3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (528+ words) Known as “tiger widows”, some women in the Sundarbans have faced blame, abandonment and financial hardship after losing their husbands. In Jharkhali, they are now helping restore the mangroves their communities depend on. In the Sundarbans, going to work can…...

6+ day, 48+ min ago   (1684+ words) The carbon market is full of demand and short on trust. Equilibrium is working with over 27,000 farmers to prove that credits can mean something real: surviving trees, restored soil and money that reaches the field. This article has been published…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago   (764+ words) For a farmer, rain is supposed to be good news. But when a season's rain arrives in a few intense spells, followed by long periods of wet soil, it can become a threat. Fields can remain submerged, roots struggle for…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (179+ words) They lost their husbands to tiger attacks. Now, these “tiger widows” are helping restore the very forest their families depend on. In the Sundarbans, women who lost their husbands to tiger attacks are planting 1 lakh mangrove saplings across 100 hectares of…...

2+ week, 5+ hour ago   (1625+ words) Two sisters pooled their own money to build one home on land passed down through the women of their Kerala family. They kept the trees their mother had planted, and let the site itself keep the house cool. Designed around…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (1627+ words) For years, Jiwanti Bara sold her Amrapali mangoes to whichever local trader turned up, and watched the rest rot. Now, with women-led producer companies behind her, that same fruit is reaching England, Italy and the UAE. “Earlier, if we couldn’t…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (1642+ words) A wetland qualifies for the Ramsar List if it meets at least one of nine criteria relating to ecological, botanical, zoological, limnological or hydrological importance. In December 2024, a survey team trekked more than 16 km through the Kamlang Tiger Reserve and…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (1168+ words) Every morning, millions of people reach for coffee without seeing the landscape behind it. Research from the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center and studies in Kodagu show why the trees above a coffee plant can matter to both biodiversity and the…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (1485+ words) Once blamed for crocodile attacks it never committed, the critically endangered gharial was disappearing from Bihar’s Gandak River. Today, local communities, fishers and women observers are helping protect one of the world’s last major breeding populations of the species. In…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (346+ words) What if farmers could earn not just from what they grow, but from the carbon they help keep out of the atmosphere? These startups are making that possible. Founded in 2022, Varaha makes regenerative farming financially viable for small farmers. Reduced…...