Remembering Kong Spelity Lyngdoh Langrin: Money can’t buy you freedom

Filmmaker Tarun Bhartiya posted a thread on his Twitter handle about the late matriarch of Domiasiat in Meghalaya’s Khasi Hills, who …

Tribals oppose uranium mining

Villagers, students, welfare organisations and opposition parties have come together and formed a council to protest the proposed mining and …

Will the Bodoland council follow the beaten track?

A concept that did not click in the hills of the Northeast has now been prescribed for the plains of the region. On December 1, the Union …

Nature’s timeless abode

With a rich natural and cultural heritage, meghalaya’s mawphlang sacred grove never ceases to surprise visitors

Trees are our only livelihood

Meghalaya's west Khasi hills. He shares with Centre for Science and Environment media fellow P Madhavan his experience of the charcoal trade

Won’t grant NOCs to uranium mining projects in Meghalaya: Khasi District Council

After the Centre reiterated its move to open up uranium mining in the state, the highest council of the Khasi community says it will not grant an NOC

Meghalaya farmer parliament: Will it help plug policy loopholes

In this well intentioned and executed parliament, both the government and the farmers appeared determined to make Meghalaya emerge as a role …

The unregulated, lethal and corrupt world of Meghalaya’s rat-hole mines

Despite being banned by the National Green Tribunal and continuing litigation against them in the Supreme Court, rat-hole mines in the …

Tangy taste: Try a twist in your daal with heiribob this weekend

Little known outside the northeast, the Peel of a wild orange adds flavour to several dishes

After the People met

The Union ministry of home affairs wants to know: what is the Meghalaya government going to do about the 'People's Budget'?

Lafarge’s fait accompli

SC allows French giant to mine in forest; asks Centre to set up a green regulator for projects

Involving indigenous people in environmental governance — the Sixth Schedule way

Customary practices of the North East’s tribal population are harmonious with nature. Extensive recognition and conferment of rights over …

Capturing the monsoons

It's a season that inspires and engages everyone, from the farmer to the policy maker. From the scientist to the travel writer. From the …

A profane proposal

10 years ago, Down To Earth reported on the state of sacred groves in India (see: Down To Earth, January 31, 1994). Patches of forest protected …

The sacred groves

Khasis in Meghalaya help in environmental regeneration

Cherrapunjee Now a wet desert

Keep off!

Uranium-rich Meghalaya tells mining PSU

In Short

SC upholds mining ban on Lafarge

French cement company now wants to follow Vedanta

Meghalaya limestone quarries closed

Indigenous communities from different parts of the world are related

Meghalaya erupts over mining lease

Row over uranium mining in Meghalaya

Meghalaya redefines forest

Experts fear the new definition may open up large tracts of forest for non-forest use

Soon: India’s first REDD project

Forest conservation effort in Meghalaya can claim carbon benefits