Environment

A people on the brink: The fight to protect the Shompen of Great Nicobar

India’s tribal communities have long lived at the margins of society, shaped by histories of displacement, fragile livelihoods and limited access to essential services. Among them, the Particularly Vulnerable...

Cries for Environmental Justice: India at a low 176/180 countries in the 2024 Environmental Performance Index

June 5, World Environment Day is a sombre reminder that on the 2024 Environmental Performance Index (EPI), India is ranked at a pathetically low position of 176 out of 180 countries

June 5: World environment day & the increasing importance of seed conservation by farmers and rural communities

Fifty-three years after the UN Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm Sweden, marked a landmark event of environmental activists, indigenous people, scientists and officialdom, World Environment Day, June 5, Bharat Dogra writes on how Indian local communities, especially women, are taking charge of seed conservation and rejuvenating efforts, defeating attempts by corporates to monopolise and monetise this traditional wisdom

Strengthening indigenous communities means protection of the environment 

Various indigenous (Adivasi) communities constitute about 8.6 per cent...

Modi Govt’s Coal Reform Policy Quashed Over Environmental Concerns

NGT rules coal source changes need fresh environmental clearances; criticises dilution of regulatory oversight through office memoranda.

Destruction of forest in Kancha Gachibowli, Telangana violation of Congress party manifesto: CCG Statement

The destruction of over 100 acres of forested land in Kancha Gachibowli, to allow an IT hub is a violation of the Congress party’s own manifesto say retired civil servants who have constituted themselves into the Constitutional Conduct Group (CCG)

Mass Deforestation, Protests, Detentions: Supreme Court halts Telangana’s reckless tree felling at Kancha Gachibowli, questions permissions

Public anger mounts as Telangana authorities bulldoze through Kancha Gachibowli’s tree cover, allegedly violating environmental norms and suppressing protests with detentions and police crackdowns; scrutiny by HC and SC to continue

Steps Towards Sustainability: MP villages show how water conservation improves quality of life, and quickly

Experiments with bunds and dohas to arrest rain water flow has rejuvenated lands making villages in Shivpuri district, MP, fit for agriculture and grazing

Catch people’s attention on pollution narrative: “Switching to public transport can lower your heart attack risk by 10%.”

Messaging and communication are key and the Indian people’s lukewarm response to spiralling air pollution is because of this: Will campaigns such as “Wearing an N95 mask reduces your PM2.5 exposure by 95%” or “Switching to public transport can lower your heart attack risk by 10%” change this making people speak out?

K’taka: fisher-folk take to the sea in defiance of Honnavar port project

Amid heavy police crackdown and government indifference, fishermen in Kasarkod stage protests, risking their lives to halt the controversial port survey

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