It was like any other day in a rainy season. The people of Vellarimala hill ranges in the Western Ghats of Wayanad district of Kerala had little inkling of what was in store when they went to sleep on ...

Agrivoltaics, or harvesting crops and solar energy from the same plot of land, has been around in India for over a decade, but scalability remains a challenge. In the National Capital Region and ...

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 ...

Groundwater, a critical source of freshwater for agriculture, households, and hotels, is depleting and this could have economic and environmental consequences in the Ladakh region of the North Western ...

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 ...

Delhi’s air pollution crisis is one of the most talked-about global issues relating to environment and climate change. As a result, a multitude of efforts have been taken to alleviate the smog ...

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 ...

In the peak of summer, with heat waves sweeping several parts of India, seven-phase general elections are underway in the world’s biggest democracy. The weather department and the government agencies ...

The drone revolution. Using drones for fertiliser spraying, is now a no-brainer agritech solution for many Indian farmers. In recent years, state governments, startups and educational institutions ...

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 ...

Delhi-based NGO Call for Justice, conducted a study on the implementation of Forest Rights Act across five states, and found varying gaps in implementation. Forest-dwelling communities who are not ...

India's environmental science and conservation news. The Western Indian Himalayan Region is more prone to risks from climate change compared to the Eastern Himalayan ranges, a new climate risk index, ...