Mining Matters

Our country is endowed with huge resources of many metallic and non-metallic minerals. The mining activities are extremely poorly regulated despite the fact that as early as 1948, the founding fathers of the constitution realized this need. Over 80000 mines operate...

Western Ghats – Environmental and Forest Right Concerns

The Western Ghats range extends from river Tapti in Gujarat in the north to Kanyakumari in the  south,  approximately  1,600  km  in  length  and  passes  through  six  states  of  the  Indian  Union  covering an area of about 1,62,000 sq. kms...

Climate Vulnerability in North Western Himalayas

Global warming induced climate change has triggered events such as melting glaciers, rising sea levels and changing weather patterns.This in turn has lead to storms, droughts, flash floods, cloudbursts, change in vegetation. Growing body of scientific evidence has...