Batagur kachuga turtles have been translocated and released in the Ganga river and tagged with sonic devices to monitor them.

A new climate study predicts a 43% rise in the intensity of extreme rainfall events, alongside a 2.5-fold increase in the heat wave days in India. Titled Weathering the Storm, the study by the ...

The Chambal landscape is an important habitat for freshwater turtles. There are eight species of turtles found here of which the red-crowned roofed turtle is critically endangered, according to the ...

The poor condition of lakes in Bengaluru and subsequent revival efforts have been under scrutiny and public discourse for several years now. Jakkur Lake in north Bengaluru has received many accolades ...

The allocation of lands for new commercial coal mines is likely to renew issues related to the creation of land banks in Jharkhand. Common lands that people use have been transferred to land banks ...

Ambikapur, a city in Chhattisgarh, created its own decentralised waste management plan that not only minimises waste that reaches a landfill site, but also generates revenue for the local municipal ...

Cities and homes are set to get hotter over the coming decades as a result of climate change, migration to urban areas, the Urban Heat Island Effect and the increasing use of air conditioners. Passive ...

State governments and organisations are increasingly experimenting with parametric insurance to cope with losses from natural disasters. Unlike regular insurance schemes which are based on indemnity, ...

The process of de-commonisation of commons is inextricably linked to caste, write the authors of this commentary. Real-estate expansion into common lands operates from a strong nexus between local ...

The Indian cabinet approved India’s updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) in line with the commitments under the Paris Agreement and the announcements made at the Glasgow Summit (COP26).

A new study that analysed consumption data in India found stark differences in the water, particulate matter and carbon footprints between the poorest and richest households. Water footprint rises by ...

You’re listening to ‘ Everything Environment ‘ by Mongabay-India. This is Wild Frequencies, a three-part podcast mini-series. Kartik Chandramouli (KC): Hello and welcome back to episode 2 of Wild ...