Maharashtra is conducting immunocontraception trials in leopards to reduce human-leopard conflict by temporarily limiting their reproduction. In Junnar, landscape changes, especially the spread of ...

A study of sloth bear dens in eastern Gujarat’s dry forests shows that natural caves and rocky hillocks serve as critical resting and cub-rearing sites. Bears tend to den on steeper slopes and farther ...

Sahariya Adivasi and other communities displaced from Kuno National Park between 1998 and 2003 for a lion reintroduction project, report that most resettlement promises remain unfulfilled. Now, a ...

The Mallah community is opposing the acquisition of around 100 acres of land in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, for the development of a freight village as part of the Ramnagar multi-modal terminal. Despite ...

Manish Chandra Mishra is an Assistant Editor at Mongabay India, currently based in Delhi. A multimedia journalist with over a decade of experience in mainstream media, he has established himself as a ...

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Cotton is one of India’s top agricultural exports and between 2011-12 and 2020-21, the country’s cotton exports consumed roughly 40 trillion litres of water. Top cotton-producing districts in ...

Once hunted and butchered for oil and meat, the whale shark is now being rescued by the fishers in the Arabian sea coast. The conservation movement that started in Gujarat has now reached the ...

Muppandal in Tamil Nadu is home to India’s largest operational onshore wind farm in terms of installed capacity. Over three decades, there are visible social impacts on the people living in the ...

According to scientists, 40 percent of insect species are likely to become extinct globally in the coming years. Indian entomologists agree that India is already witnessing a slump in insect numbers.