india.mongabay.comadded August 2026
Mongabay Indiaby Kundan Pandey1m ago
- A CAG audit found India’s Green India Mission achieved only around 5% of its afforestation target and missed more than 97% of its ecosystem-restoration goal, citing poor planning and weak...
Mongabay Indiaby Renuka Kulkarni1m ago
- A survey documents the naturalisation of African Bermuda-grass, native to Central and East Africa, in two Indian biodiversity hotspots, the Himalayas and the Western Ghats.
Mongabay Indiaby Kundan Pandey3d ago
- Indian cities face severe climate risks, such as groundwater depletion, flooding, and cyclones, and are central to India’s 2070 net-zero goal.
Mongabay Indiaby Arathimenon3d ago
- Indigenous fruits are disappearing from local landscapes and diets, driven by urbanisation, land-use change, changing food preferences and the growing cultivation of commercially profitable...
Mongabay Indiaby Arathimenon4d ago
- India’s forests provide significant economic and livelihood benefits, particularly for people who depend on forest ecosystems for food, employment and resources.
Mongabay Indiaby Priyanka Shankar4d ago
- A recent study finds that humid heat stress during India’s monsoon season will rise sharply as global temperatures increase.
Mongabay Indiaby Aditi Tandon4d ago
- The Indian Ocean’s geological history and climate have shaped its unique biodiversity, from microscopic plankton to the largest whales.
Mongabay Indiaby Aditi Tandon5d ago
In the forests of northeast India, a series of whoops and hoots rises through the canopy in a melodious crescendo every morning — the unmistakable song of the western hoolock gibbon.
Mongabay Indiaby Priyanka Shankar5d ago
- A new assessment in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve reports at least 55 greater hog badgers in the area.
Mongabay Indiaby Aditi Tandon6d ago
- In Assam, women are cultivating indigenous rice varieties like Betguti and integrating freshwater crab farming to cope with erratic rainfall and prolonged dry spells, offering a climate-resilient...
Mongabay Indiaby Kundan Pandey6d ago
- Glacier velocity in the Zanskar Himalayas dropped 16% between 1992 and 2023, with the slowdown accompanied by accelerated ice thinning.
Mongabay Indiaby Renuka Kulkarni6d ago
- A new study has found that a majority of ornamental plants sold online in India are alien species, many of which are known to be invasive or naturalised in other countries.
Mongabay Indiaby Aditi Tandon7d ago
- India’s mine-closure framework has expanded in recent years, with new guidelines and initiatives focusing on scientific closure, ecological restoration, post-mining land use and community...
Mongabay Indiaby Priyanka Shankar7d ago
- The Indian peafowl, the national bird of the country, is a cultural icon and is protected by wildlife laws.
Mongabay Indiaby Arathimenon9d ago
Global biodiversity assessments have often suggested that the impacts of invasive alien species are greatest in wealthy countries of the Global North.
Mongabay Indiaby Kundan Pandey10d ago
- A study from the shola sky islands in the southern Western Ghats reveals how land use changes have changed bird movements.
Mongabay Indiaby Kundan Pandey10d ago
- India’s poor score on the 2026 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) has reignited an old debate about fairness with developing countries.
Mongabay Indiaby Arathimenon11d ago
- New research lists nine anchor species that could yield combined benefits for biodiversity and natural carbon stock.
Mongabay Indiaby Aditi Tandon11d ago
- Rapid socio-economic changes in Spiti are transforming the region’s traditional agro-pastoral system, impacting livestock rearing and farming.
Mongabay Indiaby Divya Kilikar12d ago
They sleep upside down and hunt for prey in the dark using sound waves — what can’t bats do? The only mammals capable of true flight, bats are remarkably adaptable, found on every continent except...
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