Why South India needs the Shola forests of the Nilgiris

The forests and grasslands act as water towers and influence the fortunes of farmers in the Cauvery delta

Mining in news on April 11

Today’s updates in the mining industry

Assessing poverty-deforestation links: evidence from Swat, Pakistan

This blog is based on a paper that contributed to the debate on the links between poverty and forestry degradation; the view that due to poverty …

UNCCD CoP: India still unclear about its degradation target

Prakash Javadekar quotes target figure substantially less than that decided by his ministry

Why insects are crucial for ecological balance

Several species of insects are at the brink of extinction; this can have a cascading effect on upper levels of the food pyramid and shake …

Around 1.3 billion people at high risk of conflict and displacement: Report

The most vulnerable countries are clustered in the Middle East and North Africa, sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia

More than half the world's most important natural sites are under threat: it's time to protect them

Many of the United Nations’ World Heritage sites are being rapidly destroyed in the pursuit of short-term economic goals

Reviving Adi Ganga: Central funds, international project give hope

Adi Ganga was chosen from India as a part of a project to address pollution in South Asian rivers

Degraded land the size of China needs to be restored by 2030 to prevent biodiversity loss: UN Report

Every single year, we lose ecosystem services worth more than 10 per cent of our global economic output, the report said

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 30, 2019)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

PIL seeking directions for carrying capacity: An opportunity to save the ecology of Himalayan states

Determining capacity and resources is critical for sustainable development

World’s leading financial institutions continue to bankroll deforestation

Most of them have failed to manage and mitigate environmental, social and governance risks

How a restoration project in Karnataka is helping revive ecology, community livelihood

Restoration projects can set in motion a virtuous cycle of livelihoods, biodiversity and native knowledge 

Joshimath crisis: Tourist influx in Himalayan states adding to ecological burden

Tourism infrastructure in Hindu Kush Himalayan region poorly planned, 2019 ICIMOD report found

Madhya Pradesh’s newest Ramsar wetland covered in invasive water hyacinth, threatening biodiversity

No migratory birds visited Sankhya Sagar this winter; connecting lakes Jadhav Sagar and Madhav Sagar also covered in green layer

Sonam Wangchuk is right. All is not well with Ladakh’s glaciers

In October 2021, 31 glacial lakes and water bodies showed an increase in area by 20%, found CSE & DTE’s State of India’s …

Change carbon-intensive lifestyles to save Ladakh, Sonam Wangchuk appeals to people

Might consider hunger strike if Ladakh is not protected under the Constitution’ Sixth Schedule, the innovator tells Down To Earth