Conservationists attribute the primary cause of the mass olive ridley turtle deaths on Chennai's shores to drowning due to entanglement in fishing nets, despite trawlers being prohibited from ...

A third of the world’s sharks, rays and chimaeras are threatened with extinction and their numbers have dwindled since 1970, finds a new IUCN report and a study. The report finds Indonesia, Spain and ...

A study investigated the spatial distribution of seagrass in Palk Bay, a dugong habitat, in Tamil Nadu. Research identified areas of healthy seagrass beds, which are critical marine habitats, and ...

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West Bengal’s traditional practice of fishing at a khoti is being challenged with dwindling fish stock, mechanised fishing and financial instability. The 2017 National Marine Policy envisions ...

Carbon farmers reported receiving almost no monetary benefits from carbon projects in Haryana and Madhya Pradesh, according to a new study. Marginalised farmers from Scheduled Caste and Scheduled ...

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Lives of thousands of families hang in the balance as the water level of Sardar Sarovar dam is altered ...

Researchers of a recent global study evaluated 23,496 species of freshwater fish, dragonfly, damselfly, crab, crayfish and shrimp, and found that 24%, are threatened with extinction. The loss of ...

When 41-year-old Rinchin Jomba’s recipe for momo, a type of steamed dumpling, won the Millet Recipe Contest organised by the agriculture centre Krishi Vigyan Kendra in 2023, her joy transcended the ...

Water flooded a rat-hole mine in the Dima Hasao district of Assam, earlier this month, trapping several miners inside. The abandoned coal mine was illegally operated without safety protocols. Attempts ...

Adaptation is key as India stares at GDP loss due to climate change ...