Scorching salt
As the world celebrates yet another Environment Day, groups of marginalized people in some part of the globe or the other get evicted from their …
Conservation as tool for assertion: How Banni pastoralists took matters in own hands
The Maldhari community of the area used various sections of forest rights act to regain livelihood options
Great change in Little Rann: How salt workers on the brink in Gujarat brought about a solar revolution
In this first part of a three-part series, here is a look at how Agariya salt workers in the Little Rann of Kutch transformed their lives by …
Save these camels of Kutch
The Kharai is a unique breed of camel found only in Kutch, which feeds on mangroves. But salt-making industries operating in the area are …
Greener pastures: How Indian pastoralists are being aided to return to their traditional livelihood
Change is taking place in the way the Centre and state governments look at pastoralism; the belief that livestock management is done better …
Earthquakes hit Gujarat and Maharashtra
Four tremors hit Gujarat’s Saurashtra and Kutch regions early on January 20, while a 3.6 tremor hit Palghar near Thane in Maharashtra in …
As Arabian Sea cyclones like Biporjoy increase, the following of Karachi’s Abdullah Shah Ghazi could rise: Sarah Ansari
Down To Earth speaks to Sarah Ansari, professor of history at Royal Holloway, University of London, about the patron saint of …
Biporjoy: Landfall process begins over Saurashtra and Kutch; expect extremely heavy rainfall, warns IMD
The landfall process is relatively slower and will continue till midnight, according to IMD director general, Mrutyunjay Mohapatra
Gujarat government backtracks on granting CFR rights to Maldharis
Despite granting 47 Community Forest Rights in 2015, the government, through a notification dated September 27, has asked for surveying the land, …
Indian scientists develop technology for harvesting water from dew
A suitably designed dew-cum-rainwater harvesting plant can potentially harvest 320- 325 mm of rainwater and atmospheric moisture during a year
Lumpy skin disease epidemic in Saurashtra; 39 animals dead: Govt
Government takes measures to control epidemic spread in animals; over 25,000 cattle vaccinated across affected areas
Climate change pushed Indus Valley migrants west to east: Study
The research found new evidence at two sites in the Great Rann of Kutch and Thar desert to come to this conclusion
Great change in Little Rann: How solar revolution helped cut salt industry’s carbon tracks
Several rounds of research and help from non-profits, solar pumps suitable for salt makers’ needs was designed
Biporjoy inundates low-lying areas on Kutch-Saurashtra coastline
Moderate flash flood risk is likely in Saurashtra, Kutch and the extreme northwest Gujarat region in next 24 hours
Biporjoy: Saurashtra, Kutch highly vulnerable to cyclones
Gujarat, with the longest coastline in India and unique climatic conditions, is particularly at risk to cyclones according to the Gujarat …
NGT upholds rights of pastoralists in Banni grasslands, wants encroachments removed
The court highlighted the lack of coordination between revenue and forest departments for the problem
Sparse monsoon 2021: Should Gujarat prepare for drought?
Amid a derailing COVID-19 pandemic, after Cyclone Tauktae devastation, comes a deep deficit in rainfall
How this Gujarat man came to be celebrated as a Biblical character
Bharat Patel gets the fisherfolk of Kutch, affected by a coal power plant funded by the World Bank, a historic victory in the US Supreme Court
Biporjoy: Cyclone likely to make landfall in Gujarat; is second strongest in the Arabian Sea after Tauktae
IMD forecasts indicate that cyclone Biporjoy might have a landfall as a severe cyclone but dissipate after landfall to a deep depression
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 13, 2023)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
As Biporjoy landfall nears, here are the records the cylclone has broken
Biporjoy’s high ACE can be explained by its high sea surface temperature and ocean heat content
Killing ground
Gujarat wetlands turn into graveyards for flamingos colliding with electric and telephone wires
Saltpan workers debarred from entering Little Rann write to Gujarat CM requesting state intervention
Issues pertaining to the settlement survey have not been addressed in the last 50 years, says memorandum
DTE Ground Report: Gujarat’s coast from Kutch to Bhavnagar gears up to withstand Biporjoy landfall
Low-lying areas have been evacuated; commercial and naval establishments are on standby as Biporjoy nears
Rising sea temperatures pose a threat to coral reefs: Study
Three mass bleaching events occurred in 1998, 2010 and 2016, impacting five major Indian coral reef regions — in Andaman, Nicobar, …
