If you liked this story, share it with other people. For many countries, including India, increasing tree cover has become a core part of climate mitigation plans to improve biodiversity and ...

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Sneha Mahale is a Mumbai-based journalist and editor who covers climate change, wildlife, health, technology, and culture. Her work has been published in Hindustan Times, Moneycontrol, New Indian ...

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Rising illegal wildlife trade across Himalayan countries threatens the mountain ecosystem ...

A new study finds that more than half of all urban blue space users across India’s cities forage frequently for nutrition, income and food security. As Indian cities restore and beautify their lakes ...

Arabica and Robusta, which dominate global coffee production, are increasingly vulnerable to climate change, including heat stress, erratic rainfall and pest pressures. Lesser-known species such as ...

As forecasters warn of a possible strong El Niño this year, concerns are rising in India over its impact on monsoons, water sources and agriculture. A warming Pacific could disrupt the monsoon, though ...

In Puducherry and Karaikal, communities protested against India’s coastal zoning policy map prepared on a 1:25,000 scale as it missed several commons and eco-critical zones. Smaller scale maps in the ...

Manish Chandra Mishra is an Assistant Editor at Mongabay-India and an environmental journalist with over a decade of experience in print, digital, and multimedia journalism. He reports on climate ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The name vayavy (pronounced vah-yhav-yah) means ‘northwest’ in both Konkani and Marathi, derived from the species’ distribution in the northern ...