On the world’s largest river island in Assam, floating farms are boosting flood resilience

Instead of growing plants in sponge beds, many Majuli residents are cultivating vegetables in grow bags on rafts.

Gurvinder Singh

· Sep 21, 2021 · 09:30 pm

US to decide on joining India-led solar alliance in next few weeks, says special envoy on climate

John Kerry said the decision will be taken before the next United Nations Climate Change Conference to be held from October 31.

Scroll Staff

· Sep 15, 2021 · 02:04 pm

Kerala’s traditional home gardens offer a natural way to mitigate climate change

A study of the state’s 75 home gardens found their biodiversity to be comparable with natural forests.

Arathi Menon

· Sep 04, 2021 · 07:30 pm

Tourists’ toxic love for Ladakh is polluting its pristine environment

The shift to tourism is also pushing locals to gradually give up farming – their traditional source of livelihood.

Archana Singh

· Aug 27, 2021 · 09:30 pm

In Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli, sustainable ways of extracting honey are making Adivasis self-reliant

With the new method, the quality of the honey remains intact and those involved in extraction get higher remuneration.

Saurabh Katkurwar

· Aug 16, 2021 · 11:30 pm

How India can expand palm oil cultivation while still preserving biodiversity

Using small rice fields to grow palm trees can be a viable alternative to dismantling forests and grasslands, says a new study.

Rupsy Khurana

· Jul 31, 2021 · 07:30 pm

With forests being at the centre of climate change discourse, are we ignoring role of grasslands?

Such ecosystems play a major role in carbon sequestration, but are often overlooked.

Aathira Perinchery

· Jul 01, 2021 · 09:30 pm

How a migration-prone village became a poster child of ecotourism in Uttarakhand

A women-led cooperative has catalysed a sea change in Sarmoli.

Archana Singh

· Jun 26, 2021 · 07:30 pm

MGNREGS: India’s rural job scheme can help it get closer to its climate goals

The scheme captured 102 million tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2017-’18 through plantations and soil quality improvement, finds a study.

Manu Moudgil

· Jun 24, 2021 · 01:30 pm

The guitar industry has a hidden environmental problem

Experts spent six years on the road tracing guitar-making across five continents, looking at the timber used and studying the industry’s environmental dilemmas.

Chris Gibson, The Conversation

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Andrew Warren, The Conversation

· Jun 20, 2021 · 11:30 pm

How India plans to get rid of single-use plastic starting 2022

Finding substitutes for use-and-throw plastic and ensuring alternative livelihoods for waste pickers remain key challenges for the country.

Nikhil Ghanekar, IndiaSpend.com

· Jun 19, 2021 · 01:30 pm

Chandigarh needs innovative approaches to save its green cover in the face of growing urbanisation

So far, the city has managed to hold on and even increase its green cover instead of losing green spaces.

Kunal Sharma

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Swayam Chowdhary

· Jun 14, 2021 · 07:30 pm