Uttarakhand’s Forest Fires: Communities’ Voices on why they Recur
The Uttarakhand forest fires are in the news again. As various photos of raging fires circulated on social media, the Forest Department issued statements...
Out of Breath: The Bhalswa Landfill
Filmed by Nabina Chakraborty
Just a few kilometres further from Delhi’s Jahangirpuri metro station lies a ‘hill’ that will leave you staring at it in...
Reshaping India’s Development Strategy: The Importance of Water Security
Co-authored by Pragya Gupta & Gopika Kumaran
India fails to provide 63 million of its citizens with access to safe, clean water. The water in...
A Conservation of Convenience: State Apathy Towards Van Gujjars and Forest Rights in Uttarakhand’s...
What are the impacts of colonial conservation models on the Van Gujjars, a Muslim pastoral community historically living across Rajaji Tiger Reserve?
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.
Channelling the Right to Work Towards Climate Resilient, Sustainable Livelihoods
The cumulative effect that MNREGS activities can have on reducing agriculture, disaster, and livelihood-based vulnerabilities of rural households is staggering, and frankly quite underrated.
Jal-Jangal-Jameen ke Geet: An Earful of Environmental Protest Music in India
What makes India's environmental protests songs so unique and remarkable that they are still in use decades after they were first sung?
How Does India See Her Oceans?
Most of our “blue v/s economy” contests stem from the fact that climate change is making the ocean more unknown to us than before.
Preventing Desertification, One Common Land at a Time
Written & Photographed by Vaishnavi Rathore
Udaipur, Western Rajasthan: Gajinder Kalal stood on a cliff in the Aravalli hill range facing the flatlands of Marwar, a...
Blood on India’s Sand Trail: Part I
Written by Sourya Reddy
Updated on 09/09/18
Sumaira Abdulali, one of India’s foremost campaigners against illegal sand mining, revealed in a documentary how she was physically...
