अन्तर्राष्ट्रीय जैवविविधता दिवस 22 | मई जैव विविधता पृथ्वी पर सभी जीवन का आधार है

इस वर्ष अंतर्राष्ट्रीय जैव विविधता दिवस का विषय है “प्रकृति के साथ सामंजस्य और सतत विकास”।प्राचीन समय से ही भारत के ऋषि-मुनियों को प्रकृति संरक्षण और मानव के स्वभाव की गहरी जानकारी थी। वे...

Read more May 20, 2025 at 4:25 pm Raj Kumar Sinha

कानून में किए गए संशोधनों के पीछे का निहितार्थ

केन्द्र सरकार ऐसे कानूनों में बदलाव ला रही है या लाने के लिए प्रयासरत है जो वन संरक्षण, वन्यजीव संरक्षण, पर्यावरण संरक्षण, जैव-विविधता और खनन से जुड़े हैं। ऐसे कानूनों में लाए जा रहे...

Read more February 18, 2025 at 6:10 pm Raj Kumar Sinha

Wildlife Clearances – Are they really serving the purpose of protecting the Protected Areas?

A Policy Brief Wildlife Clearance plays a crucial role in protecting India’s designated protected areas. The wildlife clearances issued by the Standing Committee of the National Board of Wildlife (SC-NBWL) for various infrastructure and...

Read more November 29, 2022 at 1:57 pm Nishank

Undoing Conservation: India’s National Parks Giving Way for Infra Projects – A Compendium of 3 Case Studies on National Parks

India’s burgeoning economic growth in the last two decades, especially in the infrastructure sector, has heavily impacted its forests and protected areas. Not only has there been a diversion of large tracts of forest...

Read more September 14, 2022 at 1:02 pm Nishank

Forest at a Standstill: Development at the Cost of Sundarbans

A Study on the socio-environmental changes in the Indian part of the Sundarbans Delta Deemed as a “World Heritage”, by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) – Sundarbans is one of...

Read more September 14, 2022 at 11:01 am Ishita Bhattacharya

The Uncertain Future of Sundarbans

A Study on the change in livelihood options in Indian part of the Sundarbans Delta The Indian Sundarban region consisting of 4,200 square kilometres (sq km) of reserved forests along with 5,400 sq km...

Read more September 14, 2022 at 10:33 am Tapojay Mukherjee

Solar parks – casting shadow over already ignored open natural ecosystems

In December 2020, when my friend, a forest department staff- Keshava and I were on a bird walk, around one of Asia's largest solar parks in Pavagada, we saw a dog-like creature with a...

Read more September 7, 2022 at 8:08 pm Santosh Pavagada

Analysis of Environmental Clearances Given to Projects in Protected Areas

Environmental Clearances for a variety of developmental projects are critical in preserving our natural resources including forests, minerals, biodiversity, water sources, etc. It is a process that involves obtaining a nod from the government...

Read more July 12, 2021 at 5:12 pm Nishank

Financing Ecosystem Restoration with Nature Based Solutions

It’s 5 decades since the UN General Assembly designated June 5th as World Environment Day, marking the first day of the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment in 1972. And the first World Environment...

Read more June 5, 2021 at 7:41 am Bhargavi S. Rao