Arunachal’s orchid belt: the state with 500 species wants a living garden
Arunachal Pradesh’s forests hold more than 500 species of orchid — a fifth of India’s total…
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Rivers, forests, wildlife and the climate crisis on the front line.
Sikkim’s yak herders of Lachen: a high-altitude life in transition
The yak herders of Lachen and Lachung have grazed the high pastures of North Sikkim for…
Meghalaya’s coal country turns to tourism: the Jaintia transition
A decade after a Supreme Court order ended most rat-hole coal mining in the Jaintia Hills,…
Nagaland’s millet revival: a lost grain returns to Naga plates
The millets that fed Naga villages for generations were pushed aside by rice and instant noodles…
The Barak’s sand islands: how Bangladesh’s biggest river shapes Silchar’s world
The Barak river, which rises in Manipur and drains to the Bay of Bengal, throws up…
Sikkim’s rooftop solar push: the state that banned plastic bags now targets the grid
Sikkim, which banned plastic bags in 1998 and went fully organic in 2016, has a new…
The Dimasa villages of the Barail range: mapping a forest people’s future
The Dimasa people of the Barail range are undertaking an unusual exercise: mapping their ancestral lands…
Sikkim’s Lepcha community maps its sacred lands for the first time
The Lepcha people of Sikkim’s Dzongu reserve call themselves the ‘children of the hidden land’ —…
The Dehing Patkai rainforest: Assam’s green frontier gets a new protection plan
Dehing Patkai, Assam’s last surviving lowland rainforest, is a green vault of hornbills, tigers and the…
The Brahmaputra Board’s new river atlas: mapping the river that owns the maps
The Brahmaputra Board’s new river atlas, compiled from a decade of satellite surveys, is the most…