Rock steady

Western disturbance

Africa’s poverty dip, a blip?

Extreme poverty decreased due to low food price, soon to be reversed due to high inflation  

The fall of the Aztecs: What lessons does it offer 500 years down the line

Down To Earth talks to historian Camilla Townsend about what the Spanish Conquest of the Aztecs means, especially to indigenous people in Mexico …

Global Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (September 9-15)

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Why the WWF’s ‘Fortress Conservation’ model is ethically wrong

As India gets ready for the July 24 Supreme Court verdict on possible eviction of its forest-dwelling communities in response to conservationists&…

Debate over domiciles

The announcement of a domicile policy by the Jharkhand government has triggered protests, and a debate on how to define natives of the land

Roots of the rut

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Indigenous and tribal groups worry about loss of religious ethos over Uniform Civil Code

These communities worry the UCC will infringe on their constitutionally protected sociocultural practices and customary laws

Poaching led to record rhino deaths in Kaziranga

Trans people twice as likely to die as cis men, women: Lancet study over 5 decades

Mortality risk among trans people did not decrease between 1972 and 2018; the risk may be higher in other countries due to social stigma, study …

Namibian Genocide: Need to discuss, engage and bring about meaningful responsibility & culpability, says J M Moosa

Centre for African Studies (JNU) professor talks about implications of graves and artefacts being found on Shark Island, a notorious …

Swinging both ways

Early human ‘Lucy’ walked but was good at climbing trees too

Native disadvantage

Simply Put: Ageing India

Simply Put: ‘I’ for indigenous, ‘E’ for Extinct

Simply Put: Lightning strikes

Global Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (October 14-21)

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Global Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (July 29 – August 4)

Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology

Global Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (June 24 – June 30)

Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology

Global Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (June 10 - June 16)

Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology

Afghanistan defamiliarised

Book>> Minorities • Afghanistan

E-governance MoEF style

Parenting new-age untouchables

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