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...
Out of the Woods: How Mother Nature as a Legal Being Can Help Attain...
The Madras High Court declared 'Mother Nature' as a living entity. What are the implications of such a judgement?
“Yearly Investment in Solar Energy Needs to Double this Decade”: ISA’s Jagjeet Sareen on...
"We need to mobilize solar investment at unprecedented rates to ensure that our installed capacities can balance an ever-increasing demand," added Sareen.
When Conservation, Community and Education Come Together: Kaas Plateau’s Sustainable Ecotourism Model
Over the years, influx of tourists during the flowering seasons has caused vehicular pollution and destruction of plants and shrubs at Kaas Plateau. To address these issues and conserve Kaas’s biodiversity, the local stakeholders came together to devise a sustainable ecotourism model.
For Sangam Vihar’s Harijan Basti, Water Delivery Remains A Pipe Dream
Authored by Vibhuti Gour
In the run-up to the 2020 Delhi Assembly polls on February 8th, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has guaranteed 24/7 piped...
Weighing Priorities within India’s Coastal Contests
Co-authored by Kanishk Srinivasan and Pratik Purswani
Coastal Regulation Zones (CRZs) attempt to address the vagaries of development along India’s coastline. Before 1991, very little...
Reimagining Conservation in the Global South
This is the second instalment of a two-part series released in collaboration with Dakshin Foundation on conservation in the Global South. Click here to...
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....
Can a People’s Biodiversity Register Contribute to Conservation?
PBRs are an opportunity to discuss and incorporate the traditional ecological knowledge of local communities and their socio-natural relationships.
Coal Mining in India: Enter, the Private Sector
Featured photo by Paweł Czerwiński on Unsplash.
Something big is going down in India's coal sector. The Central government, through The Mineral Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020 laid...
