Mongabay seeks to raise interest in and appreciation of wild lands and wildlife, while examining the impact of emerging trends in climate, technology, economics,and finance on conservation and ...

Kartik Chandramouli is a Mumbai-based multimedia editor and journalist. As the Senior Digital Editor at Mongabay India, he leads audio and visual reporting on the environment, collaborating with ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Over two decades, between 2000 and 2019, India faced the third most number of natural disaster events in the world. Future prospects are grim – ...

Yamuna pollution was identified as a threat to the Taj five years ago, blaming the formation of phosphorous in the river water for the breeding of insects whose excreta was leaving patches on the ...

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for Pune’s River Rejuvenation Project in March, announcing the commencement of the ambitious project that aims to redesign and reengineer ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Mohan Sundi, 35, belongs to the Ho tribal community of a remote Roro village in the West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand. Roro is at the foothills ...

The total forest and tree cover is spread across 802,088 square km, which is 24.39 percent of the geographical area of the country. However, in the northeast region (NER), the current assessment shows ...

Scientists are beginning to unravel the details of the migratory circuit of the globe skimmer dragonfly, believed to fly between India, East Africa and Middle Asia over several generations. The 5 cm ...

India has the potential to treat and reuse 80% of the wastewater generated, which can be used for non-potable purposes, thereby improving water security and sustainably increasing revenue in several ...

Solar parks need 7,000–20,000 litres of water per megawatt (MW) per wash. Many solar installations in India are located in arid and semi-arid areas bringing significant risk to the local ecosystem and ...

Delhi-based NGO Call for Justice, conducted a study on the implementation of Forest Rights Act across five states, and found varying gaps in implementation. Forest-dwelling communities who are not ...

Ambikapur, a city in Chhattisgarh, created its own decentralised waste management plan that not only minimises waste that reaches a landfill site, but also generates revenue for the local municipal ...