OFFICIALLY BANKRUPT

June 30, 2004: The India Eco-Development Project -- a project meant to enhance the country's biodiversity and provide people living inside and …

Andhra salt-makers want recognition as farmers

Left to die

The double-humped Yarkandi camels in Ladakh are on the route to extinction after the closure of the 'silk route'

Struggle for existence

Large-scale habitat loss and massive encroachment of the forestland have escalated the instances of wildlife-human conflict in recent times

Bat Tracks

On the tracks of two Indian bat species: one found in abundance, the other most elusive

Coconut capital

Toddy tappers in Kerala fought off social stigma and repression only to fight new demons like the government's excise policy

Outstanding grain

The aromatic enigma makes basmati a clear winner among grains. The lack of knowledge of what traditional basmati is and an inability to take …

Toda traditions in peril

Can this tribal community in the Nilgiris survive the concrete trappings of civilisation? Tarun Chhabra on the eco-friendly Todas

Forest fires - a trailblazer

Controlled burning of woodlands can be an effective tool for enriching the land and ecology. Dipanjan Ghosh looks at the possibilities

Changing climes

Climate change is a very slow process, notoriously difficult to understand. Is it happening in India? Residents of some Himalayan towns, where …

Zooming in

A photographer tries to educate Delhi about how important is the Western Ghats to India

Growing fences

Burgeoning population and agricultural encroachment in the last half century have erected artificial walls within the Gond tribes. These ethnic …

Burden of beast

Mounting economic pressures cast a dark shadow on the future of camels and their traditional breeders in Rajasthan

Bamboo flowering

People in northeast India fear bamboo flowering. According to an ancient belief when bamboos flower, there is death and destruction.

Flame in the rainforest

LATHA JISHNU discovers how indigenous communities in Ecuador are fighting to protect Amazonia from oil extraction