Environment

Narkanda Snowfall Attracts Hundreds

Famous as ‘Snow City’ throughout the world, Himachal Pradesh’s Narkanda is playing host to scores of elated tourists these days. Several feet of snow has accumulated…

Amazon Boss Jeff Bezos Pledges $10 Billion For Climate Change Fight

World’s richest man, Jeff Bezos, has pledged $10 billion to help combat climate change in a new initiative he called the Bezos Earth Fund.  “Climate…

Randeep Hooda Named Wildlife Ambassador For Migratory Species

Gandhinagar, 17 February 2020 - Internationally-renowned conservationist Ian Redmond OBE, award-winning explorer and environmentalist Sacha Dench, and Indian actor and equestrian Randeep Hooda have been named today as CMS Ambassadors for Migratory…

A New Report Turns The Spotlight On India’s Avian Diversity

February 17, Gandhinagar, Gujarat: A citizen science initiative in collaboration with 10 conservation organisations has assessed the status of 867 bird species out of 1317 recorded…

Lives Without Men: The Women Of Mahakali

Lives without men

Will India wake up to light pollution?

Satellite images show that India is now more urban than rural, anywhere between 65-70 per cent by some estimates, contrary to the belief that only…

Declining Insect Population A Threat To Migratory Species

Massive Insect Decline Poses a New Threat to Migratory Species

January 2020 Was The Warmest Ever On Record

The temperature of the Earth is constantly increasing. According to Copernicus Climate Change Service (CCCS), an international agency that monitors climate change, the earth is…

Mahakali Women Find Their Voices

A photographic journey among women in the India-Nepal transboundary Mahakali River basin, the first in a series “Cackling hens.” Till very recently, the women of…

Vandana Shiva: No Matter How Much Of Denial Takes Place, Organic Is The Future

By Sapna Gopal/ thethirdpole.net On a wintry afternoon, at her farm Navdanya in the Himalayan foothills, noted ecologist Vandana Shiva spoke on the future of…