Sikkim to delegate powers to local people to protect lakes

Why waste management in Northeast India needs an urgent overhaul

Specialised policies needed for mountainous regions;standardised national-level policies lack nuance for regional challenges

A Brazilian Proposal

Industrialised nations have introduced a Clean Development Mechanism to meet their reduction targets. In the second part of her climate change …

Up in smoke

National programme on improved chulhas put on ice

Smart cities: Testing ground for sensor-based instruments

Smart cities are much-needed platforms for on-field use and evaluation of sensor-based technology

India pushes for micro-level earthquake vulnerability maps

Launches seismic microzonation manual

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 4, 2020)

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

A fine balance

The business of ecotourism is set to boom worldwide. Who will gain and who will lose?

Rudderless

Ecotourism is the new buzzword in the Indian government

The enterprise

Keeping both the environment and economy afloat

EIA A nice formality

Sikkim bans gutkha

It is the 13th state to do so after FSSAI issued a regulation last year

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Ecotourism: Scrambling for paradise

Does tourism always have to be a threat to the environment? Not anymore, claim the promoters of the globally emerging industry of ecotourism. …

Sikkim government to recruit villagers as mountain guardians

Veggies delight

The rising demand for vegetables has opened up a money-making opportunity for small farmers. Already reeling from recurring droughts and …

Ministry in a hurry

MoEF agrees to ridiculously small eco-sensitive zones to help projects bypass wildlife clearance

Climate studies, the Indian way

At climate meet researchers present studies on subjects unique to Indian context

Sikkim earthquake was unusual for Himalaya

It occurred due to sliding, not thrust motion

Sikkim at risk of devastating floods from glacial lake outbursts

State drags its feet over installing early warning systems

Tata Mundra power project blamed for falling fish catch

Project yet to become fully functional has already destroyed creeks and mangroves, says report 

Organic Universe

Organic is all the rage. Organic food, cosmetics, clothes and even organic medicines. But mostly it is food. There are speciality stores that …