<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Pradip Kumar Pattnaik Vs Union of India & Others dated 24/04/2024.</p> <p>The applicant, Pradip Kumar Pattnaik
Employment Guarantee Scheme, first of its kind drought relief scheme has had no impact on the drought-prone areas of Maharashtra in almost 30 years because it has failed to involve people in managing rural assets
Revisits by Down To Earth reporters to villages that undertook water harvesting offer some valuable lessons in drought management
The need of the hour is to decentralise drought management and think long term
Amphibians in India are besieged by numerous threats
Saara adivasis in Orissa have undertaken measures to conserve forest wealth
About 80 tropical cyclones (with wind speeds equal to or greater than 35 knots) form in the world’s waters every year. Of these about 6.5% develop in the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea. Since the frequency
Turtle excluder devices can reduce turtle deaths. But a web of politics and government laxity prevents their use
fires are threatening to destroy large forest patches in the states of Orissa and Uttaranchal. Blazes have been reported from Pinder, Mandakani, Nayar, Yamuna and Bhagirathi valleys of
Past experiences have shown that centralized management of natural resources, based on a culture of exclusion and rules, has not contributed to the sustainable management of natural resources.
The death of traditional water harvesting structures prepare Kalahandi for its worst ever drought
