A Conservation of Convenience: The Tussle Between the Developmental State and Wildlife at Uttarakhand’s...
The Rajaji Tiger Reserve has emerged as a battleground between the State’s developmental aspirations and the conservation of a critical ecological habitat.
Delhi’s Master Plan Ignores the City’s Fishers, But This is Not a First
While Delhi's Master Plan 2041 proposes green belts and parks along the Yamuna, it excludes those dependent on its resources: like Delhi’s 2,500 fishers.
Forest Development, but at Whose Cost?
Written by Armaan RM
India became a world-leader in agroforestry when it became the first country to adopt a National Agroforestry Policy, back in 2014....
Why Gujarat’s Women Are Yet to Accrue the Wealth of the Forest Land They...
The earnings from the land Dangi women own do not reach them: these benefits are monopolised by the men in their families.
The Different Hues of Green Painting the 2022 State Legislative Assembly Elections
How have contesting parties waging the 2022 state assembly elections in Punjab, Goa, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Manipur been talking ‘green’?
Looking Beyond the Obvious: The Need to Conserve Genetic Diversity in Our Oceans
The world’s oceans and seas are home to about 5,00,000–10 million marine species, with up to 2000 new species described every year. However, many...
Garbage, Flooding, Crocodiles and Slums: The Vishwamitri Has it All
Written by Rohan Parikh
Following a dirt path covered with brambles and wild grass reveals the languid waters of the Vishwamitri River. The faint odour...
When the North Funds the South for Conservation
With inputs from Dakshin Foundation
When most people think of conservation, they think of Big International NGOs (BINGOs) like Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF), Conservation...
Not on Our Commons: Rajasthan’s Villages Fight Against Mining
Vaishnavi Rathore and Deborupa Ghosh
Since the first week of September, Pur, a town in Bhilwara district of Rajasthan has been on an indefinite protest....
Mapping the Impact of COVID-19 on Himalayan Pastoralists: A Primer
State marginalisation of nomadic pastoralists is felt by two Himalayan communities—the Bakarwals of Jammu & Kashmir, & the Van Gujjars of Uttarakhand.
