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 ...

A new book by Ashok Swain, Professor and Head of the Department of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University, draws links between climate change and conflict. Framing climate change as a ...

Written by Ranjit Lal, ‘Our Potpourri Planet’ is the story of Earth and its many wonders. Split into three parts, the illustrated book takes the readers through the abundant and interconnected life ...

This story is part of a mini-series on green jobs. It explores how people are navigating careers in the green economy. The first story unpacked what green jobs are and why they matter. The upcoming ...

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, ...

Delhi hosts seven biodiversity parks, which were restored from degraded lands to serve as urban forests, providing ecological benefits. Initiatives such as converting mining pits into orchid and ...

India, the world’s largest user of groundwater, consumes 87% of it for irrigation and 11% for domestic use. However, this vital resource is increasingly polluted, driven by complex interactions ...

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 ...

Municipal solid waste from India contributed to 10% of waste leakage to the world’s rivers in 2020, according to a new study. In future scenarios where population growth is high, but urbanisation slow ...

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 ...

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 ...