Using high resolution satellite imagery and an artificial intelligence (AI) model, researchers have developed a new dataset that shows global drivers of deforestation at a one kilometre spatial ...

The book, My Head for a Tree, documents the past and present status of environmental activism by the Bishnoi community in Rajasthan. Using narrative nonfiction, it combines retelling of historical ...

The Banni grasslands in Gujarat store 27 million tones of carbon, finds a new study. Grasslands are rarely considered allies in the fight against climate change, even though soil is a considerable ...

Arathi Menon is a senior staff writer. She is based in Mysore, Karnataka.

Kundan Pandey is a journalist who writes on energy transition, environment, agriculture, land rights, tribes and natural resources.

Mongabay seeks to raise interest in and appreciation of wild lands and wildlife, while examining the impact of emerging trends in climate, technology, economics,and finance on conservation and ...

India's progress in integrating climate education into the mainstream syllabus has been slow, but some educators are working ...

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for Pune’s River Rejuvenation Project in March, announcing the commencement of the ambitious project that aims to redesign and reengineer ...

The biodiversity-rich Himalayan alpine meadows or bugyals are facing threats from overgrazing, tourism-related garbage and climate change.

Rejuvenation of Jakkur Lake has attracted attention from media & citizens. The role of the fishing community is crucial to Jakkur's success.

Ambikapur, a city in Chhattisgarh, created its own decentralised waste management plan that not only minimises waste that reaches a landfill site, but also generates revenue for the local municipal ...

Every summer, most major Indian cities experience heat waves that cause heat strokes, heat exhaustion, heat syncope (fainting) and even death among residents. Urban heat islands or UHIs are ...