World Nature Conservation Day: These 5 communities of India preserve ecology in their own distinct ways

The main aim behind observing the day is to protect various natural resources

Foe’s language

Records>> Aboriginal People • Australia

Nirbhaya on stage

Play>>Sexual Violence • India/Scotland

COVID-19 pushed 119-124 million into poverty: World Bank updates estimates

The number of pandemic-induced new poor is forecast to rise to 143-163 million in 2021

How to conserve and increase the world’s marine protected areas

DTE coverage of the Fifth International Marine Protected Area Congress in Canada

Global Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (February 3 – 9, 2020)

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

Strength from perpetual grief: How Aboriginal people experience the bushfire crisis

Any bushfire recovery policy must be culturally sensitive to the aboriginal people

Global Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (June 17 - June 23)

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

Redefining gender issues and conservation

Women farmers in Uttarakhand are bearing the brunt of the monkey menace

Agriculture key to achieving lasting peace in Central African Republic

The agriculture sector is the backbone of the country’s economy

African tourism surging, but challenges remain

Security concerns, poaching are undermining efforts to promote tourism in the continent

To protect or to empower?

Parliamentary standing committee reiterates its demand to bring Jarawas into mainstream

Not par for the coarse

In mirage country

Business on pedals

Richest 1% emitted as much as poorest 66%, enough to cause 1.3 million heat deaths: Oxfam report

Annual global emissions of the super-rich 1% was cancelling out the carbon savings from almost a million onshore wind turbines, it shows

Polycrisis at a Kanker village: ‘With every tree chopped, I became poorer’

Villages in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region enter economic recession as a new railway line brings the world closer to them

Community forest rights at work: Chhattisgarh’s Chargaon reaps benefits in first year itself

Gram Sabhas, Community Forest Management Committee, non-profits join hands to streamline processes in Chargaon Naya Basti

Climate, land use change threaten sustainable reindeer herding in the Arctic: IPCC Report

Challenges posed by climate and land use change has even affected the mental health of Saami herdsmen

Residents of this Odisha village are conserving bats despite COVID-19 stigma

They strongly believe that the winged mammals have nothing to do with the disease’s spread

Fix housing and you’ll reduce risks of coronavirus and other disease in remote Indigenous communities

Indigenous Australians living on remote country urgently need additional and functional housing

What do animal rights have to do with human wellbeing? Everything

Animal rights are important because all animals have inherent worth and because human rights and a healthy planet matter

It’s official: Australia is set for a hot, dry El Nino. Here’s what that means for the flammable continent

Australia, with its wealth of scientific knowledge and long history of Indigenous land management, should be well placed to manage fire …

‘These are exciting times for Alzheimer’s research; but do not lose focus on prevention’: MV Padma Srivastava

Down To Earth speaks to MV Padma Srivastava, Head of Department of Neurology and the Chief of Neurosciences Centre at the All India Institute of …

‘Wordplay’: Activists criticise Centre for refuting ‘Indigenous Peoples’ concept at UNPFII

Concept of indigenous peoples not applicable in Indian context, the country’s representative had said; there were tribal, not indigenous …