Monsoon 2022: Is excess September rainfall to blame for the Danda-2 avalanche in Uttarakhand
Unusually high precipitation in the last few weeks of September led to heavy snowfall in Uttarakhand’s upper reaches, triggering avalanches,…
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 5, 2022)
Down To Earth brings you top environmental cases heard in Supreme Court, high courts and National Green Tribunal
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
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
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 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
Restaurants turn to indigenous foods for lucrative business
Serving local cuisines comes with major operational challenges too
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
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
Root unearthed
Gandrayani is a root used widely in Uttarakhand to enhance the flavour of dishes. But there is hardly any research on the health benefits of this …
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
Gross environment product for Uttarakhand: What's on agenda, how experts differ
Five-member committee constituted on March 5, 2020 in Dehradun to formulate GEP