Savour the lingra

Equine flu strikes Uttarakhand

Sweet victory

UPs cane farmers get to quote their price in a sellers market

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 10, 2022)

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

How a vegetable can tackle malnutrition in the hills

Gaithi, a tuber variety that grows in the hills of Uttarakhand, has both nutritive and medicinal properties

‘One snow leopard gets killed every day’

As India has a sizeable proportion of the global snow leopard distribution range, it has an important role to play in conservation of the world&…

Farmers to continue protests after inconclusive meeting with government

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wades into row, external affairs ministry hits back

‘Assault on the Himalayas’: Chairman of Char Dham Committee resigns

The belief that the HPC could protect this fragile ecology has been shattered. I can do no more, Ravi Chopra wrote

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 9, 2023)

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

North India Deluge 2023: Spectre of flooding hangs over Joshimath after glacial burst

The town’s residents have not yet been given alternative housing after January’s subsidence; they have been left to fend for themselves

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 10, 2023)

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

The great Himalayan debacle: We have abused the hills for long, it is time for atonement

We must now revisit the core tenets of ecotourism and sustainable development for our hills

Cloudbursts in Himachal, Uttarakhand evidence of climate change: Experts

At least 26 cloudbursts occurred in the Himalayan region between January and July, 2021

Save Sattal: Tomorrow will be too late; we must start change today

Sattal has been engulfed by raging fires. It grieves the dying springs that once cascaded down to form powerful rivers that now run dry&…

Rock, ice avalanche triggered Chamoli disaster, satellite images show

A crack near the ‘bergschrund’ (a crevasse that forms where moving glacier ice separates from stagnant ice) of the steep hanging …

Let the Van Gujjars remain nomadic

The attitudes of the forest department towards the Van Gujjars’ nomadism must change in order to view it as a matter of right for …

Cloudbursts in Uttarakhand again, flooding too

Several homes and roads in a number of villages in Uttarkhand’s Chamoli, Tehri and Rudraprayag districts flooded due to cloudburst …

Glacier breaks in Chamoli, experts blame low snowfall

Use of concrete instead of traditional wood and masonry in the Himalayas is creating a heat-island effect, warming the range, they added

Why so many cloudbursts? Experts point to rising temperature

Scientists believe such extreme weather events are occurring sooner every year owing to climate change

Corbett Tiger Reserve issues shoot-at-sight order to tackle poaching

The authorities have also issued order for extensive frisking of visitors to the park and barring villagers in the vicinity from entering the …

Natures own water purifiers

River banks are efficient water filters. Haridwar shows how to make most of them

Ganga changes course in Haridwar

Erosion may be speeding shift

Death, destruction deja vu: These photos show cloudbursts emergent pattern

Heavy rainfall in Dehradun's Raipur affects several villages; At least four deaths reported, heavy water flow damages bridges & roads

Global Eco Watch: Bumblebees bite leaves to make plants flower early

Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology  

Patanjali judgement can have ramifications beyond Uttarakhand

NBA sources say many big players in the industry have not yet registered with biodiversity boards