Guatemala’s green project turns killer

Protests against the Santa Rita dam has left six indigenous people dead, including two children

You've got a verdict

Six years of litigation over the Sardar Sarovar dam comes to an end with the Supreme Court giving the go-ahead to construction. The fate of …

Humanitarian crisis in Haiti as the Caribbean’s most populous country may have fallen to armed gangs

Capital Port-au-Prince a ‘city under siege’ as US Marines reportedly evacuate embassy staff  

Disasters, conflicts triggered 5 mln displacements in India in 2019

India's tally highest among 33 mln globally

Refugees in camps go hungry, have poor access to healthcare, but those in cities not better off: Report

Significant portions of urban refugees cannot cover health expenses, care for women during & after childbirth particularly poor in camps, …

Assam reflects world’s protracted disaster-induced displacement

Latest report on global internal displacement shows disasters continue to displace more and people are living longer in relief camps  

Polavaram — displaced and nowhere to go: Rehabilitation colonies are unliveable

Toilets overflow in R&R colonies, residents resort to open defecation; some claim they used their compensation money to get constructions fixed

Conflict, COVID-19 fuelled 6.5 million displacements in eastern Africa in 2020

Extreme weather events such as floods, cyclones, droughts also a major factor behind such displacements

Jharkhand braves bullets to create polling record

Heavy turnout of voters in Naxalite-affected areas forces political parties to rethink campaign strategy which so far had ignored development …

Problems behind the pugmarks

Translocating some lions from Gujarat's Gir sanctuary -- the home of the endangered Asiatic lion -- to the Kuno wildlife sanctuary in Madhya …

DTE ground report: Polavaram — Displaced and nowhere to go

Number of people forcibly displaced in the world crosses 100 million for first time 

Growth driven by Russia-Ukraine war, conflicts in Ethiopia and the Democratic Republic of Congo

Polavaram — displaced and nowhere to go: Local governance ignored as Gram Panchayats await restructuring

Panchayat-level activities, planning and development are at a standstill for months 

How tribals of Madumalai Tiger Reserve were robbed of compensation

According to 21 tribal families forest officials allied with property dealers to dupe them of the money for relocating from the reserve in Tamil Nadu

'Floods were never seen as disaster; they were a blessing for our village'

River Kosi has been changing its course whimsically, damaging everything in its way, but villagers in North Bihar are rebuilding their lives …

Dam collapse kills at least 38 in Kenya; flood situation in East Africa remains grim

Torrential rains have wreaked havoc in the last few weeks, destroying thousands of homes and displacing more than half a million people across …

Life along the Kosi: series 1

The saying goes Eqypt is the gift of the Nile. Throughout history rivers around the world have nurtured civilisations. In India, rivers are …

Map shows India at top of climate violence

Conflicts related to water management appear highest in India with 59 cases, followed by conflicts in fossil fuels and climate justice

Extreme weather events led to 12 million displacements of children in 2022, estimates UNICEF

Some 25.8 million children were displaced by internal conflict and violence

Himalayan destruction

Study quantifies the impact of hydel projects on the ecology of the mountain range

Churning issue

Does the concept of interlinking India's rivers hold water? The debate rages on...

Devastated still

Months after disaster struck Uttarakhand, government has done little to improve people’s lives

Twice Unlucky

In 1962, it was the Indo-Chinese war. Now it is the creation of the Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve. Once again, the Bhotiyas, who inhabit the …

In search of the missing

In the undivided Koraput district of Orissa, there exist 190 villages that have slowly been pushed off the map of India. Hurled by fast-track …

Acquisition made easy