india.mongabay.comadded August 2026
Mongabay Indiaby Kundan Pandey9h 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 Arathimenon11h 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 Arathimenon1d 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 Shankar1d ago
- A recent study finds that humid heat stress during India’s monsoon season will rise sharply as global temperatures increase.
Mongabay Indiaby Aditi Tandon1d ago
- The Indian Ocean’s geological history and climate have shaped its unique biodiversity, from microscopic plankton to the largest whales.
Mongabay Indiaby Aditi Tandon2d 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 Shankar2d 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 Tandon3d 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 Pandey3d ago
- Glacier velocity in the Zanskar Himalayas dropped 16% between 1992 and 2023, with the slowdown accompanied by accelerated ice thinning.
Mongabay Indiaby Renuka Kulkarni4d 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 Tandon4d 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 Shankar4d ago
- The Indian peafowl, the national bird of the country, is a cultural icon and is protected by wildlife laws.
Mongabay Indiaby Arathimenon7d 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 Pandey7d 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 Pandey7d ago
- India’s poor score on the 2026 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) has reignited an old debate about fairness with developing countries.
Mongabay Indiaby Arathimenon8d ago
- New research lists nine anchor species that could yield combined benefits for biodiversity and natural carbon stock.
Mongabay Indiaby Aditi Tandon8d ago
- Rapid socio-economic changes in Spiti are transforming the region’s traditional agro-pastoral system, impacting livestock rearing and farming.
Mongabay Indiaby Divya Kilikar9d 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...
Mongabay Indiaby Kundan Pandey9d ago
- Several global conglomerates are engaging with an Indian firm to buy carbon credits generated through carbon removal projects.
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