Real Estate | Treated wastewater could mitigate rising construction costs
An eco-friendly twist to constructing homes
Bangalore Mirror | September 8, 2022
Mahua Tree, the ‘Kalpavriksh’ of Indian Deciduous Forests: Causes of its Decline and Way Ahead for Conservation and Sustainability in Chota Nagpur Plateau, India
India’s rejection of global environment report ‘perilous’
Sharachchandra Lele SciDev.Net | June 20, 2022
Why Massive Tree Plantation Drives Are a Disaster for Desert Ecosystems
Chetan Misher & Abi T Vanak Scroll | June 17, 2022 On World Environment Day on June 5, a record 1.5 lakh saplings were planted in Chushul, a remote village in Ladakh, ostensibly to preserve and protect this high-altitude ecosystem. A similar plantation drive was undertaken in 2018 when 4,000 saplings were planted in the Leh region […]
100 years of “saving” India’s soil: What needs to change?
Anuja Malhotra and Abi T. Vanak Mongabay | June 13, 2022 A movement to Save Soil in India is gaining traction not just in the media but also with political leaders, celebrities, and citizens alike who have proactively come forward in its support. Given that soil is crucial to our lives and livelihoods, such an awakening […]
The Great Vanishing
Mihir Godbole, Abi Tamim Vanak, Iravatee Majgaonkar & Nikita Sabnis Sanctuary Nature Foundation | June 6, 2022 “Grasslands are the ‘common’ lands of the community and while there have been robust traditional institutions ensuring their sustainable management in the past, today, due to take-over by government or breakdown of traditional institutions, they are the responsibility […]
Restoration of Ecosystem: Have Tree Planting Efforts Borne Fruit?
Abi T. Vanak, Anuja Malhotra The Hindu | June 5, 2022 In a recent article, the author and journalist Manu Joseph used the term “Low-stakes niceness” to describe the act of feeding animals that most Indians indulge in. We will borrow his term to extend it to another favourite activity of the environmentally conscious Indian […]
Why Planting More Trees is a Lazy Solution to the Crisis of Climate Change
Karishma Shelar & Anuja Malhotra Scroll | June 5, 2022 The United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, in its sixth assessment report released in August, reiterated its analysis of the role played by human-induced activities in contributing to catastrophic heatwaves, droughts and cyclones. It noted that in 2019, the carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere was […]
Tree Planting in Open Ecosystems Has Few Benefits
Iravatee Majgaonkar Hindustan Time | June 5, 2022 The idea of restoration and protection of the earth’s environment instantly elicits mental images of tree planting. The greener the environment, the healthier it must be. This is also in line with the commitment by the ministry of environment, forests and climate change of the Indian government, […]
