How Uttarakhand’s pristine forests are being concretised for tourism

The mountain views and the beleaguered mountain wildlife may soon become memories of the past if better land use policies are not established

The Royal Bengal could become a 'tiger of the snow': study

Climate change making Bengal tigers move to higher altitudes in India, Nepal and Bhutan, it says

Residents force Uttarakhand hydro developer to abandon hearing

Villagers were protesting the lack of notice and the lack of information in the local language

If we really want to save the Himalayan oak, we should not chop them for developmental activities

Uttarakhand should use inflammable chirpines to generate power. This would contain forest fires that are threatening native oak trees and provide …

Uttarakhand Floods: Respect Himalayan landscape if you want to preserve it, say experts

The recent flooding in Uttarakhand will recur across the biodiversity-rich Himalayas; respecting the landscape is the only way to conserve it

What is killing Uttarakhand’s small wetlands? Degraded Niranjanpur pond carves a live example

These waterbodies are neglected for their size and disappear even before they are documented

Uttarakhand activists question forest clearance to Devsari hydro power project

Devsari Hydro project was given clearance by diverting forest land, which was already allocated for an existing hydro project in the area

A herb from Garhwal

Locals may not pay much attention to Bhilmoda because of its abundance, but the herb has many traditional medicinal properties

Time to revive our traditional knowledge systems

It is time traditional knowledge systems, which were passed on orally through legends and myths, are revived so that local communities can prosper

Himalayan hydropower projects built near glacial lakes pose risk to environment

An increase in the demand for electricity has led to the construction of a large number of HPPs upstream near glacial lakes

Undone by rampant mining, illegal buildings

Uttarakhand government has made no attempt to enforce mining and building regulations in the state, which exacerbated flood's impacts

Environmental issues figured nowhere in Uttarakhand elections

Around 170 hydropower and a number of sand mining projects in the pipeline or underway

Joshimath evacuees return to their unsafe & damaged homes even as rehabilitation policy non-existent after 16 months

They say they have not been given enough compensation to restart their lives; work for stabilisation of Joshimath has also not started

Tourism industry hit as Uttarakhand HC ends night stays in meadows

Tour operators in the state plan to re-appeal against the court order

Simply Put: Uttarakhand’s highway to nowhere

Sunderlal Bahuguna: The oxygen for the global green fraternity

Anecdotes from the environmental activist's visit to Kolkata a decade back

Restaurants turn to indigenous foods for lucrative business

Serving local cuisines comes with major operational challenges too

Let's celebrate spring

Uttarakhand, land of the Rudrapayag maneater, will see more human-leopard conflict in future, warns report

Training of forest staff, timely compensations and awareness among local communities can help alleviate the problem, says report released by …

DTE Coverage: ‘Arid winter’ in the Himalayas

DTE reports from Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand as Western Himalayas report a mostly snowless winter

Why Hatti community leaders want Fifth Schedule status

The Hatti community lives along the Giri and Tons rivers in southeastern Himachal; they feel their development has been stalled due to …

Decision 2022: Out-migration fails to register on Uttarakhand voters as affected districts vote BJP

The Congress, which had promised to address out-migration, loses in most parts of the state

New Corbett gate is welcome but should be managed well: Experts

The Uttarakhand and Union governments have decided to open a new gate to the Corbett Tiger Reserve through Kotdwar in Pauri Garhwal

Uttarakhand has failed to rejuvenate the Ganga through Namami Gange

New CAG report reveals that almost 26 million litres of untreated sewage still flows into the Ganga every day in the state

No construction on Sukhatal lakebed near Naini lake, orders Uttarakhand High Court

All encroachments to be immediately removed; Administration would have done it by now if squatters were from poorer sections of the …