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

Go foraging for edible plants

One person's weed can be another person's green

High on green

Moringa leaves are packed with nutrients, but very few know about it

Sponging away pain

PAKISTAN

Power to pollute

More power will mean more pollution, say participants at a recently-held seminar in Lucknow

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Nuclear info

Double jeopardy

Pollinator-plant mismatch spells disaster for both species 

Why everyone should develop a home garden

The joy of seeing plants flowering for the first time or birds building their nests in plants cannot be described in mere words

18th Conference of parties of CITES: Global conservation's hits and misses

Some excellent decisions taken to protect the Earth's diminishing flora and fauna; in some other cases, better luck next time perhaps

Superbugs can infect you through plants too: study

Scientists fed infected lettuce to mice and found that superbugs could stay inside them without being detected

Climate change is happening in your garden: here's how to spot it

Spring has sprung and gardens are flush with growth. Can this annual spike in plant activity tell us anything about climate change?

`Industries easily find political protection whenever we are strict'

Uma Bharati, Union minister of water resources, river development and Ganga rejuvenation, speaks to Sushmita Sengupta on the challenges of …

Kashmir: a treasure of forest herbs

Many of these herbs have medicinal value and are used in the treatment of both common and serious ailments

Small sweet success

Farmers in the Western Ghats warm up to wonder fruit kokum after local organisations create a market for it

The leafy option

The Soligas combat monsoon sickness with leafy vegetables

UNITED NATIONS

Researchers engineer landmass to treat sewage in wastewater

Study finds eight coal-fired thermal plants in India stranded liabilities, recommends acquisition by NTPC

In 2018, 34 stressed plants were identified; 26 resolved fully or partially

Stuck on coal: CSE finds little progress by Delhi-NCR power plants in using biomass pellets

New notification by MoEF&CC has given plants more leeway to delay meeting the co-firing directives; supply demand gap may be fuelling slow …

Drought made palatable

When rains fail, people dependent on forests can relish the strong-flavoured sarata bhaji and enjoy the added bonus of health benefits

Tulsi Fights Fluorosis

Fluoride levels in drinking water in 196 districts of 19 Indian states are much higher than the maximum concentration of 1.5 parts per million (…

Hypothetical cure

Unlike allopathic medicines, Ayurvedic products are not clinically tested before they are introduced in the market. This raises doubts about …

Win one, lose many

India needs to have a hard look at the sources of all its varied traditional knowledge and how to protect them