Saraswati underground

Experts attempt to map the mythical river's palaeo-channels and put them to good use

The birds sing...

...A lament for forest change at Sariska

Winter Capital: How Khichan, a village in Rajasthan’s Jodhpur district, came to host demoiselle cranes

Down To Earth’s photographer Vikas Choudhary captures the village of Khichan and its annual visitors

An unusual contest: Great Indian Bustards vs great Indian green energy quest

Rajasthan's state bird, the great Indian bustard, might lose its last natural habitat to wind and solar power plants 

Drug debacle: Diclofenac was not the last threat for India’s vultures

Sixteen years after India banned the veterinary use of diclofenac to save its vultures, three other drugs revive the old challenge

Will Jaipur lose its last major patch of green?

Dol Ka Badh, spread over 105 acres of land in Jaipur’s Sanganer tehsil is home to trees, shrubs and various bird species

World Wildlife Day: India’s National Heritage Animal deserves the best in captivity and in the wild

Let us ensure that these giant pachyderms stay safe in this land that has revered them for milliennia

Jharkhand’s community kitchens: Making a mockery of food security?

The state's Dal Bhat Yojana was meant to provide some food security to those struggling to make ends meet by providing them hygienic and …

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 27, 2019)

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

'The mining lobby tried to suppress our voice'

Chairperson of Tarun Bharat Sangh writes about their fight against illegal mining that started in the 1980s

One of the first Great Indian Bustard chicks of this year’s breeding season spotted

The chick has been spotted in the Desert National Park in Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer district, the last major stronghold of the imperiled bird

Going back to the past for a better future

The Tarun Bharat Sangh is helping drought-hit villagers of Alwar district of Rajasthan grow crops by reviving a traditional system of dam …

Lost in the Thar

The Indira Gandhi canal project is a costly failure that has led to destruction of habitat and loss of arable land

Wonder plant

An eco-friendly plant, the Senna can be used to regenerate wastelands with less water and without pesticides

Coming back to life

When villages work with each other to regenerate the environment, there are unexpected blessings. Sometimes, they are as big as a river

Nipping malaria in the bud

Scientists from the Desert Medicine Research Centre, Jodhpur, have found that the Indian nightshade (Solanum xanthocarpum) is fatal for three …

‘Pay Rajasthan farmers for losses due to soil pollution’

Committee set up by NGT finds ‘green tinge’ in effluents discharged into river Bandi; notes distress to farmers

Simply Put: Ration denied

75 years of people’s power: Lalsot in Rajasthan is helping rural areas to treat their faecal sludge

This is an example of the informal use of urban facilities to treat rural faecal sludge

Locust attack: Govt caught completely unawares, minister admits

Instead of taking accountability, Rajasthan, Centre, blame each other, Pakistan

Locust attack: Swarms pose most serious threat since 1993

Area measuring 370,000 hectares in Gujarat and Rajasthan affected

Coca-Cola has closed 20 per cent of its bottling plants in India: Report

Community protests and a worsening ground water condition mainly led to the closure

Chaotic reports

Beating the heat

Hills on fire

Fires ravage forests in many parts of northern India