Tourism, Hydropower, Climate Change, and the Search for Meaningful Futures in Uttarakhand
"Along with the men, the land is also changing."
Land of Trouble
Written by Vaishnavi Rathore
Photographed by Sumit K. Yadav
We were riding in an auto at around 8.30 am. In a journey of about 20 minutes,...
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.
Surfing Towards Conservation Education in Chennai
This is the first article of a three-part series on how surf schools on India's coasts are pivoting around sports education to bolster conservation...
A Reality Check for the Climate Change Deniers: What Is Happening to the Animals...
Co-created by Stuti Pachisia and Siddhant Sachdeva
In May 2016, scientists discovered that the Great Barrier Reef ─ often touted as one of the seven wonders...
Catching Environmental Crime
Environmental justice movements and institutions face hard questions when it comes to accountability: who is actually responsible for environmental crimes? How should they be...
Shrinking Commons Amidst Delhi’s Unplanned Urbanisation
Ram Kumar Roja, 76 years of age, is standing on a ground, bordered by a few trees and a wall. This one acre piece...
What’s in a name? The ‘Odia Kandha’, their OTFD status, and the Forest Rights...
Harbandhao Pradhan was 12 in 1952, which is when the first settlement process took place in his village of Sankhajodi, in Odisha’s Nayagarh district....
Monsoon Mayhem: No Rehabilitation for Evicted Residents of Himachal’s Chetru
Photographs by Yogesh Upadhyay
Come June, the monsoon ventures into the subcontinent and India welcomes it with open arms. But for Najuki and her husband,...
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....
