Floods hit north-eastern States again, but climate planning is still missing
Rajkamal Goswami Frontline-Hindu | June 13, 2025 Floods in Assam, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, and Mizoram point to a glaring lack of plans to meet climate disasters, which are becoming the norm now.
India Needs to Embed Biodiversity as a Key Consideration in Every Decision
Asmita Sengupta, Vinod B Mathur The New Indian Express | June 9, 2025 The unprecedented loss of nature over the past few decades has induced a call for transformative change towards socially-just biodiversity conservation across the world. Transforming biodiversity safeguarding is not just about conservation, though — it is a systemic shift that integrates biodiversity […]
How Tamil Nadu’s green energy push in the Nilgiris undermines the Dravidian development model
Siddhartha Krishnan Scroll | June 5, 2025 Green energy is threatening Tamil Nadu’s greenest district – the Nilgiris. This irony brings into focus the paradoxes of Tamil Nadu’s Dravidian growth model: even as it ensures that the state has enviable development indicators, the sustainable energy projects that fuel it heighten the economic and ecological vulnerabilities […]
Navigating Floods in Bengaluru: a Natural Way Forward
Hymavathi P.,Priyanka Jamwal The Hindu | May 26, 2025 Urban flooding has become a persistent and growing challenge in Indian cities, with Bengaluru experiencing increasingly frequent and disruptive flood events. In 2024, Bengaluru faced severe floods with over 2,000 homes submerged citywide. Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike(BBMP) reported that 157 mm of rainfall was recorded in […]
Celebrating Rotti Habba in a Changing World
Prachi Kardam, Sathyapramodh H.B. The India Forum | May 23, 2025 Soligas are an indigenous, forest dwelling tribe of the Kaveri river basin and its adjoining hills in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu They have historically lived in these regions and have fought to reside in their ancestral home – the forest. To the Soligas, the forest […]
Addressing water scarcity in Maharashtra: Need for a policy shift
Vinay Sankar, Sachin Tiwale Idea for India | May 19, 2025 In the 1980s, Maharashtra played a pioneering role in promoting integrated watershed development to address water scarcity. In this post, Tiwale and Sankar contend that in recent years, the state has shifted to technocratic, quick-fix, and fragmented approaches to water management. They discuss two […]
Kathalekan Myristica Swamp: A Paradise (Nearly) Lost
Priya Ranganathan Jalaplavit | May 16, 2025 Named after its dominant tree family, Myristicaceae (wild nutmeg), this ancient swamp ecosystem is home to towering trees that date back to the formation of the Western Ghats. These trees have developed arching roots to withstand year-round waterlogging, a hallmark of their unique adaptation.
When Water Standards Don’t Hold Water
Sachin Tiwale The Hindu | May 13, 2025 How much water should a person receive each day? In India, this question is not answered by science or necessity, but by an arbitrary metric — the per capita water supply standard, prescribed in litres per capita per day (lpcd). While the human right to water guarantees […]
Eating Under Stress? Not for These Lizards!
Seshadri K. S. Deccan Herald | May 10, 2025 Stress, simply put, is any nonspecific response of the body to any demand placed upon it and is therefore a coping mechanism. Free-ranging animals must dodge predators, grow up, attract mates, and leave offspring behind. All this comes at a tradeoff, costing energy and resources while […]
Unlocking the Potential of Wild and Naturalized Edible Fruits
Prasanna N. S. Vijay Karnataka Kannada daily | May 9, 2025 Wild edible fruits offer significant ecological and economic benefits. Just over a century ago, the Kiwi fruit was a lesser-known wild edible fruit in China, but today, it has grown into a billion-dollar market. India is home to many such underexplored fruit tree species. […]
