Environment
India is rich in biodiversity and natural resources. It is home to over 45,000 plant species and over 90,000 animal species. Yet these resources are at risk. The forces of urbanization and industrialization that feed economic growth are often at odds with the environment. Pollution, industry and poor agricultural management strip its fertile environment of key minerals and nutrients. Depleted water resources and forced migration cause conflicts of increasing tension. Further, India’s dependence on monsoon rains makes it particularly susceptible to the dangerous effects of climate change. In this section, IndiaUnheard Community Correspondents report on the environment.
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Human Elephant Conflict on the Rise while Families Await Compensation
The Dooars are known to be human animal conflict zones; infrastructure development, illegal mining and land fragmentation are only adding to the problem.
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Proposed Port Development in Goa Threatens to Wipe out Fishing Communities
Sagarmala, a project designed to modernise India’s ports, threatens to wipe out the livelihoods of fisherfolk in Goa.
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Kashmiri Youth In Tourist Town Tackle Waste
An environment lover in J&K’s Anantnag district is recruiting volunteers to help clean his town of trash.
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Flood-Affected Farmers Fight for Entitled MNREGA Benefits
While floods in Bihar get some media attention, the effects on the agrarian community are far reaching and need sustainable solutions rather than immediate relief packages.
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Clean Up Your Act, and Clean Up the Environment
When it comes to the environment, there is a definite truth to the cliché, ‘change begins with us’.
“The Forest is our Mother”: Conservation and Sustainable Living in Odisha
Most indigenous communities traditionally depend on forests for their lives and livelihoods, forests that are steadily shrinking. When the forest resources in Nayagarh started to disappear, the community took to conservation and sustainable living, exercising their lawful forest rights.
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Ecotourism and Forest Conservation: A Lesson from Maharashtra
In a small village in Maharashtra, a local community turned to ecotourism as its economic mainstay; the results can serve as a model to emulate.
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Green College: Education with a Purpose
The Green College in Odisha is leading by example in the field of rural innovation and sustainable livelihoods.