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Environmental DNA (eDNA) is transforming how scientists monitor biodiversity and ecosystem health by detecting genetic traces left by organisms in their environment. It offers a non-invasive, efficient way to track species, study climate impacts, and support conservation efforts.
The long standing balance between sparrows and humans is shifting
Leopards in Pune reveal how cities reshape wildlife boundaries, forcing us to rethink coexistence beyond romance, fear, and reactive conservation.
Grasslands are often mistaken for empty lands needing trees, but they are rich, climate-resilient ecosystems. Understanding their unique biodiversity, carbon storage, and cultural value is essential to ensuring conservation efforts don’t unintentionally cause harm.
Read about seedballs, an ancient technique making a strong comeback to help revive degraded land
Human-Wildlife Conflict (HWC) is an age-old tale of nature meeting civilization, sometimes with disastrous consequences.
On International Day for Biological Diversity 2025, discover how the Learn-Unlearn-Relearn framework is a powerful pathway to achieve sustainable development.
This International Day for Biological Diversity, let’s view some species inhabiting one of the globally identified biodiversity hotspots: the Western Ghats
On the occasion of Endangered Species Day – this blog seeks to spotlight the lesser-known species from India on the IUCN Red List facing silent extinction.
Explore how biodiversity and national security intersect amid development and energy priorities in India and global geopolitics.
Environmental DNA (eDNA) is transforming how scientists monitor biodiversity and ecosystem health by detecting genetic traces left by organisms in their environment. It offers a non-invasive, efficient way to track species, study climate impacts, and support conservation efforts.
The long standing balance between sparrows and humans is shifting
Leopards in Pune reveal how cities reshape wildlife boundaries, forcing us to rethink coexistence beyond romance, fear, and reactive conservation.
Grasslands are often mistaken for empty lands needing trees, but they are rich, climate-resilient ecosystems. Understanding their unique biodiversity, carbon storage, and cultural value is essential to ensuring conservation efforts don’t unintentionally cause harm.
Read about seedballs, an ancient technique making a strong comeback to help revive degraded land
Human-Wildlife Conflict (HWC) is an age-old tale of nature meeting civilization, sometimes with disastrous consequences.
On International Day for Biological Diversity 2025, discover how the Learn-Unlearn-Relearn framework is a powerful pathway to achieve sustainable development.
This International Day for Biological Diversity, let’s view some species inhabiting one of the globally identified biodiversity hotspots: the Western Ghats
On the occasion of Endangered Species Day – this blog seeks to spotlight the lesser-known species from India on the IUCN Red List facing silent extinction.
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From aspiring government teacher to community leader, Mahaveer journey shows how community mobilisation, leadership and collective action can transform rural development in Rajasthan.
Group irrigation wells reveal how shared water resources can strengthen livelihoods, support year-round farming, and prepare for climate uncertainty.
It is a small enterprise, still finding its feet. But its beginnings are firmly local, shaped by what the women know, what the farmers need and what the village already has.
Bringing light, safety, and renewed community life to 20 villages in Kabirdham through 150 solar streetlights, empowering communities to reclaim their public spaces.
How planning and implementation of ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) and agroecology principles in arid or semi-arid regions can help address the growing impacts of climate change.
Two mothers in drought-hit Marathwada built a papad enterprise with WOTR and Standard Chartered Bank, paying school fees for their children.
COP17 put a simple question to the world’s drought experts: can lost land be restored? WOTR’s watersheds may hold the answer.
Mango orchards are improving rural livelihoods in Chhattisgarh, creating resilient farms, diverse incomes, and long-term opportunities for farming communities.