In this interview with Mongabay India, filmmaker Sandesh Kadur talks about filming for his latest documentary feature titled ‘Nilgiris: A shared wilderness’ about India’s first biosphere reserve.

Using high resolution satellite imagery and an artificial intelligence (AI) model, researchers have developed a new dataset that shows global drivers of deforestation at a one kilometre spatial ...

The book, My Head for a Tree, documents the past and present status of environmental activism by the Bishnoi community in Rajasthan. Using narrative nonfiction, it combines retelling of historical ...

India's progress in integrating climate education into the mainstream syllabus has been slow, but some educators are working ...

Submerged Worlds and Other Amazing Stories of India’s Mighty Rivers by Vaishali Shroff brings together well-researched stories of the ecology, mythology, politics, history and culture of India’s ...

The President of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Sikkim cadre has requested in a letter to prime minister, that the Union government withhold its approval to rebuild the Teesta III Hydro Electric ...

A study investigated the spatial distribution of seagrass in Palk Bay, a dugong habitat, in Tamil Nadu. Research identified areas of healthy seagrass beds, which are critical marine habitats, and ...

Agrivoltaics in India faces scalability challenges despite a decade of trials, but innovations in space management and integrated farming systems offer promising solutions.

A unique automated ice reservoir in Ladakh’s Igoo village stores four million litres of water, uses sensors and weather data, and boasts 80% efficiency in ice formation.

In the late nineteenth century, Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) were introduced to the Andaman Islands to work in timber operations that continued until the early 2000s. On occasions working ...

State governments and organisations are increasingly experimenting with parametric insurance to cope with losses from natural disasters.