Centre wants to amend the Indian Forest Act again despite the resistance to past attempts

Activists have criticised the environment ministry for attempting to ease rules in favour of industries.

Mayank Aggarwal

· Yesterday · 07:30 pm

How urbanisation and climate change are ruining a food tradition associated with Bihu in Assam

Ekho-ek bidh xaak is no longer easy to make because the 101 varieties of local leafy greens and herbs that go into it are harder to find.

Azera Parveen Rahman

· Apr 16, 2021 · 09:30 pm

Business schools in India are slowly embracing sustainability

Management professors and environmentalists say the growing demand for ethical products requires business managers to focus on the environment.

Shweta Thakur Nanda

· Apr 14, 2021 · 09:30 pm

One of India’s largest Adivasi groups has dropped its ancient cremation ritual to save trees

The Gond community has decided to bury their dead instead.

Anup Dutta

· Mar 28, 2021 · 01:30 pm

After South East Asia, India’s thirst for palm oil may wreak environmental damage at home

Environmental concerns have taken a backseat as India plans to ramp up its domestic palm oil production.

Kundan Pandey

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Mayank Aggarwal

· Mar 26, 2021 · 07:30 pm

In Arunachal Pradesh, Buddhist monks are protecting a high-altitude wetland with 20 lakes

In 2009, officials from the Tawang Monastery and WWF-India partnered to protect the region.

Ranju Dodum

· Mar 12, 2021 · 07:30 pm

In a year marked by extreme weather events, India diluted environmental norms and pushed coal

The guard rails are being dismantled.

Bhasker Tripathi, IndiaSpend.com

· Dec 31, 2020 · 07:30 pm

Green tribunal orders removal of an oil storage facility on Chennai’s ecologically sensitive coast

The tribunal in its order noted that the authorities, including the Union environment ministry, were not justified in clearing such a project.

Mayank Aggarwal

· Nov 07, 2020 · 07:30 pm

Aarey: Maharashtra reserves 800 acres of land in Mumbai as forest, metro car shed to be moved

The government will also withdraw all cases against the activists who protested the felling of trees in the area, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said.

Scroll Staff

· Oct 11, 2020 · 05:29 pm

Maharashtra government has withdrawn cases against Aarey protestors, says Aaditya Thackeray

The minister said that the government can’t have cases against those who stand up for environment and forests.

Scroll Staff

· Oct 01, 2020 · 11:54 am

One of the biggest threats to the world’s forests and biodiversity is farming

The Living Planet Report, published by the World Wildlife Fund, reveals the extent of biodiversity loss around the globe.

Soumya Sarkar

· Sep 19, 2020 · 07:30 pm

Aarey: Maharashtra to reserve 600 acres of land in Mumbai as forest

The Maharashtra government said the area to be excluded from the forest would be ascertained after seeking suggestions and objections from citizens.

Scroll Staff

· Sep 02, 2020 · 09:56 pm