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Forest Loss in India

Assam

India lost 18,200 hectares of forest in 2024, reports Global Forest Watch

May 22, 2025 9: 30 amMay 22, 2025 8: 16 am

Delhi High Court

Nepal

Delhi High Court rejects Vantara’s bid to silence ‘Himal Southasian’

May 21, 2025 12: 08 amMay 21, 2025 12: 08 am

Assam villagers unite to save wetland

Assam

Dorabeel under threat: Assam villagers unite to save vital wetland from logistic park

May 20, 2025 12: 09 amMay 20, 2025 4: 17 pm

NGT Assam

Assam

NGT orders Assam to clear massive forest encroachments in Guwahati by 2026

May 19, 2025 4: 48 pmMay 19, 2025 5: 06 pm

Meghalaya: Ecological threat to its mountain bastion

May 19, 2025 3: 17 pmMay 19, 2025 3: 21 pm

Meghalaya

Meghalaya

Meghalaya fails to turn forest wealth into climate funds: NITI Aayog

May 19, 2025 7: 38 amMay 19, 2025 1: 59 pm

In Bhakra village of western Nepal’s Manang district, 72-year-old Buddhist nun Tashi Lama sits in silence, chanting as she turns her prayer wheel.

Nepal’s old Buddhist incense tradition hit by too much harvesting, climate change

May 17, 2025 1: 11 pmMay 17, 2025 1: 18 pm

Nagaland

Supreme Court strikes down ex-post facto environmental approvals

May 16, 2025 11: 43 pmMay 16, 2025 11: 50 pm

Assam Mark Shand Award

Assam: Aaranyak gets Mark Shand Award for Asian Elephant conservation

May 15, 2025 6: 57 pmMay 15, 2025 6: 58 pm

Byrnihat, a small industrial town nestled on the border of Assam and Meghalaya, has been gaining attention this year after being declared ‘the most polluted metropolitan area in the world.

Meghalaya: Life in the world’s most polluted city, Byrnihat

May 14, 2025 1: 00 pmMay 14, 2025 3: 22 pm