Sacred groves in northern Western Ghats face highest human pressure, study finds

India, Jan. 19 -- Sacred groves in the northern Western Ghats show the highest levels of human disturbance, a new study finds Researchers compared four forest protection regimes across the Konkan and... Read More

Is H5N1 bird flu pandemic brewing?

India, Jan. 13 -- The H5N1 bird flu virus is just one mutation away from human-to-human transmission. With 992 human cases reported since 2003, nearly half have been fatal. Scientists warn of its pa... Read More

Tree deaths rising across Australian forests as climate stress intensifies, study finds

India, Jan. 12 -- A long-term study finds tree mortality is increasing across all major forest biomes in Australia Researchers link the trend to rising temperatures, drought and growing climate stres... Read More

Government is known to use institutions to misinform citizens: Madhav Gadgil

India, Jan. 8 -- Madhav Gadgil, India's veteran ecologist and a foremost figure in environmental causes, breathed his last at 11pm on January 7, 2026. He was 83 years old. Down To Earth (DTE) spoke t... Read More

Union government removes financial and ecological obligations on private plantations in forest areas

India, Jan. 7 -- India's environment ministry has amended forest conservation rules to allow private plantations in forest areas without paying key environmental levies The change removes requirement... Read More

Supreme Court stays its recent verdict on defining Aravalli hills and ranges

India, Dec. 29 -- The Supreme Court has kept in abeyance its earlier order defining the Aravalli hills and ranges. The move follows concerns that the definition was being misconstrued. Large-scale p... Read More

Apex court takes suo motu cognizance in Aravalli uniform definition case

India, Dec. 28 -- Amid mass protests, ecological concerns and fear of large-scale unregulated mining in the wake of the recently accepted definition of the Aravalli hills by the Supreme Court of India... Read More

VB-GRAMG Act will impact transparency and public scrutiny: Researchers

India, Dec. 28 -- The Viksit Bharat - Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-GRAMG) Act, 2025, which has replaced the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), ... Read More

Government's claim of 'No new mining leases in Aravalli', not entirely true

India, Dec. 25 -- The Supreme Court's directives to the central government and its claim that 'No new mining leases be granted' for the Aravallis is not entirely true. This particular direction of th... Read More

Government's claim of 'No new mining leases in Aravalli' not entirely true

India, Dec. 25 -- The Supreme Court's directives to the central government and its claim that 'No new mining leases be granted' for the Aravallis is not entirely true. This particular direction of th... Read More

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