Madhya Pradesh wants GI tag for baobab fruit after running afoul of the Bhil tribe

Baobabs trees are found in abundance in Mandu town, where the Bhil tribe has preserved them for centuries.

Shahroz Afridi

· Mar 10, 2023 · 07:30 pm

Tired of the flooding every year, a village in Maharashtra came together to restore its river

The Kajli river used to flood the Kondgaon-Sakharpa village regularly, but not any more.

Hiren Kumar Bose

· Mar 06, 2023 · 09:30 pm

‘Leave conservation to us’: Can the Adivasi bee hunters of the Nilgiris help save its forests?

Threatened by climate change and industry, the Jenu Kuruba say their rights to the forest must be secured better.

Max Martin

· Dec 03, 2022 · 09:30 pm

In Jharkhand villages, forest communities renew their pledge to protect trees with a ‘sacred thread’

Villagers take turns keeping watch in the forest during the day, looking out for outsiders who try to cut any trees.

Moushumi Basu, Thomson Reuters Foundation

· Oct 14, 2022 · 09:30 pm

Why the woolly-necked stork is thriving in India

The tree-nesting waterbird is using fields as its habitat with relatively traditional farming techniques and other factors allowing it to proliferate.

Sneha Mahale

· Aug 18, 2022 · 09:30 pm

In Assam, artificial nests for barn owls are helping farmers befriend the natural rodent killer

Agricultural scientists are helping farmers in the state to conserve and increase the population of the bird species.

Kasturi Das

· Jan 12, 2022 · 01:30 pm

Photo essay: In Kashmir, an annual festival has kept a spring clean for centuries

Hundreds of men and children go fishing in Panzath Nag on Rohan Posh, ridding the spring of silt and weeds and restoring its water level.

Waseem Dar

· Nov 14, 2021 · 07:30 pm

How a village in Maharashtra’s Raigad district is trying to save vultures from extinction

With efforts over the years, the bird’s population in the region has gone up from 22 in 1999-2000 to 249 recorded this year.

Sneha Mahale

· Jul 27, 2021 · 07:30 pm

A livestock grazing ban has transformed pastoral communities in Sikkim

Former herders say the 1998 ban, combined with rising tourism, resulted in the loss of livelihoods from pastoralism, loss of culture and elite capture.

Neha Jain

· Jun 16, 2021 · 07:30 pm

Goans are reviving dying ponds with the help of stranded migrant workers

So far, five water bodies – three wells and two ponds – have been cleaned by the group.

Rashi Goel

· Feb 20, 2021 · 07:30 pm

In Bihar, farmers have taken it upon themselves to protect the endangered Greater Adjutant Stork

With the local community’s involvement, the population of the bird, locally called Garuda, increased from 78 in 2007 to nearly 600 in 2020.

Mohd Imran Khan

· Jan 17, 2021 · 09:30 pm

In Bundelkhand, women revive village ponds for water security

The talaabs that now help water supply in the drought-prone region had gone dry and women had to walk long distances in the heat to fetch water.

Deepanwita Gita Niyogi

· Jan 16, 2021 · 07:30 pm