Danger lurks

Miners eye Mongolian prairies

Bee aware !

Genesis of a crisis

An army of mad trees

J K Tiwari and Asad R Rahmani profile a tree that is changing the face of Kutch

Guiding growth

When nothing seemed to stop the desertification of the Banni grasslands, a government institution stepped in and showed the people how they …

A prairie refuge

The vast grasslands in USA are finally making a comeback

Roasted and poached

Forest fires are a boon for poachers in Uttaranchal

Excess CO2 in air retards plants growth

Weed all over

Locust repellents

The insect dislikes crops rich in nitrogen and proteins

Saving an ecosystem

‘There are less than 8 Great Indian Bustards in Maharashtra’

We, a team of Wildlife Institute of India (WII) scientists, reached this sobering conclusion recently after conducting a complex and statistically-…

Famine in the rainforest

The idea of a desert in the middle of the Western Ghats sounds unbelievable, but it may be on the cards

The litter-collecting monk on the Tibetan plateau

A Buddhist lama and his local volunteers search for a solution to the growing piles of rubbish on the remote grasslands at the source of Asia&…

The new recruits

Mixed forecast for agriculture for the ten entrants into the EU

Forest fires - a trailblazer

Controlled burning of woodlands can be an effective tool for enriching the land and ecology. Dipanjan Ghosh looks at the possibilities

The long shadow of colonial forestry is a threat to savannas and grasslands

Savanna and grassland store up to a third of the world’s carbon in its soils. They keep streams flowing, recharge groundwater, and provide …

Babri demolition: participatory efforts can douse the flames

Even 24 years after the demolition, courts and law makers have not been able to resolve the issue. Perhaps we can borrow the approach of …

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

ECO COSTS

Missing the grass for the trees

Overprotection of grasslands in India is leading to its decline

Flourishing juliflora a drain on Ethiopia’s water resources

The invasive plant species consumes 3.1 to 3.3 billion cubic metres of water per year in the Afar region

'Urbanisation biggest culprit for decline in India's bird population'

Rajah Jayapal, senior principal scientist at the Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology, Coimbatore talks about the State of India's Birds 2020

Climate change in India: Gujarat faces problem of plenty

Regular rains in the state's arid Banni grassland force Maldharis to take up farming, an internal feud erupts

How important are migratory birds in an era of climate change

As many as 1,349 species of birds have been recorded as of 2019, of which 78 are endemic to the country and 212 species are …