Farmers quit mentha

Overexploitation of water leaves very little for farming

Plantation mirage

RajasthanÔÇÖs tree planting spree might not check desertification

Profiting from disaster

Zoramthanga , the chief minister of Mizoram, has many reasons to reminisce the birth of his party, the Mizo National Front, an insurgent group …

Losing cover

Soil erosion threatens food security and environment

Illegal buildings trigger erosion, threaten Puri beach

Fancy wall for Sundarbans

Government starts building massive embankments on the fragile delta using untested technology. Experts say the project benefits contractors, …

The great wetland grab

Guwahati allows construction on wetlands, but will not spare poor settlers on hills. A photo narrative by Sayantan Bera

A tribute to P R Mishra

P R Mishra used the power of the community to transform the barren landscape of Sukhomajri into a model for forest regeneration

Dying in isolation

A small group of islands in the Bay of Bengal is being eaten up by the sea

Natural allies

How technology is helping Indian, Sri Lankan fishermen amid climate change patterns

Numer 8, an analytics company in India, is helping fishermen practice sustainable and safe fishing 

Kolkata among world's most flood-prone coastal cities: study

Its growing population and exposure to storms make it vulnerable

Mother of three wages lone battle against sand mining lobby

Jazeera along with her three children has been sitting in protest from June 14 in front of government offices, demanding protection of Kerala's …

Who messed it up?

Guwahati indicts poor settlers for flash floods, ignores damage on wetlands by construction work

Yours unilaterally

Nepal suffers as India builds dykes along a trans-border river without informing the neighbour

Police launch probe against Puducherry port developer

Move follows letter from Union home ministry pointing out fraud committed by the private developer, Subhash Projects

Mangroves' rescue act

Scientists stress that conserving mangroves will provide an important buffer to save coastal regions from the ravages of sea level rise due to …

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Turtles return to nest

Issue at hand

Science needs to come home -- scientists need to address the concerns of the local communities

If not now

Then when?

73,556,000

How well do we know our ocean?

Go under

Or, follow coastal regulations

What? Why?

Our disaster preparedness

Mutual interest

Farmers care for the hill slopes only when the hills provide livelihood -- a simple lesson that has been forgotten