Border conflict
Clashes between wild animals and farmers are rising along forest fringes. But the government is yet to gauge their intensity, forget developing a …
It rained hard in Delhi; what if all that water did not go waste
The volume of rainwater generated in the past week was almost 13 per cent of the demand for water in Delhi, estimated at 2,765 million litres per …
An every monsoon affair: How to tackle urban flooding
Urbanisation is inevitable as is climate change; the need is for a multi-pronged approach
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 22, 2023)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Subterranean Leak
The CSE tests had found high levels of groundwater and soil contamination in and around the Union Carbide factory
Rain reigns in Chennai
Shrinking lake area and blocked drains have reduced Chennai's capacity to drain rainfall runoff
Report accuses India-born businessman of unchecked land grabbing across continents
Sivasankaran’s land grabbing spree has threatened millions of livelihoods, says report
Supreme Court orders removal of illegal residential colony from Corbett
Colony land, meant to be a temporary habitation, had been affecting movement of animals in the forest
Supreme Court questions Tata on Singur land acquired for Nano plant
Court directs Tata Motors to make clear its stand on its rights over the land after it chose to shift plant site to Gujarat
Maldharis demand FRA titles over grasslands
Gujarat forest department's working plan denies pastoral community their customary grazing rights over Banni
At loggerheads
While the state government is keen to introduce JFM, villagers say there is no need for that since they have been carrying out all protection …
Message in a baton
The decades after Independence saw rampant destruction of trees. This was followed by years of drought. It was then that the villagers realised …
Coal mining in India has a human cost
Communities living close to coal mines in India face the constant threat of fires and land subsidence forcing them to flee
Uprooted for the sake of compensatory afforestation
To compensate for forest land diversion for Parsa coal block, Chhattisgarh government identifies 16 villages without approval from gram sabhas
Save and Grow: a guide to sustainable cereal production
The technique focuses on conservation agriculture, maintaining soil health, selecting crops with higher yield potential and greater resistance to …
Urban form and travel to completely change after COVID-19
Central business districts will decline while larger apartments will be in demand as more firms consider making employees work-from-home, a …
Indigenous people in India and the web of indifference
On the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, we bring together the stories of exclusion, oppression, and at times, recognition
Maheshwar dam: NGT directs state to sort out rehabilitation problems
In the last two years since completion of dam, many houses have either been immersed or washed away, and people have been left without either a …
Tribals fight pitched battle with police during eviction drive in Purnia
Landless tribals had forcibly occupied school land on Independence Day, demanding land and livelihood. Violence leaves seven, including one …
Land grab fallout
Scramble to buy land in foreign countries to grow more food leaves more people hungry
Granite mining scam: Tamil Nadu police raid Union fertiliser minister’s son’s company
He along with others grabbed the land of people belonging to backward caste and used it to store mined granite
EU biofuel targets fuelling inflation: study
Land meant for food crops being used to grow biofuel crops; may push up food prices by 36 per cent by 2020
Rise of third sector
NGOs’ relationship with the government has been redefined over the years with changing social and political scenario
CAG blows lid off land grab in Odisha
Central audit report shows how state acquired land forcibly for Posco, Vedanta and other industries
ISRO data shows Uttarakhand’s Rudraprayag and Tehri Gharwal most prone to landslides in India
Mizoram saw 12,385 landslides from 1988-2022, the highest; followed by 11,219 in Uttarakhand and 8,070 in Tripura