Climate-smart agriculture: an answer to climate change

Sustainably increasing agricultural production, adapting to climate change and reducing emissions are the main points of climate-smart …

Locusts invade Delhi-NCR

Insects spotted in Delhi’s Aya Nagar and Vasant Kunj areas in addition to five places in Gurugram; expected to move deeper into Delhi

A drought of up-to-date data

Nearly 27 per cent of India has undergone a climatic shift since the last study on drought areas

What locust attack? Great Indian Bustards make a meal of pests, reproduce more

However, the population could drop again after the locust invasion gets over, experts say  

Maximum devastation occurred in areas of maximum forestland diversion

Experts say deforestation aggravated floods in Uttarakhand; only 12 per cent compensatory afforestation achieved

The goat gamble

It has been a slow and steady shift over decades. Forced by declining returns from farming in ecologically fragile areas, small farmers have been …

Desert dust storms carry human-made toxic pollutants and the health risk extends indoors

Deserts now increasingly border built structures around the world, including urban dwellings

C: Green planet

Will the world move towards a more fair and environmentally just future?

Reverse land use change to prevent zoonoses like COVID-19: UNCCD

Land use degradation creates ground for zoonotic disease like COVID-19 as the interaction and physical distance between animals and humans …

9 maps to show how locusts have come to threaten India

Increase in frequency of cyclones results in extended, multiple breeding sessions of locusts

Postponed

Issues concerning the earth's future took a backseat as unseemly politics ruled the day at the just concluded Earth Summit II SUPRIYA AKERKAR …

Killing dust

African dust clouds cause red tides that kill millions of fish in the Gulf of Mexico

Everything about desert locusts — and how to control them amid COVID-19 crisis

From Yemen to Indo-Pakistan border, how the swarms made way into India — and how the situation should be monitored 

B: High drama

The forest convention was the most controversial issue at the Summit. However, the G-77, a strident opposer, failed to act as a united force

Bihar govt teams carrying out operations against locust swarms

The insects have spread to 11 districts of the state in the past four days

Costly silence

No one is debating where goats will graze

Locust swarms: How can they be warded off?

All ammunition currently in use against locusts can have serious health and environmental impacts

Locust swarm invasion: The wind factor

Desert locusts are age-old threats. But now something is changing in the way they spread and reproduce

Locust plague: How India can fight this menace

Locusts have spread to new territories across India, with new factors contributing to their spread. What can be done to curb this ‘other …

Letters

Locust swarms: How the other plague is affecting several states

Locusts have returned to India in just two months and are spreading to new territories. Has climate change added another layer of stress and …

Nagpur has 200 bird species, reveals bird-spotting exercise

60 to 65 of the species were found in MIHAN-SEZ area earmarked for industrial development

Rajasthan announces Project Great Indian Bustard

State's population of 100 bustards crucial for recovery of the critically endangered bird in India

COVID-19 lockdown and the impact on camels in Rajasthan

Camel herders face problems in getting care for their animals because of the nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus …

Southwest Monsoon 2020: Good rains now bring bad news

Excess rainfall in central India is the new normal as India grows warmer. This can also make locust attacks a perennial problem