Available data does not establish that China’s mega-dam project on the Brahmaputra could divert water, alter flows, or trap sediments . The real risk is dam failure due to high seismic activity and…
Trump’s promised actions to reverse many US policies to combat climate change – some of which he has already carried out – will not only cause damage to the US and its people but will also weaken…
Conservation efforts largely ignore landscapes where people and animals share the same habitat and conflict with each other. Making sense of life in such environments and easing tensions requires…
The distance of the proposed port in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands from the Indian mainland and competition from the Colombo and Singapore ports will be major challenges to its economic viability.
The COP29 climate talks in Baku, billed as the finance COP, ended in disappointment for developing countries. It fell short of providing the financial support needed to transition from fossil fuels,…
While structural differences exist between the European and Indian river basin management systems as in the hydroclimatic conditions and the social-political context, understanding the European…
Chandrapur district in Maharashtra is at the epicentre of human-tiger conflicts. Conflicts and fatalities are rising. The mental health of residents in the area has been severely impacted, with fear…
Nomadic pastoralism makes positive contributions to the man-made, natural, human and social capital stocks of the country; pastoralists therefore play an important role in Indian society. There are…
Rice procurement by the state in Punjab’s regulated markets has plummeted this year. In the mundane details of grain purchases lie hidden and fraught centre-state relations and reforms by stealth.
