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Kerala villagers are reaping the benefits of a scheme that pays them to leave their trees rooted, reducing risk of deforestationIn the misty, hilly terrain of Wayanad, in the southern Indian state of Kerala, the people with any access to land in the qu…
Read MoreThousands are protesting in the Indian state, suspecting the coal lobby is behind construction plans in sanctuaryMollem national park has long been the emerald in Goa’s crown.The verdant jungle which covers this steep area of India’s Western Ghats moun…
Read MoreLancet report finds that toxic air caused rise in lung cancer, stroke and other diseasesPollution accounted for nearly 1.7m premature deaths in India in 2019, or 18% of all deaths, according to a study that lays bare the human cost of the country’s tox…
Read MoreWestland petrel fledglings have been hitting the roads, possibly mistaking the lights for bioluminescent fish they feed onIn an attempt to save a rare bird species, a New Zealand village is trialling an innovative strategy: it is switching off all its …
Read MoreThe frequency of natural disasters is making life in rural areas increasingly difficult, pushing inhabitants into city slumsThe house Faruk Hossain grew up in has, for the last six months, resisted being claimed by the river, as the rest of the village…
Read MoreCountries have settled on 8,848.86m – higher than either’s previous measurementsMount Everest is marginally higher than previously thought, according to a new joint Chinese-Nepali calculation that settles a long-running conflict over the height of the …
Read MoreTurmeric is synonymous with Sri Lankan cuisine and an import ban is helping boost production after the ravages of civil warIn Sri Lankan cuisine, a pinch of turmeric brings the gold colour to sodhi, the mildly spiced coconut soup eaten with the island’…
Read MoreCountry will extend artificial rain and snow programme to cover 2.1m sq miles by 2025China wants to boost its ability to modify the weather, and will extend an artificial rain and snow programme to cover at least 2.1m sq miles (5.5m sq km) of land by 2…
Read MoreStations switch to humble earthen kulhads in move to cut down on toxic waste and boost incomes of village pottersA small and humble relic from India’s past is about to stage a major comeback. At all 7,000 railway stations in the country, tea will be se…
Read MoreJacinda Ardern calls climate change ‘one of the greatest challenges of our time’ and pledges carbon-neutral government by 2025New Zealand has declared a climate change emergency and committed to a carbon-neutral government by 2025, in what the prime mi…
Read MoreFourteen eminent signatories urge Canberra to commit to net-zero emissions by 2050Pacific leaders have condemned Australia’s Paris climate target as “one of the weakest”, urging Canberra to commit to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 and abandon its Ky…
Read MoreMore than 300,000 farmers head to capital for ‘decisive battle’ with governmentHundreds of thousands of Indian farmers have marched upon Delhi and set up vast camps blocking entry to the city in protest at agriculture laws they say will destroy livelih…
Read MoreThe Goldman environmental prize honours the achievements of grassroots activists in six continents, recognising their efforts to protect natural habitats and push for political change, often at great personal riskPlastic in paradise: Goldman prize winn…
Read MorePop star meets politician before animal’s move from Islamabad’s dilapidated zoo to Cambodian sanctuaryThe US pop star Cher met Pakistan’s prime minister, Imran Khan, on Friday before the relocation of an elephant from Islamabad’s dilapidated zoo to a C…
Read MoreVillagers once burned the toxic waste as fuel, but a pioneering couple’s radical education model uses it much more creativelyEvery morning, students in Assam’s Pamohi village go to school clutching a bag of plastic waste, in exchange for which they wil…
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