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Assam: Reintroduced rhinos breed in Manas, but recovery remains fragile

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


Nagaland: Community-led effort protects pangolins in critical illegal trade corridor

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


Organised crop-guarding in Assam linked to higher elephant deaths, study finds

India, March 4 -- A new study analysing two decades of organised crop-guarding efforts to deter elephants from entering farms has found a counterintuitive outcome: villages with active monitoring reco... Read More


Our Burden of Grief: New book documents voices of Assam's Baghjan blowout survivors

India, Feb. 21 -- "...Neither a fleeting joy, nor an unbidden laughter remains. In a moment, OIL took it all, stripping me of everything." This stanza is from a poem written by Papul Gogoi, a residen... Read More


Sikkim: Hydropower in Eastern Himalayas fuels climate maladaptation risks, experts warn

India, Feb. 16 -- Over the past two decades, hydropower has reshaped development pathways in the Himalayas. It has been aggressively promoted as clean energy that can meet climate goals, while also dr... Read More