Researchers have documented India’s first evidence of a plastic-rock formation called ‘plastistone’, from Maharashtra’s ...

India is the world’s third largest producer of e-waste, yet the informal waste collectors have no substantial legal recognition under the country’s formal e-waste rules. Some NGOs and social ...

A new study finds that more than half of all urban blue space users across India’s cities forage frequently for nutrition, income and food security. As Indian cities restore and beautify their lakes ...

India’s coastal zoning policy requires public consultation only for larger 1:25,000 scale maps that miss marking some commons and other critical infrastructure that coastal communities rely on.

Heatwaves in the Indo-Gangetic Plain are driven both by external large-scale weather systems and local land and atmospheric conditions, but local conditions are found to be a stronger driving factor.

In Puducherry and Karaikal, communities protested against India’s coastal zoning policy map prepared on a 1:25,000 scale as it missed several commons and eco-critical zones. Smaller scale maps in the ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The name vayavy (pronounced vah-yhav-yah) means ‘northwest’ in both Konkani and Marathi, derived from the species’ distribution in the northern ...

Across Kerala, traditional agroecosystems have been steadily reshaped by land fragmentation, road expansion, and the shift from mixed homesteads to more enclosed forms of landholding. Indigenous mango ...

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