Plantations, CAMPA loom large over community rights
Sal trees, which form an important source of livelihood for the tribal community, have been replaced with teak plantations in an Odisha village
Locals oppose petrochemical project plan in Odisha’s Kendrapara over green concerns
Water use for the PCPIR will effect mangroves, Mahanadi river; Area already prone to disasters due to climate change, say environmentalists
Some villages made their own disaster plan
People say it was lessons from 1999 super cyclone and media warnings that helped save lives during cyclone Phailin
Relief and rehabilitation is next big challenge
Cyclone Phailin leaves behind a trail of destruction; people complain they have received no relief supply
Seaside villages deserted
Experience of super cyclone1999 prompts people to move to safer places; evacuation continues
Odisha's gift to Vedanta: penalty waiver for using scarce water
Company's Jharsuguda refinery has using water for free because it has no agreement with the state government on water
Extreme heat makes women extremely vulnerable
Our response and mitigation approaches to heat and other such extremes should be gender-sensitive
Voting without voters: In Odisha’s ‘plumber capital’, anti-incumbency, pro-BJP sentiments strong among migrants
Migrant workers of the district are a vital vote bank and is being wooed by all major parties in the fray
Illegal leopard skin trade continues unabated in Odisha
Special Task Force officials have seized 16 leopard skins in the state in last one year
Odisha recorded the most forest fires in India last season
A total of 345,989 forest fires were recorded across the country.
Odisha forest department announces cash reward for rescuing gharials
Fishermen, whose nets are damaged by gharials, will also be compensated
Bulbul damages crops, houses, electricity and water connections in Odisha
Though no death has been reported in the state, damage to property has been immense
Odisha begins process to extract oil from grounded ship in Chilika
The Malaysian ship has been lying grounded in the lake since August 7
In photos: Millet laddoos help fight malnutrition in rural Odisha
Odisha bird poaching: 2 arrested with carcass of migratory birds in Chilika
Around 5 poachers have been arrested in the state since October
Odisha prepares for Cyclone Jawad predicted to make landfall December 4
Yeloow alert issued for several states for December 4 and orange for December 5
Over 1,700 trees to be axed for widening NH-59 in Odisha
The felling of several old trees has already been started in Ratanpur
Woman dies in violent wild bear attack in Odisha’s Nuapada
Villagers blocked a road and demanded the forest officials capture the animal
6 died in encounters with elephants in Odisha last week
From April-June 2023, at least 25 people died due to human-elephant conflict
Odisha’s first case of harlequin ichthyosis reported in Berhampur
Mutations in the ABCA 12 gene are stated to cause harlequin ichthyosis
Deep depression in Bay of Bengal to bring heavy unseasonal rain, strikes fear of crop loss into Odisha paddy farmers
Crops not fully reaped in some districts where government procurement is yet to start
Cyclone tamers: An Odisha village restores mangroves to allay impact of cyclones
Mangroves can only be successfully revived in areas with a history of plantation
Smells like a fortune: Rising demand for kewda oil a blessing for 200,000 people in Odisha’s Ganjam
Price of a litre of kewda oil increased to Rs 5 lakh from Rs 4.5 lakh last year
Cyclone update: Sitrang may skirt Odisha, hit Bengal-Bangladesh coast Tuesday
Depression will turn into a cyclonic storm on October 24, predicts IMD
Odisha carries a huge burden of snakebite deaths — but it is avoidable
Right education, access to antivenoms and effective governance need of the hour