Investors are increasingly shunning mining companies that violate human rights
A growing body of research suggests that investors care about human rights impacts and consultation with Indigenous communities
European colonisation of the Americas killed 10% of world population and caused global cooling
The unprecedented reforestation event in the Americas led to a reduction of 5 parts per million CO₂ from the atmosphere – only about …
'A dung pat is a mini ecosystem'
Author of the book Call of Nature, Richard Jones speaks to Down to Earth on the ecological significance of dung and why he chose to write a book …
Bhima-Koregaon case: Crackdown on Jharkhand tribal rights activist shameful
State surveillance is becoming a norm in the society, which does not allow citizens to exercise and practice their democratic rights
Scientists find nine-million-year-old ape fossils in Himachal Pradesh
Scientists discovered the surprise fossil during an excavation in Haritalyangar in Shiwalik hills region in Himachal Pradesh
Life in limbo: the Rohingya refugees trapped between Myanmar and Bangladesh
Abuses on Rohingyas have reached new height but neither Myanmar nor neighbouring Bangladesh are taking responsibilities to grant basic human …
Report links human rights abuse with environment
The report of a US human rights organisation cites the example of nine countries to prove its theory that governments that violate human rights …
The power game
Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have become increasingly influential in the past 50 years. Awareness of human rights and social and …
DIRTY SEX
Every 10 years, the census of India comes out with a damning statistic: the country's abysmal female-male ratio. As per the 2001 census, there …
Tranquilised wild elephant dies after falling off lorry; autopsy indicates cardiac arrest cause of death
Wildlife activist alleges negligence by forest department during capture operation
Uncertain times: What UN human development report warns us about
Uncertainty threatens lives of people and future of the planet in unpredictable ways
State of the Climate in Africa 2021: High water stress to displace up to 700 million Africans by 2030
Extreme weather and climate change are undermining human health and safety, food and water security and socio-economic development in Africa
Total weight of humans is 10 times that of all wild mammals put together
The weight distribution is also skewed: 40% global biomass of wild land mammals is concentrated in only 10 species
Simply Put: HDI 2019
Our actions, a product of probability & determinism, can effect change
Humans retain the potential to influence their fate, particularly in the near future
Human rights, environment activists unsafe in Asia: Report
688 cases of violations and abuses recorded in 18 countries in 2017, 2018
DNA database not a threat to privacy
Forensic DNA profiling is by far the most scientific crime-fighting tool
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