Karnataka forest encroachments outpace reclamation efforts

The state witnesses the third highest encroachment of forests in India after Madhya Pradesh and Assam

Bitter organic brew

Falling income and lukewarm market are forcing organic coffee growers to go back to chemical fertilisers

Cauvery calamity

Promotion of water-guzzling crops like rice is leading to maximum utilisation of river waters in India. The Cauvery dispute between Karnataka and …

New viral disease targets sheep in India

A contagious disease, similar to rinderpest and first observed in the Ivory Coast in 1940, has surfaced among sheep and goats in south India

Villegers blueprint their own development

MYRADA moves a step forward in rural appraisal programmes, emphasising the necessity of involving villagers in their own development.

Breaking the rural barrier

The Centre for Application of Science and Technology to Rural Areas, set up in 1974, was a bold effort at bringing appropriate technology to the …

Helping children find work at home

Gramashrama, a children-based organisation in Karnataka, is trying to understand the causes of migration and prevent the exodus of youngsters …

All about Alamatti

The Alamatti dispute between Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh joins the ranks of the nation's major wrangles over river waters

By book or by crook..

... has been the motto of an erring plant in Karnataka. But recently, the local fisherfolk scored a victory by forcing it to agree to install an …

Waterfront Cauvery

Findings of a panel report on crop conditions in the Cauvery river basin and the delta may suggest water pricing as one of the remedial …

The grand old man of Kannada

SOME PEOPLE live in years, others in deeds. At 91, Kota Shivarama Karanth has done both. Journalist, litterateur, dramatist, playwright, …

A lost name, a vanishing ecosystem

In the Kannada language, the word kere means a man-made or natural water tank, and the word for the numeral nine is ombhatthu , pronounced …

A quick fix: How ponds built under MGNREGA turned lives around

The realisation that ponds can rapidly recharge groundwater has increased demand for MGNREGA

These 2 coastal Karnataka towns are reviving their millennia-old water bodies; here’s how

Residents of Moodbidri and Karkala have taken it upon themselves to reclaim their natural heritage  

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 29, 2023)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

Karnataka Polls 2023: Revenge of the common man?

DTE coverage of the legislative assembly elections in Karnataka

Kerala, Karnataka cannot avail drought assistance despite being stricken by drought

The Central government’s new definitions of drought are acting as impediments

Sweet success for wonder fruit kokum

Local groups are helping farmers rewrite the story of the healthy fruit

Tribals adamant

Hear, hear

Clinging to the roots

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