Odisha lost 179 elephants to electrocution since 2000

The state lost 102 pachyderms over the last 8 years alone, data shows

The first wave of African migrants leaving Malkangiri, Odisha—their ancestral region—in search of livelihood

The story of one of the oldest tribes in the world is now taking a new turn

Divine spirits at risk

Instead of identification, the state should allow tribal rights over sacred groves

Odisha ST/SC department raises alarm over FRA implementation

Only 4.76 per cent of the claims for forest land in Odisha have been disposed

Researchers find new crustacean in Odisha’s Chilika lagoon

Parhyale odian is brown in colour and around eight millimetres in length; it has 13 pairs of legs

Carcass of fourth dead whale shark in 11 months found on Odisha beach

Forest officials have said a whale shark found dead along a beach in Odisha may have been hit by ships out at sea

International Coffee Day: Coffee cultivation transforming tribal lives in Odisha’s Koraput

Many Adivasis in Odisha’s Koraput have prospered in recent years after turning to coffee farming from shifting cultivation

Tusker dies after being allegedly poisoned by villagers in Angul

Conservationists blame inadequate patrolling by forest officials and a lack of monitoring for the poisoning of a tusker in Odisha

COVID-19: How Koraput's tribal women hawkers are trying to recover livelihoods

The pandemic restricted the mobility of the women street vendors, pushing them to sell their wares online.

Rivers across Odisha swell even as cyclone draws near

A cyclonic formation in the Bay of Bengal will reach the north Odisha coast September 18, according to the IMD

Telangana police rescues Odisha family held captive at Ramagundam brick kiln

The brick kiln owner allegedly held the family captive, beat them up and made them work without paying them

COVID-19 lockdown hits Patachitra artisans of Odisha crafts village hard

Artisans in Raghurajpur near Puri, who make the traditional paintings, have suffered huge losses due to the lockdown

COVID-19: Odisha allows collection of non-timber forest produce

Experts had been demanding NTFPs’ exemption from the lockdown as they are a vital part of India’s tribal economy

Farmers left high and dry as Chhattisgarh & Odisha squabble over Mahanadi water

The tussle between the two states has overshadowed the debate on the increasing defacement and pollution of the Mahanadi

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

The Jengaburu Curse review: Intimate thriller compellingly brings environmental crises into mainstream

Director Nila Madhab Panda cleverly mixes documentary-style observation & information with the pace of a hyper-real drama or a taut thriller

Odisha’s hiked ex-gratia for deaths due to attacks by wild animals insufficient? Experts think so

The revision of financial assistance for animal depredation comes after almost a decade

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 30, 2022)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

Have cyclones in monsoon become the new ‘normal’?

The tropical cyclones of category 4 have wind speeds between 157 and 200 kilometres per hour

Water water everywhere but not a drop to drink, lament Mahanadi flood victims

The affected are now facing an acute shortage of potable drinking water even as the spectre of disease looms large

Going under: Coastal Odisha under existential threat

In a warming world, governments are far from prepared to resettle people evicted by sea-level rise 

Nandan Kanan: 3 tiger cubs dead in a month

The cubs were being hand-reared before their deaths after being abandoned by their mother

International Women’s Day: How women lead climate adaptation in eastern India’s Adivasi areas

Wattle and daub houses maintained largely by women in tribal parts of Odisha and Bengal provide cool shelter to families when temperatures soar

Black paddy, black lungs: How coal mining has wrought havoc in Odisha’s Sundergarh

Residents of Sundergarh grow black paddy,; their lungs are full of coal dust; their agriculture lands have been acquired for mining and the …

Byanjana Dwadashi: How a 500-year-old festival in Odisha symbolises community, food security and balanced diet

Byanjana Dwadashi is a Vaishnavite festival that commemorates an episode featuring Krishna in the Mahabharata