Today’s gen should know the importance of Western Ghats: Eshwar Khandre
Bengaluru: Minister for Forests, Ecology and Environment Eshwar B Khandre has opined that it is necessary to make the ...
IISER study highlights significance of hill slopes in maintaining green cover in Western Ghats
A new study by IISER highlights that hill slopes in Western Ghats highly threatened by encroachments are playing crucial role in maintaining the green cover in the region ...
Garden variety! A lush, living tribute to van Rheede’s ‘Hortus Malabaricus’
The 20-acre Hortus Malabaricus, a lush tribute to the renowned 17th-century botanical masterpiece of the same name, is tucked away in Cheruthuruthy a ...
Sharavati valley project: Meeting growing power demand vs. keeping forests pristine
Sharavati river, a source of electricity in Karnataka, faces environmental opposition for a proposed pumped storage project.
Bharathiar University Herbal Garden: a little over ₹22 lakh remains unspent out of ₹50 lakh allocation
Developed under the RUSA (Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan) 2.0 and The Bharathiar Cancer Theranostics and Research Center (BCTRC), the four-acre Herbal Garden encompasses 2,000 plants representing ...
Researchers discoverplantspecies at Manjolai Estate
Chennai: Researchers from The Madura College and Madras Christian College discovered a new plant species, Manjolai argyreia ...
Conflicts Gone Wild
It is an irony that human pressure may already be regulating tiger numbers in the wider Western Ghats landscapes, given that ...
7 UNESCO-Listed Natural Wonders In India That'll Leave You Speechless
India's UNESCO-listed natural sites are where breathtaking landscapes, rare wildlife, and centuries-old ecosystems come ...