Ever since independence, dams were looked upon as the temples of modern India, our saviour against droughts, and partners in India’s development. However, ill-conceived structures devoid of environmental assessment and lack of upstream and downstream flow data have turned them into killers throughout the length and breadth of the country.

The plant inhabitants of prehistoric swamps serve as a source of coal. Peat, lignite, bituminous and anthracite are the major varieties of coal found.

Coastal populations, especially those of the east coast of India, are prone to frequent cyclonic calamities. Women’s participation in distribution, rebuilding, management and all other aspects of disaster is imperative for fostering responsive and sensitive partners who can mitigate the vulnerability status.

As India’s poor are being thrown out of forests to make space for a growing tiger population, hundreds of affluent investors and users continue to take their safari thrills.

Using the vast resource of rooftops and kitchen gardens in urban and rural areas to promote swajaivik farming through intensive trainings.

Sunrise at Tiger Hill, 13 km from Darjeeling was an experience to remember—for all the wrong reasons...

Sanitary napkins are indeed hygienic—eliminating a plethora of diseases for the user. However, it is a little known fact that these products are largely plastics in various synthetic combinations. As a nation with 310 million potential users unregulated rise of napkins is a humongous disposal issue. Yet, India hasn’t even begun thinking.

Wild Shrimp Seed Collection in Hoogly Estuary, West Bengal Shrimp farming, the most lucrative of aquaculture option in the east coast of India sources wild seed for its sustenance. With undiminished demand the seed collection today threatens the sustainability of a variety of species that are destroyed as bycatch. Despite the ban on collection being enacted—it remains without effect. 

The growing economy along with emerging industries generates hazardous waste which if not managed can pose to be a serious health hazard. Various strategies put forward by the Ministry of Environment and Forests in terms of regulatory and institutional framework, technical guidelines, identification, treatment and disposal to manage such waste are in place, but they require effective implementations.