. Ironically, denudation has driven the region …

System error

The death of India's cancer control programme and the rise of cancers

Classified ?

The data is rudimentary. The analysis is poor. And is kept secret

Cherrapunjee Now a wet desert

Logjam

Whenever the Supreme Court pulls the trigger, why does it miss the target? Because governments like those of the seven Northeast states work …

The battle over forests

Are the recent eviction drives misdirected? (Read full article)

Protectors dubbed criminals

Tribals in Madhya Pradesh celebrate festival to reclaim forests; officials say they are encroaching land

Newest Biggest Deal

In Kyoto, in 1997, nations of the world agreed the Clean Development Mechanism (cdm) was a competent way to combat climate change. The process …

Climate inaction

Forest war

Naxalism started as a movement against land alienation. Today it has become a popular movement against natural resource alienation, …

Desperate for Expressway

Uttar Pradesh is set to begin work on its ambitious expressway along the Upper Ganga Canal, turning a blind eye to environmental concerns and …

The rift valley

With no income options, Ghangharia residents want forestland for hotels