If you liked this story, share it with other people. India’s development story, like much of the world, continues to be told through a single number: Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Every quarter, GDP ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. In 1994, a U.S. company and the United States Department of Agriculture secured a European patent for a method of using neem extracts to control ...

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K. A. Shaji is a South India-based developmental journalist. A regular contributor to Mongabay-India, he is now working in areas of environmental protection, social advocacy and grassroots level ...

Researchers describe a new fanged frog species that builds mud nests on the forest floor ...

Mongabay seeks to raise interest in and appreciation of wild lands and wildlife, while examining the impact of emerging trends in climate, technology, economics,and finance on conservation and ...

Recurring floods in Manipur, including the recent one in September, have inundated villages, farms and houses. While climate change may have a role to play in increasing the intensity of rainfall, ...

Initiated in the early 1970s, the Mandal dam remains unfinished, displacing hundreds of families without full compensation. Despite fresh clearances and reduced reservoir levels, locals say jobs, land ...

Lack of access to solar power in project-affected villages brings out striking similarities between the handling of solar and fossil fuel-based energy systems. In Pavagada, Karnataka, jobs at the ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Over two decades, between 2000 and 2019, India faced the third most number of natural disaster events in the world. Future prospects are grim – ...

Touted as a shining example of India’s ingenuity, KC Valley project transports Bengaluru’s secondary treated wastewater to parched rural neighbourhoods in Kolar district. Scientists and activists are ...