Simply Put: Silencing pollution

Flamingos, pelicans yet to leave Chilika, despite early onset of summer

Some of the migratory birds have been staying at the lake because of the availability of food and water

Two arrested in Odisha’s Kandhamal for trying to set forest on fire

At least 16 have been arrested in Odisha since March 5 for the same crime 

Why are fires raging in Similipal?

The fires seem to be both, a natural disaster and human-made mishap, according to experts

Elephants destroy prawn farms, fishing boats in Odisha

Changes in Odisha’s Ganjam district has destroyed habitats and traditional corridors of elephants, bringing them into frequent conflict with humans

Odisha ordinance: Up to 2 yrs jail for COVID-19 lockdown violation

State amends Section 3 of colonial-era Epidemic Diseases Act

Why Odisha's nutrition budget, the first in India, is a cut above the rest

Odisha supports its nutrition agenda through agricultural policies, the public distribution system among others

Killer hospitals: Primary healthcare key to curb child deaths

Doctors at Odisha’s Vimsar hospital say if primary healthcare improves, the death toll at bigger hospitals would be fewer

Tribal women in Odisha attempt mass suicide over rail track construction

The women alleged the track was being constructed without compensating tribals in the area for their land

Life thrown out of gear in coastal Odisha as Bulbul comes closer

Sea water enters coastal villages and Paradip port at high tide, inundating them

Heavy rains lash coastal Odisha as Bulbul nears

Fishermen have taken shelter in harbours even as farmers are harvesting paddy that has not fully ripened

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 7, 2019)

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

Odisha may ban catching under-sized fish

The state has also banned use of purse seine nets, gill nets to protect the baby fish, particularly the Hilsa 

Simply put: Odisha rejects more than 10,000 FRA claims

Odisha’s climate refugees: Satabhaya’s cattle farmers suffer in new homes

The once-prosperous community has been left to fend for itself after losing its rich economy to the ravages of the sea

Lord! Where will the wood for Jagannath’s chariot come from?

As the forest cover in Odisha decreases, there are apprehensions about the scarcity of wood for making the deity’s chariot for the Rath Yatra

New vine snake species found after a gap of 113 years

Vine snake is a slender rear-fanged snake with narrow heads and pointed snouts

Mission possible: Turning a waste land into a forest with a bank of traditional seeds

A father-daughter duo grow 800 varieties of traditional seeds in a 2.5-acre land in Nayagarh district of Odisha

How these two remote districts in Andhra are tackling wild elephant intrusions

The forest department in Srikakulam and Vizianagaram, which border Odisha, are doing their best to manage pachyderms that regularly stray from …

Coal liquefaction: India’s ticket to energy independence?

The Indian government should facilitate in bringing leading foreign companies investing in domestic Coal-To-Liquid projects with private Indian …

Odisha govt lures industries via land banks, alienates people from commons

Down To Earth travels to some of the areas in Odisha worst hit by a government-sponsored land grab to lure industries and investments

Lack of water intensifies distress in the Mahanadi basin

Climate change at the global and local levels is reducing water flow in the Mahanadi river, severely impacting agriculture. Tackling that …

Plantation mission may destroy Odisha’s forests and river ecology

The Green Mahanadi Mission would fiercely impact the livelihood of farmers and cattle herders

Leafy saga

Of the 106 species of leafy vegetables consumed in southern Odisha, 78 are wild species—each with a distinct taste and medicinal property

Protest against water diversion project near Bhitarkanika turns violent

Villagers marched to Bharigada village near Odisha’s Bhitarkanika National Park and ransacked the site of a project to divert water from a …