conservation
Why do conservationists hide when the bees dwindle?

It’s time the country’s policymakers and researchers turned their attention to insect-benefitting agriculture

How Bidar beat back the drought

As Karnataka reels under drought, an academic is helping restore indigenous systems that were Bidar’s water lifeline 600 years ago.

Saving the sholas: To overcome drought, Nilgiris’ forest communities return to traditional wisdom

The drought has provided the trigger for people to think and act to conserve the shola-grassland ecosystem, and some of the water sources.

Holy hill gets its groves back

An afforestation initiative led by naturalists and locals has resulted in the Arunachala hill in Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, shedding its barren, brown visage.

How I became a bankrupt monk

‘The biggest realisation was that there was no isolated solution for any of the problems we face, because everything is connected’

Regenerating sholas and grasslands

These students know that in the valleys of the high Nilgiris, the sholas hold on to rainwater like a sponge and release it through the year.

Making Ameenpur garbage free Panchayat

The Ameenpur Lake, a serene water body in Patancheru mandal has been declared Telangana’s first biodiversity heritage site

‘We have more hardy, nutritious grains than GM can offer’

Debal Deb has conserved 1,200 climate resilient rice varieties. He speaks on the need to conserve traditional seeds and why we don’t need genetically modified ones.

Riches of the soil – the wealth in local knowledge systems

Dependence on uncultivated foods adds a richness to diets, which has saved many lives during times of calamity.