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Abandoned plantations in forested areas may not recover fully: Study

Shreya Dasgupta 27 Feb 2019

Nepal, in a bid to create a new rhino population, pauses to take stock

Abhaya Raj Joshi 27 Feb 2019

India-Nepal agreement to boost transborder conservation of rhinos, tigers

Mayank Aggarwal 19 Feb 2019

Nepal court blocks road construction in rhino stronghold of Chitwan Park

Abhaya Raj Joshi 15 Feb 2019

Sri Lanka gets its first data-based elephant distribution map

Shreya Dasgupta 15 Feb 2019
rhino and car

Rhinos or roads? Nepal deals with a tricky balancing act

Abhaya Raj Joshi 23 Jan 2019
Saravanan points to a large salt pan, part of Ennore Creek in the city of Chennai. The nearby port’s plan to convert the area into industrial real estate sparked protests among fishing communities in 2016. Image by Mahima Jain.

Protecting India’s fishing villages: Q&A with ‘maptivist’ Saravanan

Mahima Jain 10 Jan 2019
Topher White of Rainforest Connection installing a bioacoustic device in the forest canopy. Image by Ben Von Wong.

Eavesdrop on forest sounds to effectively monitor biodiversity, researchers say

Shreya Dasgupta 3 Jan 2019

In India, indigenous youths are filming their own forests and communities

Shreya Dasgupta 27 Dec 2018

Two Indian tribes help reconstruct a forest’s history, in war and in peace

Shreya Dasgupta 24 Dec 2018

Bird business: The man who taught his tribe to profit from conservation

Shreya Dasgupta 18 Dec 2018

From a new bird to a new community reserve: India’s tribe sets example

Shreya Dasgupta 13 Dec 2018
Dongria women from Hutesi village farm the slopes of the Niyamgiri hill range. Image by Indrajeet Rajkhowa.

Photos: Indian tribe revives heirloom seeds for health and climate security

Sonali Prasad 30 Nov 2018

The Bangladeshi tribe that’s guarding turtles, co-authoring research papers

Shreya Dasgupta 29 Nov 2018

In pursuit of the rare bird that vanishes for half the year

Abhaya Raj Joshi 27 Nov 2018

Invisible plant-enemy interactions drive diversity in forest fragments

Shreya Dasgupta 7 Nov 2018

‘At capacity’? A Nepali park reckons with its rhinos

Abhaya Raj Joshi 1 Nov 2018

Is northern India better prepared for air pollution this winter?

Mayank Aggarwal 31 Oct 2018

What’s killing Nepal’s rhinos?

Abhaya Raj Joshi 30 Oct 2018

Machine-learning app to fight invasive crop pest in Africa

Stephanie Parker 26 Oct 2018

In a rhino stronghold, indigenous wood-carvers cut through stereotypes

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya 10 Oct 2018

New survey results show Nepal is on track to double its tiger population by 2022

Mongabay.com 26 Sep 2018

Limi Valley: A threatened Shangri-La for wildlife (commentary)

Yadav Ghimirey 24 Sep 2018

As India’s Ganges runs out of water, a potential food shortage looms

Sahana Ghosh 17 Sep 2018
Black Necked Cranes

For India’s black-necked cranes, dogs are a major threat

Athar Parvaiz 28 Aug 2018

Murder of activist in India highlights growing risk to environmental defenders

Karthikeyan Hemalatha 23 Aug 2018

Protected landscape across India-Bhutan border a refuge for wildlife during armed conflict

Sahana Ghosh 17 Aug 2018

Rare mountain-dwelling Nilgiri tahr could lose 60% of habitat as climate warms

Neha Jain 10 Aug 2018

India’s dancing deer and their unique floating home are under threat

Sahana Ghosh 31 Jul 2018

New flash-flood warning system in India could be life-saving

Karthikeyan Hemalatha, Mayank Aggarwal 24 Jul 2018

India’s pre-election changes to green laws draw criticism

Mayank Aggarwal 19 Jul 2018

After devastating floods in 2013, an Indian state ignores the lessons

Mayank Aggarwal, Video by Kartik Chandramouli 13 Jul 2018

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