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Forests
A jungle comes to the city
Posted on 02 Jul, 2017 01:56 PMIt’s July now and the temperature is slowly dipping in Delhi. Only a few migratory birds wintered at the Yamuna biodiversity park remain. Others have left for Central Asia and Siberia. Some species of summer terrestrial migrants are expected to arrive while some others can be seen enjoying the park’s wetlands.
![Black spotted butterfly at Yamuna biodiversity park. (Image: Prabhmeet Singh, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/1200px-black_spotted_butterfly.jpg?itok=t7rKYcWY)
Every drop that matters!
Posted on 27 Jun, 2017 10:12 PMThe people of the Marathwada region have been facing severe water crisis for more than three decades. Despite adverse circumstances, the Akoladev panchayat in the Jalna district has set an example for other panchayats by solving their water woes through community participation and effective water harvesting measures that suit their geographic terrain.
![Jivrekha river, Akoladev (Source:Dilasa)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dscf2613es.jpg?itok=RaOu7rTb)
Chennai faces acute water crisis
Posted on 27 Jun, 2017 08:46 PMChennai reels under acute crisis of drinking water
![Buckingham canal in Chennai. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/bc_0_0.jpg?itok=H-79ql1o)
Ken-Betwa river link approved
Posted on 30 May, 2017 12:26 PMForest panel clears Ken-Betwa river link
![Ken-Betwa river link shown on a map. (Source: Shannon via Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/ken_betwa.jpg?itok=7_ssPXTn)
Nainital lake drying up, human activities to blame
Posted on 30 May, 2017 11:52 AMNainital lake is drying up, environmentalists concerned
![A view of the Nainital lake. (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/nainital_lake.jpg?itok=WMKAjvik)
Living on the edge
Posted on 23 May, 2017 01:03 PMA tiger takes a stroll outside the reserve area, breeds on forest patches and looks out for waterholes, all under the curious eyes of visitors. This footage is from Tadoba, a popular tiger habitat in Chandrapur, Maharashtra that draws a lot of domestic and foreign tourists these days. The number of tigers in Tadoba is increasing.
![Tiger in Corbett national park. (Source: Soumyajit Nandy, Flickr Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/tiger-soumyajit-nandy_0.jpg?itok=l0EiTrHx)
In the name of development
Posted on 06 May, 2017 08:12 PMPankaj Sekhsaria’s recent book Islands in flux--The Andaman and Nicobar Story is a collection of around 20 years of his writings on the environmental and conservation concerns faced by the indigenous tribal communities of the region.
![The forests and the tribal communities of the islands are being decimated. (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/wikimedia_commons.jpg?itok=JmEotKOU)
Project power plants fear
Posted on 09 Apr, 2017 12:59 PMThe mangrove forests of the Sundarbans are the biggest barriers against cyclones from the Bay of Bengal, saving both India and Bangladesh from irreparable damage.
![The mangrove forests of the Sundarbans are the biggest barriers against cyclones from the Bay of Bengal. Source: Laskar Sarowar/Wikimedia Commons](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sundarbans-national-park.jpg?itok=ISzpKEKe)
Uttarakhand to conserve its natural resources
Posted on 04 Apr, 2017 06:21 AMUttarakhand takes decisions to save its natural resources
![The Ganga emerges from the Gangotri glacier in Uttarakhand. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9139589493_270208eef1_z_1.jpg?itok=9o-ezg5o)
Problems of mine: When coal threatens Raigarh
Posted on 30 Mar, 2017 05:50 PMIt was in the late 90s that Raigarh emerged as the hub for power, coal mining and sponge iron in Chhattisgarh. The coalfield in Mand Raigarh is spread over an area of more than 1,12,000 hectares with an estimated 21,117 metric tonnes of coal.
![A villager looks at the changing landscape due to coal mines at Kosampalli village in Raigarh.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/_dsc0033tps.jpg?itok=_fYpaUPR)