Marathwada floods: at least 12 killed; crops worth Rs 500 crore damaged

Floods affected 1,700 villages and also claimed lives of 183 animals

African Drought Conference: leaders focus on risk mitigation measures

African countries were urged to move away from crisis management approach to risk management

Bundelkhand's bravehearts

For villages that survived recurring droughts, the economic-ecological connection makes more sense

Drought reduces forest’s capacity to absorb carbon

The new study focused on the Amazon Basin finds reduction in tree growth after drought

‘Human influence behind warmer and bigger Indo-Pacific warm pool'

A new study shows that human-caused greenhouse gas emissions have led to the warming of the Indo-Pacific warm pool which can cause changes in …

Africa has witnessed massive population displacements

Africa has more countries affected by displacement than any other continent or region, and was home to more than 15 million internally displaced …

Zimbabwe baobab trees dying due to mysterious disease

This could cause a potential food crisis in the country which is in the throes of drought

Stalled monsoon to make little progress before June 25

In spite of unfavourable conditions, IMD expects a major progress of the monsoon in Central India

Public–private partnerships can help achieve sustainable agricultural development goals

Public–private partnerships in agriculture have the potential to modernise the sector and provide numerous benefits to smallholder farmers

Delay sowing of seeds, IMD tells Maharashtra farmers

The advisory was issued to help drought-hit farmers avoid further agricultural losses due to a delay in the onset of monsoon

Why Zambia halts culling of hippos but South Africa goes for the kill?

While Zambia adopts a wait-and-watch policy on animal culling, South Africa plans to kill at least 100 hippos later this year

Adaptation finance for agriculture is the need of the hour

Efforts for adaptation finance will have to be multiplied greatly as the needs of today are not being met, leave alone the needs of a more …

Jharkhand’s children deprived of mid-day meal despite Supreme Court order, say activists

Jharkhand is the one of the worst-affected states in the country with its 22 out of 24 districts facing drought

Supreme Court issues directive for implementing MGNREGA, food security Act to tackle drought

In a bid to provide relief to households in drought-hit areas, the apex court directed the Centre to release funds to states for providing …

Dousing flames

The Uttarakhand forest fires that lasted for over 100 days should come as a warning to the rest of India since half of its forests are vulnerable …

Supreme Court directs Centre to prepare national disaster plan to tackle drought

The apex court has directed the Union government to revise the Drought Management Manual at the earliest till the end of 2016

Drought but why

It is time we understood that since drought is human-made it can be reversed

Only 21% live storage left in country's 91 reservoirs, reveals CWC report

Thirteen reservoirs have less than 20 per cent storage with respect to last year

Marathwada's dry story

How poor policies pushed the region into one of its worst droughts ever

Penny unwise, pond foolish

The government should have revived traditional water bodies and ponds to prepare Bundelkhand for drought. Rather, it spent Rs 15,000 crore to …

'River regulation responsible for decline in water bird population in Australia'

Kate Brandis, joint research fellow at the Centre for Ecosystem Science, UNSW and Australian Nuclear Science Technology Organisation

Farmers demand law for guaranteed income

Participants voice concern on drought, farmers' suicide and water conservation, among other issues

Bombay High Court allows inaugural IPL match to commence

Questions the timing of the petition filed against water being provided to cricket stadia for IPL matches in drought-hit Maharashtra

Bombay High Court slams cricket associations on 'criminal waste of water' for IPL

Are people more important or IPL, Court asks associations of drought-hit Maharashtra and Mumbai

Drought-ravaged Ethiopia

El Niño has caused massive crop failure, reduced livestock and pushed millions of people in Ethiopia into food insecurity