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Dholes have made a comeback in the Kaziranga Karbi Anglong Landscape after three decades according to a Wildlife Institute of India study.
The Save Silent Valley movement gained momentum as an altruistic people's campaign, involving students, scientists, and citizens.
Delhi’s seven biodiversity parks, restored from degraded lands, serve as urban forests. Successful habitat restoration supports native species, while experts urge integrating these parks into city ...
Schools in India have seen increasing disruptions due to extreme weather events, over the last few years. Many Indian states witnessed long spells of heat waves in 2024, and as a result extended ...
State governments and organisations are increasingly experimenting with parametric insurance to cope with losses from natural disasters.
Assam’s Majuli island is dotted with an elaborate network of wetlands of varying sizes and characteristics, a marker of the island’s geological past. A large number of people have historically ...
The Western Indian Himalayas are more prone to climate change risks compared to the Eastern Himalayas, a new climate risk index by Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, shows.
With a rising demand for vehicles, there has been a corresponding increase in the use of tyres leading to more waste tyres. Scrap tyre comes under the category of hazardous waste owing to its ...
The Assam forest department has initiated a camera-trap study to assess populations and occupancy of the five species of small wild cats in Dehing Patkai National Park, the first such study since 2010 ...
The pressing issue of soil degradation in India needs immediate attention. Otherwise, it will have devastating impacts on agriculture and the environment.
The passage of the Forest (Conservation) Amendment Act will have huge implications for the northeast of India where large expanses of forests are not notified as forests in any Act.
Odanthurai, a model village in Tamil Nadu that adopted a renewable energy mix, offers several lessons on the challenges of implementing a community initiative on renewable energy. While solar lights ...