Simply put : Art 370 scrapped

With state under lockdown, J&K FAC issues record forest clearances

Since August 5, the Forest Advisory Committee of the state has cleared 125 projects on forest land in just three meetings

‘Climate crisis a universal reality’: Heaviest snowfall since 2005 halts life in J&K

Widespread damage, disruption reported from several parts of the UT; L-G declares heavy snowfall a state-specific natural calamity

Simply put: J&K forestland

Wetlands in Kashmir shrinking due to urbanisation: Study

An analysis of land cover data from 2016 shows that the catchment of Narkara wetland in near Srinagar is now predominantly an urban setting, with …

Simply Put: Statehood for Ladakh

Simply Put: Hotel Naya Kashmir

Impact of climate change on Kashmir’s mushroom pickers

Unpredictable weather patterns, early springs, and above-average temperatures have left gucchi mushroom hunters in distress, facing another …

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 …

Simultaneous quakes rock Kashmir

The first quake happened on February 5 while the second happened the day after

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 …

Underrated green

Kohlrabi is a healthy but little used member of the cabbage family

Doda land subsidence: Improper drainage system among main causes, say geologists

Several houses in Ramban district, which borders Doda, have also developed cracks

Doda to host lavender festival

Down To Earth last year reported on Jammu’s 'purple revolution’

Mizoram revokes Forest Rights Act

State government misused Article 371 (G) to revoke FRA in Mizoram, critics allege

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 …