Forests

Meghalaya is faced with environmental challenges and serious natural resource degradation such as forest, land and water. This along with climate change has serious implications for natural resource-based livelihood systems on which the majority of its population depends.

Though drivers of deforestation and degradation follow a general framework and pattern, in many cases, they are region-specific.

Forest ministry solely in the hands of Centre: Environment Ministry

Country’s first wetland conservation centre set up on World Wetland Day

NGT seeks report on the need for clearance of inland waterway projects in Ganga

Plastic pollution can travel thousands of kilometres in just a few months, finds new study using geo-tagged bottles

Two more wetlands added to Ramsar sites

There is a disquieting hush across the world as the linkage between the planet’s health and human well-being became pronounced during the times of the pandemic. The deepening socio-economic and ecological crises caused by patterns of production and consumption are being increasingly recognised.

Water quality of Ganga river remained grim during lockdown: CPCB

Forests are disappearing at a fast rate in India.