India needs to protect its wetland flora

Wetland flora help maintain ecological balance and need to be conserved. However, only 68 wetlands are protected in India so far

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Spate of neglect

How communities in China helped keep desertification at bay

A fast-ageing population could deter efforts to achieve the United Nation’s target of zero land degradation by 2030

Jungle story

How the world's first human-made forest is being sustained by an indigenous community in Assam despite a range of threats

Root out erosion

Drought monitoring: Untapped data

Government does little with records that could help reduce effect of drought on agriculture

India’s agrarian distress: Can we revive our fatigued soils

Intensive cultivation and improper nutrient replenishment have affected soil fertility. Stagnating or declining yields are the telltales

No to shipyard

The Rs 300-crore project is being builtin Tamil Nadu's Cuddalore district

Brahmaputra rail bridge project suffers delays

Neermahal: palace on shrinking lake

Farmers quit mentha

Overexploitation of water leaves very little for farming

Plantation mirage

RajasthanÔÇÖs tree planting spree might not check desertification

Profiting from disaster

Zoramthanga , the chief minister of Mizoram, has many reasons to reminisce the birth of his party, the Mizo National Front, an insurgent group …

Losing cover

Soil erosion threatens food security and environment

Fancy wall for Sundarbans

Government starts building massive embankments on the fragile delta using untested technology. Experts say the project benefits contractors, …

The great wetland grab

Guwahati allows construction on wetlands, but will not spare poor settlers on hills. A photo narrative by Sayantan Bera

A tribute to P R Mishra

P R Mishra used the power of the community to transform the barren landscape of Sukhomajri into a model for forest regeneration

Dying in isolation

A small group of islands in the Bay of Bengal is being eaten up by the sea

Kolkata among world's most flood-prone coastal cities: study

Its growing population and exposure to storms make it vulnerable

Who messed it up?

Guwahati indicts poor settlers for flash floods, ignores damage on wetlands by construction work

Yours unilaterally

Nepal suffers as India builds dykes along a trans-border river without informing the neighbour

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Issue at hand

Science needs to come home -- scientists need to address the concerns of the local communities

If not now

Then when?