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As cities become megacities, their lanes are losing green cover
09 May 2024 13:04:32 +0000
https://india.mongabay.com/2024/05/as-cities-become-megacities-their-lanes-are-losing-their-green-cover/
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Bengaluru rings alarm bells for urban water concerns
15 Apr 2024 14:54:13 +0000
https://india.mongabay.com/2024/04/bengaluru-rings-alarm-bells-for-urban-water-concerns/
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Living with wildlife in urban Asia
19 Jan 2024 17:03:05 +0000
https://india.mongabay.com/2024/01/living-with-wildlife-in-urban-asia/
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[Commentary] The future of Delhi’s green spaces
08 Jan 2024 10:36:12 +0000
https://india.mongabay.com/2024/01/commentary-the-future-of-delhis-green-spaces/
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A citizen-led initiative contributes to wildlife conservation in Ladakh
14 Nov 2023 12:21:34 +0000
https://india.mongabay.com/2023/11/a-citizen-led-initiative-contributes-to-wildlife-conservation-in-ladakh/
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Poor governance burdens Indian cities, finds survey
26 Oct 2023 14:19:39 +0000
https://india.mongabay.com/2023/10/poor-governance-burdens-indian-cities-finds-survey/
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Darkness-loving bats are being nudged out of the shadows
22 Sep 2023 14:45:18 +0000
https://india.mongabay.com/2023/09/darkness-loving-bats-are-being-nudged-out-of-the-shadows/
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Gig workers in India are exposed to highly polluted air and carcinogens, finds preliminary study
17 Aug 2023 10:13:51 +0000
https://india.mongabay.com/2023/08/gig-workers-in-india-are-exposed-to-highly-polluted-air-and-carcinogens-finds-preliminary-study/
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[Commentary] Green credits can be an incentive for cities to take climate action based on local need
26 Jul 2023 16:19:36 +0000
https://india.mongabay.com/2023/07/can-the-green-credit-programme-incentivise-climate-action-in-cities/
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[Commentary] Timely municipal elections enable local leaders to act locally and mitigate climate impacts
02 Jun 2023 14:34:45 +0000
https://india.mongabay.com/2023/06/commentary-timely-municipal-elections-enable-local-leaders-to-act-locally-and-mitigate-climate-impacts/
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Urban and peri-urban farming can play a small role in reducing carbon footprint
21 Apr 2023 15:24:39 +0000
https://india.mongabay.com/2023/04/urban-and-peri-urban-farming-can-play-a-small-role-in-reducing-carbon-footprint/
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Are cities ‘smart’ enough to leverage municipal bonds?
21 Feb 2023 10:00:50 +0000
https://india.mongabay.com/2023/02/are-cities-smart-enough-to-leverage-municipal-bonds/
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Fifty shades of green: The union budget’s environmental hits and misses
02 Feb 2023 14:33:40 +0000
https://india.mongabay.com/2023/02/union-budget-sounds-green-but-overlooks-key-areas/
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The role of urban foraging in building climate-resilient food systems
26 Jan 2023 12:48:23 +0000
https://india.mongabay.com/2023/01/the-role-of-urban-foraging-in-building-climate-resilient-food-systems/
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46 years on, there is mountain of studies but Joshimath is still sinking
19 Jan 2023 13:14:03 +0000
https://india.mongabay.com/2023/01/46-years-on-there-is-mountain-of-studies-but-joshimath-is-still-sinking/
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A sinking town in Uttarakhand: What went wrong in Joshimath
11 Jan 2023 16:31:31 +0000
https://india.mongabay.com/2023/01/a-sinking-town-in-uttarakhand-what-went-wrong-in-joshimath/
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Panjim riverfront’s urban green lungs under pressure from entertainment tourism
02 Jan 2023 12:29:01 +0000
https://india.mongabay.com/2023/01/panjim-riverfronts-urban-green-lungs-under-pressure-from-entertainment-tourism/
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Mizoram youth protest against the national highways widening project
17 Nov 2022 12:56:45 +0000
https://india.mongabay.com/2022/11/mizoram-youth-protest-against-the-national-highways-widening-project/
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Urban farms offer a fresh perspective on managing kitchen waste and nurturing a community
14 Nov 2022 11:03:25 +0000
https://india.mongabay.com/2022/11/urban-farms-offer-a-fresh-perspective-on-managing-kitchen-waste-and-nurturing-a-community/
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Models spotlight India’s clean energy transition pathways
11 Nov 2022 14:49:43 +0000
https://india.mongabay.com/2022/11/models-spotlight-indias-clean-energy-transition-pathways/
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[Commentary] Kolkata’s climate action plan needs to be more gender-sensitive
04 Nov 2022 10:06:04 +0000
https://india.mongabay.com/2022/11/commentary-kolkatas-climate-action-plan-needs-to-be-more-gender-sensitive/
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Mumbai activists demand that the tree geo-tagging information be made public
20 Oct 2022 15:49:52 +0000
https://india.mongabay.com/2022/10/mumbai-activists-demand-that-the-tree-geo-tagging-information-be-made-public/
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Health effects of heat stress will intensify disproportionately without ambitious efforts
23 Sep 2022 17:11:28 +0000
https://india.mongabay.com/2022/09/health-effects-of-heat-stress-will-intensify-disproportionately-without-ambitious-efforts/
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Risk-informed planning essential to prevent floods in Kochi
15 Sep 2022 15:57:58 +0000
https://india.mongabay.com/2022/09/risk-informed-planning-essential-to-prevent-floods-in-kochi/
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Manipur landslide sparks ecological debate
26 Aug 2022 17:54:16 +0000
https://india.mongabay.com/2022/08/landslides-in-manipur-at-a-railway-line-construction-site-that-buried-over-60-people-alive-was-likely-triggered-by-excessive-rainfall-deforestation-and-unstabilised-hill-slopes/
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A hope for climate-focused urban planning in Assam’s cities reeling from severe floods
10 Aug 2022 14:20:41 +0000
https://india.mongabay.com/2022/08/a-hope-for-climate-focused-urban-planning-in-assams-cities-reeling-from-severe-floods/
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What if we designed homes to stay cool?
04 Aug 2022 14:38:18 +0000
https://india.mongabay.com/2022/08/what-if-we-designed-homes-to-stay-cool/
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Converging heat action plans, climate goals and environmental health for healthier communities
08 Jul 2022 14:58:50 +0000
https://india.mongabay.com/2022/07/converging-heat-action-plans-climate-goals-and-environmental-health-for-healthier-communities/
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[Illustrations] Why are temperatures within a city’s neighbourhoods different?
06 Jul 2022 15:58:48 +0000
https://india.mongabay.com/2022/07/illustrations-why-are-temperatures-within-a-citys-neighbourhoods-different/
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Unprecedented flood cripples Assam, massive loss of life and property reported
30 Jun 2022 11:50:02 +0000
https://india.mongabay.com/2022/06/unprecedented-flood-cripples-assam-massive-loss-of-life-and-property-reported/
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Lucknow, a case study for permanently disappearing aquifers in north India
16 Jun 2022 12:45:02 +0000
https://india.mongabay.com/2022/06/lucknow-a-case-study-for-permanently-disappearing-aquifers-in-north-india/
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[Commentary] Water tariff could be a tool to improve water use efficiency in domestic sector
07 Jun 2022 10:00:11 +0000
https://india.mongabay.com/2022/06/commentary-water-tariff-could-be-a-tool-to-improve-water-use-efficiency-in-domestic-sector/
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‘Delhi is a gaping wound…we’re a tiny Band Aid’: a film explores human and non-human relations in Delhi
27 May 2022 15:52:01 +0000
https://india.mongabay.com/2022/05/delhi-is-a-gaping-woundwere-a-tiny-band-aid-a-film-explores-human-and-non-human-relations-in-delhi/
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What do bees see? Developing urban gardens to attract pollinators
12 May 2022 10:00:45 +0000
https://india.mongabay.com/2022/05/what-do-bees-see-developing-urban-gardens-to-attract-pollinators/
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[Commentary] Thirty years after the Rio Summit the green report card is not fully in the red
06 May 2022 15:53:44 +0000
https://india.mongabay.com/2022/05/commentary-thirty-years-after-the-rio-summit-the-green-report-card-is-not-fully-in-the-red/
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[Explainer] What are urban heat islands?
13 Apr 2022 14:27:53 +0000
https://india.mongabay.com/2022/04/explainer-what-are-urban-heat-islands/
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Mahatma hill’s avian diversity shows the importance of conserving the ‘tekdis’ of Pune
31 Mar 2022 14:14:58 +0000
https://india.mongabay.com/2022/03/mahatma-hills-avian-diversity-shows-the-importance-of-conserving-the-tekdis-of-pune/
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[Commentary] A city on marsh: Why Indian coastal cities need to design and build with nature
22 Mar 2022 13:27:48 +0000
https://india.mongabay.com/2022/03/commentary-a-city-on-marsh-why-indian-coastal-cities-need-to-design-and-build-with-nature/
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Plan adaptation and mitigation to factor in growing risk of compound extremes, study suggests
21 Mar 2022 11:36:13 +0000
https://india.mongabay.com/2022/03/plan-adaptation-and-mitigation-to-factor-in-growing-risk-of-compound-extremes-study-suggests/
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Saving elephants from train hits near Deepor beel in Assam
17 Mar 2022 10:04:16 +0000
https://india.mongabay.com/2022/03/saving-elephants-from-train-hits-near-deepor-beel-in-assam/
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[Video] A Kerala village’s quest towards carbon neutrality
04 Mar 2022 12:52:14 +0000
https://india.mongabay.com/2022/03/video-a-kerala-villages-quest-towards-carbon-neutrality/
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Snakes in Bengaluru city
19 Jan 2022 14:58:59 +0000
https://india.mongabay.com/2022/01/snakes-in-the-city/
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Editor’s review 2021: Energy transitions, biodiversity-climate change links
31 Dec 2021 12:54:34 +0000
https://india.mongabay.com/2021/12/editors-review-2021-energy-transitions-biodiversity-climate-change-links/
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[Webinar] Rooftops as solar superstores
24 Dec 2021 13:14:39 +0000
https://india.mongabay.com/2021/12/webinar-rooftops-as-solar-superstores/
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Urban climate resilience comes into focus as COP26 highlights vulnerabilities of cities
21 Dec 2021 10:04:13 +0000
https://india.mongabay.com/2021/12/urban-climate-resilience-comes-into-focus-as-cop26-highlights-vulnerabilities-of-cities/
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Rooftop solar prepares prosumers in Odisha for power cuts during disasters
19 Nov 2021 13:40:41 +0000
https://india.mongabay.com/2021/11/solar-energy-prepares-prosumers-in-odisha-for-power-cuts-during-disasters/
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[Interview] Chennai floods again after losing many blue and green spaces
11 Nov 2021 19:04:23 +0000
https://india.mongabay.com/2021/11/interview-chennai-floods-again-after-losing-many-blue-and-green-spaces/
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Environmentalists concerned over easy clearances for Bengaluru’s real estate
08 Sep 2021 13:18:52 +0000
https://india.mongabay.com/2021/09/environmentalists-concerned-over-easy-clearances-for-bengalurus-real-estate/
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Clean tap water mission in Puri hopes to replenish groundwater
23 Aug 2021 13:22:44 +0000
https://india.mongabay.com/2021/08/clean-tap-water-mission-in-puri-hopes-to-replenish-groundwater/
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Soils from city parks are important hotspots of microbial diversity: study
17 Aug 2021 13:03:40 +0000
https://india.mongabay.com/2021/08/soils-from-city-parks-are-important-hotspots-of-microbial-diversity-study/
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Mass deaths of birds in Faridkot linked to use of chemicals on fruit trees
05 Aug 2021 15:37:39 +0000
https://india.mongabay.com/2021/08/mass-deaths-of-birds-in-faridkot-linked-to-use-of-chemicals-on-fruit-trees/
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[Commentary] Nature-based solutions hold the key to transform our cities into resilient spaces
30 Jul 2021 14:42:25 +0000
https://india.mongabay.com/2021/07/commentary-nature-based-solutions-hold-the-key-to-transform-our-cities-into-resilient-spaces/
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Plant Man Miguel Braganza on how Konkan Fruit Fest preserves food biodiversity
27 Jul 2021 11:49:46 +0000
https://india.mongabay.com/2021/07/plant-man-miguel-braganza-on-how-konkan-fruit-fest-preserves-food-biodiversity/
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[Commentary] Long term rainfall patterns and flooding in Pune city
09 Jul 2021 14:09:55 +0000
https://india.mongabay.com/2021/07/commentary-long-term-rainfall-patterns-and-flooding-in-pune-city/
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[Photos] The invisible farmers of Mumbai
06 Jul 2021 13:39:06 +0000
https://india.mongabay.com/2021/07/photos-the-invisible-farmers-of-mumbai/
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Cyclone Yaas imperils communities in low-lying coastal areas of Bay of Bengal
01 Jun 2021 11:49:53 +0000
https://india.mongabay.com/2021/06/cyclone-yaas-imperils-communities-in-low-lying-coastal-areas-of-bay-of-bengal/
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A forest in a city: Maintaining Chandigarh’s green cover in the face of urbanisation
27 May 2021 15:00:28 +0000
https://india.mongabay.com/2021/05/a-forest-in-a-city-maintaining-chandigarhs-green-cover-in-the-face-of-urbanisation/
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Cyclone Tauktae exposes vulnerabilities along India’s west coast
26 May 2021 13:08:15 +0000
https://india.mongabay.com/2021/05/cyclone-tauktae-exposes-vulnerabilities-along-indias-west-coast/
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A wake-up jolt? Assam’s 6.4 quake exposes its vulnerabilities
17 May 2021 13:49:29 +0000
https://india.mongabay.com/2021/05/a-wake-up-jolt-assams-6-4-quake-exposes-its-vulnerabilities/
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[Commentary] Will the COVID-19 second wave buck the trend for the Indian middle class?
12 May 2021 11:10:12 +0000
https://india.mongabay.com/2021/05/commentary-will-the-covid-19-second-wave-buck-the-trend-for-the-indian-middle-class/
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