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The forest department of Gujarat has officially acknowledged the role of Agariyas, the salt workers of the Little Rann of Kutch, in wildlife conservation, particularly of the wild ass that is predominantly found in the region.
Agariyas have traditionally been making salt from underground brine in the Little Rann of Kutch. The latest acknowledgment gives the Agariyas official access to land and in turn, access to bank finance and markets. But legal recognition of their traditional rights, by rights settlement, is still awaited.

Indian airports are rapidly shifting to solar energy, given their massive energy requirement and carbon emissions. A significant safety concern in the airport solarisation move is ‘glare’ or reflection of the sun from solar panels that can cause flash blindness. The top glass surface of solar panels can reflect light, causing discomfort, retinal burn, veiling and after-image effects. India does not have its own regulation on glare assessment. So, the simulation software designed for other countries’ regulations are used for glare analysis.

Andhra Pradesh’s community managed natural farming project is a gamechanger that covers 850,000 farmers who grow multiple crops on small landholdings without using any chemical fertilisers or pesticides.

A first person article about how field reporting assignments, meeting people living starkly different lives are rare opportunities for individual growth.

A solar canal is a canal fitted with solar panels, increasing their efficiency, and reducing evaporation and land usage. But the high cost of mounting the structures is a discouraging factor.

Bioshields, a community-based, multi-species approach to mangrove conservation is gaining ground in the Bharuch district of Gujarat.

Despite the suo motu intervention by the Gujarat HC in August 2021 to rein in river pollution, the ecological status of the Sabarmati has only gone from bad to worse in the past five years

25% of the toilets in Maharashtra’s Kolhapur district are linked to biogas units that convert the waste to fuel while tackling faecal sludge on the spot.
This is significant given that in general in India, there is a taboo attached to using human excreta to generate biogas, which is then used in cooking.

The bio-CNG technology holds the promise of producing an indigenous fuel and organic fertiliser, while tackling the problems associated with straw burning. But on the ground, there are too many hurdles in adopting this circular economy-based concept.

Agro-photovoltaic projects are being offered as a solution to the growing resistance against solar energy projects that require large tracts of land and often lead to conflicts with the local communities.

Bio-CNG, also known as Compressed Biogas, is a circular economy solution to the menace of air pollution, chemical farming and expensive imported fuel. but it has it's own set of challenges

Bio-compressed natural gas is a coming-of-age technology that can deal with air pollution at various levels. However, the industry has not picked it up despite economic and environmental promises.

Kesar, alphonso, langda, dussehri, desi, rajapuri, totapuri… how does an urban family get used to living a charmed life in a village besides a mango orchard in Gujarat?

The business of garbage and the extortion rackets involved in it- a first hand experience of meeting them