Export cotton’s water footprint. India produced 295 million cotton bales between 2013-14 and 2022-23. Based on cotton’s export volume and its blue water footprint calculated in a 2010 study, the ...

Dam for a dam. On December 25, 2024, Xinhua, the official state news agency of China said the Chinese government had approved plans to build a 60,000 megawatt dam in Medog county, which, when built, ...

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 ...

India's environmental science and conservation news. Booming market. Due to its high nutritional value, Kadaknath and its eggs fetch a good price in the market – Rs. 800-Rs. 1000 for a kilogram of its ...

Environmental justice scholar Arpitha Kodiveri’s book “Governing Forests” critically examines India’s forest laws to show how the state uses them to deny the rights of forest-dwelling communities over ...

Over two decades, between 2000 and 2019, India faced the third most number of natural disaster events in the world. Future prospects are grim – with the frequency and intensity of many natural ...

It’s Chaita Parab season in Odisha’s Koraput district, a time when most tribal residents indulge in mahuli, a local brew made from the flowers of the mahua tree.Fresh mango harvests await the assent ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The Sixth Schedule of the Indian Constitution aims to protect tribal populations and their interests through autonomous governance. It is ...

Colonisation of the forests devastated them and their inhabitants, the forest dwellers and wildlife. To rein in the recalcitrant state governments for their unchecked forest diversion, the union ...

A denuded river basin, built-up lake beds and wetlands, tarmacked and tiled pavements, and parking lots on green spaces — all these contributed to making a cool “lake city” into a thirsty one this ...

Agricultural technology or agritech, is spearheading a transformation by addressing many challenges in Indian agriculture. Satellite technology to enable financial inclusion of farmers, rapid soil ...

Gujarat produces 80% of India’s salt. Most of it is produced in coastal areas which are impacted by unpredictable rainfall and cyclones. As production in coastal salt works has reduced, and demand for ...