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The Mumbai Coastal Forest is a citizen-led vision to transform reclaimed land from the Coastal Road project into a native urban forest.
Extreme weather events, exacerbated by climate change, are threatening India’s centuries-old cultural and religious heritage sites.
A new DNA test can now help reliably tell apart wild common quails from their farm-bred cousins, the Japanese quails. Wild common quails are often sold as Japanese quails in small markets, roadside ...
India's progress in integrating climate education into the mainstream syllabus has been slow, but some educators are working ...
An analysis of 20 large corporates in India finds there is potential for more strategic engagement on climate policies.
China’s plans to build a 60,000 megawatt dam on its side of the Brahmaputra has renewed the Indian government’s interest in building its own mega dam, the Siang Upper Multipurpose Project (SUMP) in ...
Schools in India have seen increasing disruptions due to extreme weather events, over the last few years. Many Indian states witnessed long spells of heat waves in 2024, and as a result extended ...
A unique automated ice reservoir in Ladakh’s Igoo village stores four million litres of water, uses sensors and weather data, and boasts 80% efficiency in ice formation.
India’s biodiversity hotspots are being increasingly fragmented by roads, dams, plantations, and urbanisation, which disrupt the complex interdependent relationships among species. This fragmentation ...
The People's Biodiversity Register catalogues local flora, fauna, and traditional knowledge, ensuring ecological treasures are not forgotten.
State governments and organisations are increasingly experimenting with parametric insurance to cope with losses from natural disasters.