Nepal dithers over closing road through forest in Pashupatinath temple area
In spite of UNESCO warning that temple would be delisted from world heritage sites list, nation's archaeology department says road is lifeline …
Madhya Pradesh’s newest Ramsar wetland covered in invasive water hyacinth, threatening biodiversity
No migratory birds visited Sankhya Sagar this winter; connecting lakes Jadhav Sagar and Madhav Sagar also covered in green layer
Heritage valley in danger
The Valley of Flowers in Uttarakhand, a World Heritage Site, may have been damaged in the recent floods in the state. A look at what makes this …
Atlas shows link between Africa’s mountains and development
The Africa Mountain Atlas uses hundreds of before and after photographs, detailed maps and satellite data from 53 nations to highlight the …
Water is critical to sustainable development, says UN report
Increasing ubanisation and industrialisation are widening the rift between demand for and supply of water
GDP-driven growth is not sustainable, says UN report
Inclusive Wealth Report asks countries to reorient their economic policy planning and evaluation away from GDP targetting
Western Ghats get World Heritage Site tag
It is recognised as one of the world’s eight hottest hot spots of biological diversity
Sundarbans oil spill: who will clean the mess?
Though UN team members who visited the World Heritage Site reported limited immediate impact, experts say extent of damage will emerge five years on
'Ministries play the blame game'
Jagdish Bahadur, an expert on glaciers and former joint advisor, department of science and technology, and Syed Iqbal Hasnain, who heads the …
‘English wiped out local languages elsewhere, not in India’
Eighty-Five years after George A Grierson, a British administrator, conducted the first survey of languages in India, another such exercise has …