Jantar Mantar Protests: Why are Ladakhis demanding statehood?
The people of Leh and Kargil want to protect their homeland’s fragile ecology; they also want constitutional safeguards under the …
Of barren hills and barrel smoke
Militancy has destroyed much more than peace in Kashmir. Kalashnikov-trotting extremists are ravaging the last green frontiers of the 'heaven on …
National Saffron Mission has failed due to government insensitivity, say growers
The ailing industry was badly hit by last year’s floods which damaged saffron worth Rs 668 crore
Silent saviour: This man is trying to save Kashmir’s majestic chinars, all on his own
For most of the last decade, Abdul Ahad Khan’s initiative has added much to the Band Wadar forest in Kupwara
Udhampur gets earthquake observatory
New seismological observatory will help further strengthen the region’s earthquake monitoring
Why Jammu-Srinagar national highway is so landslide prone
Most of the hills around Jammu-Srinagar highway were rocky and barren and any disturbance — natural or anthropogenic (man-made) — …
Jammu and Kashmir farmers suffering due to rain, snow and lockdown
Unseasonal weather has destroyed apples in Kashmir and paddy in Jammu even as government promises to procure crops have rung hollow
Dog bites decrease in Srinagar but the fear remains
Though there has been a slight decrease in the incidents of dog-bites in recent years in Jammu and Kashmir’s summer capital, cynophobia …
Why is Sonam Wangchuk fasting at -40 degree Celsius?
Wangchuk wants to educate not just the world but also the people of Ladakh about the looming threat of the climate crisis in the region
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 18, 2022)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Have warmer Februaries and early flowering come to stay in Kashmir?
Premature bud breaking caused by early spring will impact thousands of people whose livelihoods depend on Kashmir's horticulture
Jammu’s Chipko moment: Green activists protest plan to chop 38,000 trees in Raika
The activists highlighted how the proposal was rushed through government departments for permissions
Walnut trees: Kashmir lockdown’s other victim
Walnut trees have been the strange casualty of Kashmir’s transition from a state to a Union Territory
Is climate change affecting the migrations of Kashmir’s pastoralists?
With summer coming early to Jammu this year, Gujjars and Bakerwals started migrating to higher pastures early only to find the snows had still …
Kashmir: Why the Hangul’s future still hangs in the balance?
As the state readies itself for results from this year’s census of the critically endangered deer species, Down To Earth looks at the …
Almost half of the population of Kashmir Valley mentally ill, claims survey
According to the survey, 41 per cent of people exhibit symptoms of probable depression, 26 per cent show symptoms of probable anxiety and 19 per …
When "ignorants" show the way
Tribal herdsmen, who are naturally closer to nature, can lead on the path towards sustainability
The mushroom of the royal
Nature has bestowed Kashmir with extraordinary climatic conditions and forest cover, apt for different mushroom varieties including gucchi (…
Why Jammu’s transgender community hit the streets in protest
Protestors alleged police inaction on the complaints of abduction and forced castration of 4 transgender persons
Political tension doesn’t leave any spotlight for green issues in J&K
Issues like shrinking of glaciers and rivers and water shortage are neither being addressed in election campaign, nor are they mentioned in …
Silenced Springs
Glaciers retreat. Forests become denuded. Buildings come up where green meadows used to be. And across the Kashmir valley, the natural mountain …
IMA slams the Lancet on Kashmir editorial
The medical journal has reacted to an internal administrative decision of India under the garb of concern for the health of Kashmiris, said the …
Jammu and Kashmir: NHAI ‘killing’ our trees, say anguished farmers
The past six months have seen fruit trees in both the Kashmir Valley and Jammu region being uprooted by NHAI to build new roads
Russian poplars and COVID-19: Myths, facts and the road ahead
The Jammu and Kashmir administration ordered felling of female Russian poplars to contain COVID-19 spread; the high court ordered a stay
Kathua incident reveals threats to pastoral nomads of Jammu & Kashmir
The gruesome Kathua rape was a reminder of the institutional denial of forest and land rights of Jammu and Kashmir's nomadic communities