Timber-felling quota exceeded in Andamans

The environment ministry is in trouble in the Andaman and Nicobar islands, where it has violated timber extraction limits.

Penguin paradise and geological freak: Why Macquarie Island deserves a bigger marine park

The island is a subantarctic environment crucial for seabirds marine mammals

‘No govt support’, villagers of Majuli river island build bamboo embankment to prevent erosion

The flood prevention measures by the state of inferior quality 

Fishy goings-on

Victims of modernisation

Tribal communities of Andaman and Nicobar Islands face extinction

Briefs

Australia’s offer of climate migration to Tuvalu residents is groundbreaking – and could be a lifeline across the Pacific

Under the treaty, Australia will implement a special visa arrangement to allow Tuvaluans to work, study and live in Australia

Road to cool cities: Codes based on unique ‘urban form’ can be helpful

Urban India is a heat trap, but road orientation, building materials and zone-specific master plans can drastically enhance thermal comfort

Rapid urbanisation in Delhi-NCR creating heat stress, abetting climate change

Urbanisation has exacerbated air pollution levels, shrunk water bodies, increased temperature and heat emissions

Disappearing Majuli, India’s first river island district

Floods in the Brahmaputra threaten to submerge this river island in Assam which is home to rich biodiversity and culture

What ails the Jarawa people in the Andamans?

Contact with the outside world has exposed the Jarawas to various dangers. Is isolation the best way to conserve? A debate

Corals in shells of death

The shores of the Andaman and Nicobar islands are losing their magnificent coral reefs because of heavy siltation caused by …

No apology has been offered for the system of indenture: Bhaswati Mukherjee

Former Ambassador speaks to Down To Earth on her latest book on the system of indenture, that led to 1.5 million Indians going to far-off lands

State of global coastal adaptation: Mumbai scores lower than Konkan, Ghoramara, Puri in adaptation efforts

Mumbai's adaptation strategies did not accurately assess risks or specifically consider the adaptation needs of its vulnerable inhabitants

Treasure down under

The discovery of mineral deposits on the sea bed off the Andamans could signal a treasure hunt for precious metals

Collapse of Canada’s last remaining ice shelf raises global warming fears

The Milne ice shelf lost more than 40 per cent of its ice over two days end of July

World biodiversity day this year focuses on islands

In the last 500 years around 80 per cent of vertebrate extinctions have been on islands

By 2100, heat waves in South Asia could be too deadly to survive: study

India, Pakistan and Bangladesh are likely to be the most severely hit

Respect Jarawa buffer zone: SC to Andamans administration

Two tourist companies boycott Jarawa tourism

Fruits of industry

How industry can help in environment protection

Run-up to COP27: The Pacific is now out of time, Vanuatu’s premier writes in DTE

Climate change is an existential threat in the islands of the Pacific, affecting livelihoods, security and well-being

Coastal flooding may double by 2030, new study finds

Tropical regions of the world, including cities like Mumbai and Kochi in India, are more vulnerable to coastal flooding 

Kelp forests losing unique traits due to climate change, says study

Kelp populations at equatorward-range edges particularly vulnerable to climate change

To protect or to empower?

Parliamentary standing committee reiterates its demand to bring Jarawas into mainstream

More toxic sludge than fresh water produced from desalination

That is the conclusion reached by the first global assessment of the desalination sector’s industrial waste