Guwahati, June 20 -- By Simrin Sirur/Mongabay The environment minister's Forest Advisory Committee has granted "in principle" approval to a hydropower project in a region of Arunachal Pradesh that is... Read More
Guwahati, June 18 -- By Nabarun Guha/Mongabay Every day, 21-year-old Amjad Hussain, from Tapatjuri village in the Nagaon district of Assam, walks one kilometre to his neighbour Dilwar Hussain's house... Read More
Guwahati, June 13 -- By Joydeep Gupta/Mongabay "We look after our forests, we save them, because they are our home," Gaura Devi of the Chipko movement fame had once said. "We get fuel, fodder and som... Read More
Guwahati, May 11 -- By Sneha Mahale/Mongabay The greater one-horned rhinoceros was once wiped out from Assam's Manas National Park (MNP), marking a major conservation setback. The rhino population, h... Read More
Guwahati, May 9 -- By Kasturi Das/Mongabay In Nagaland's Kiphire district, along the porous Indo-Myanmar border, pangolins have been hunted for decades - once due to cultural beliefs, and increasingl... Read More