President Lula calls Bolsonaro’s COVID-19 actions ‘genocide’, to reinstate Bolsa Familia
Veteran leftist leader aims for zero deforestation in the Amazon; zero greenhouse gas emissions in electricity matrix
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 8, 2022)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Ken-Betwa river interlinking: Core forest area of Panna tiger reserve will come under water, warns study
At loss: 2 million trees, tiger and its species, 58.03 sq km of critical tiger habitat
World Indigenous Peoples Day: How net-zero climate goal alienates tribals
Promotion of net-zero climate targets may alienate tribals from their land when science tells us that there is simply not enough land
Expedite climate action, focus on protected areas: What Bhupendra Yadav should map out
The new environment minister has inherited governance challenges from his predecessor as the country experiences institutional inefficiency
Forest fires in Uttarakhand: Absence of real-time air quality monitoring plagues Himalayas
Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh do not have a single official real-time air quality monitor
Recently planted eucalyptus trees may have stoked Similipal fires, say experts
Afforestation of mostly eucalyptus trees has been done in 67,828 of 5,695,873 ha diverted land in the state, an official said
Adivasis in India: Co-existence and stewardship
Much is at stake in how we define co-existence. On the one hand is a largely western legacy of wildlife conservation, while on the other hand, is …
Palli Sabha at Odisha's Dhinkia opposes steel, cement power plant
Villagers demanded scrapping of proposed power plant over 2,900 acres, which was previously acquired for POSCO's steel project
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 16, 2019)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 30, 2019)
Air, water pollution offences more than triple in 2020: NCRB
Only 8 of 36 states and Union territories register cases for violating air, water pollution laws in 2020
Brazil GEF meet: Over half a billion dollars set aside for work on biodiversity
Adequate funds are needed to meet the 4 goals & 23 targets set under the Kunming-Montreal biodiversity framework by 2030
Save Africa’s forest elephants if you want the Congo rainforest to continue capturing carbon: Study
World’s second-biggest rainforest could lose 6-9 % of its carbon capture ability, if the forest elephant goes extinct, says Saint Louis …
Can agriculture fuel mass extinction?
We must make gradual changes and develop agriculture according to the principles of life on the planet
COP15 Montreal: Target 22 on gender equality approved but word ‘responsive’ still in brackets
Participation, capacity building and financial access to women from all walks of life non-negotiable in Post-2020 GBF
On the brink: Is it too late to fix damage to climate systems?
Giant ice sheets, ocean currents and permafrost regions may have already passed the point of irreversible change. Most other crucial climate …
‘Climate change has nothing to do with ideologies’: Europe battles wildfires
More people have died of heat-related causes in Spain between May 1 and July 15 of this year, than during the entirety of 2021
Etalin hydel: Experts warn of biodiversity loss in Dibang Valley in letter to forest advisory panel
The project will require diversion of 1,165 hectares of forest land, felling of more than 280,000 trees
India identifying, defining forests wrongly, say experts at Anil Agarwal Dialogue
The urgent agenda today is to reinvent forest management for the future; so that India can build a wood-based future, but still protect the …
DTE Exclusive: Environment minister Bhupender Yadav writes why CoP26 was a success for India
A collaborative, not competitive, approach alone can save our planet. That is why India upped its commitment to the cause of saving the planet …
Rajasthan camel breeders threaten to leave animals with district collectors
The breeders have demanded that state Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot come up with a solution to their problems by November 26, 2020
Alleviating poverty: Forests, trees can be trump card post COVID-19, says report
The World Bank has projected extreme poverty to increase for the first time in 20 years due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Understanding zoonotic diseases: How viruses break the nature-human divide
Their novel nature and unpredictability make diseases that jump from animals to humans extremely dangerous
COVID-19 lockdown deals blow to Rajasthan’s tendu leaf economy
Demand for tendu patta has been declining over the years, mainly due to decreasing consumption of bidis