The world’s most expensive fungus is sparking a crisis in the Himalayas

Residents of the Kumaon once earned lakhs from selling caterpillar fungus. But the rush to collect it has left the Uttarakhand mountains denuded.

Ishan Kukreti

· Jul 20, 2022 · 09:00 am

Why elephants thriving in Karnataka’s coffee estates isn’t good news

Changes in landscape and climate are fuelling human-animal conflict in the region. There are no easy solutions in sight.

Ishan Kukreti

· Jun 29, 2022 · 09:00 am

Why India’s heatwave holds lessons for the world

A global wheat crisis has made the world pay attention to India’s scorching temperatures. But more needs to be done to make agriculture climate resilient.

Ishan Kukreti

· May 29, 2022 · 06:30 am

How to cheat forest dwellers of their rights (and enable mining)

Odisha rejected around 80,000 forest dwellers’ claims over forest land as the country was battered by Covid-19. Many rejections were done on dubious grounds.

Ishan Kukreti

· May 04, 2022 · 06:30 am

How climate change is making India’s big dams dangerous

Designed in the 1970s, for the atmospheric realities of that time, these dams are ill-equipped for the dramatic changes in India’s rainfall patterns.

Ishan Kukreti

· Mar 23, 2022 · 06:30 am

From tiger to snow leopard: 50 years of conservation science in India

For decades, conservation efforts in the country treated humans as encroachers in forests. Gradually, that has been changing.

Ishan Kukreti

· Feb 16, 2022 · 06:30 am

India’s ghost plantations in which millions of rupees have been sunk

A massive government programme seeks to plant trees to make up for loss of forests and to act as carbon sinks. But many of these plantations simply don’t exist.

Ishan Kukreti

· Jan 12, 2022 · 09:00 am

Comfort zone: In one-way conversations with great writers of non-fiction and sci-fi

In these unsettling times, Scroll.in staffers reveal the activities in which they find calm – and even joy.

Ishan Kukreti

· Jan 01, 2022 · 07:00 pm

The backstory: Getting lost in an MP jungle at night left me petrified – but brought a key insight

An environment reporter researching a story about a diamond mine takes a few wrong turns.

Ishan Kukreti

· Dec 24, 2021 · 06:30 am

How not to develop a hill station

Dehradun was once a pristine town dotted with canals and fruit orchards. Today, it is choked and polluted, testament to a colossal failure of urban planning.

Ishan Kukreti

· Dec 15, 2021 · 06:30 am

Nine weekend reads on why the Glasgow climate conference is make or break for the planet

Cacth up what happened at the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference.

Ishan Kukreti

· Nov 14, 2021 · 09:15 am

Explainer: What Modi promised at the COP26 climate change meet – and what that means for India

However, with dilutions in environmental laws at home, ambitious announcements abroad will not go far in fighting the climate crisis.

Ishan Kukreti

· Nov 03, 2021 · 05:45 pm