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562EnvironmentReport To National Green Tribunal Raises Spirits In Kashmir
At a time when Kashmir’s forests face the axe and the government looks to demarcate land for investors from elsewhere in India...
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767Environment
Kashmir’s Forests Face The Axe
The former Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) of the erstwhile Indian state of Jammu & Kashmir was very busy in September and October....
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796Impact
Kashmir’s Famous Dal Lake Suffers During Political Uncertainty
Jammu & Kashmir’s second largest lake is on the verge of extinction. Different governments of the erstwhile state pumped millions of rupees...
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456Environment
Patna Drowns As Climate Change Meets Corruption
They found him stranded inside his waterlogged home. Dressed in shorts and slippers and with a few bags by his side, he...
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515Environment
Climate Change Resilience Needs Investment Now
In coastal Odisha, flash floods often devastate the paddy crop, leading to severe distress among farmers, who have to suffer unsustainable losses,...
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1.3KOpinion
To Tackle Climate Change, Rethink What You Eat
The way we produce, consume and discard food is no longer sustainable. That much is clear from the newly released UN climate...
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1.5KImpact
Dealing With Land Degradation Through Organic Farming
A sustained policy push for organic agriculture is key to fighting land degradation in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region, said a...
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808Impact
The Costs Of Heightened Conflict In The Himalayas
It has been a month since India cut off communications and implemented a security lockdown in the part of Kashmir it governs....
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434Environment
Hydropower Projects Ruining Lives In The Himalayas
The floods in Assam and Bihar and the cloudburst in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand have all once again underlined the risk of...
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649Books
Impact News India Exclusive : Book Extract , Kargil : The Untold Stories From The War By Rachna Bisht Rawat
Chapter 1 : Unbroken A young officer is tortured to death in enemy custody. His father vows to get the guilty punished....
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![Part of a degraded forest in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district [image by: Athar Parvaiz]](https://i0.wp.com/impactnews.in/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/kash-forest-1-e1576304932258.jpg?resize=450%2C270&ssl=1)
![Part of a degraded forest in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district [image by: Athar Parvaiz]](https://i0.wp.com/impactnews.in/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/kash-forest-1-e1576304932258.jpg?resize=80%2C80&ssl=1)
![Srinagar’s iconic Dal Lake has been suffering from neglect for decades, despite many interventions [image by: Faisal Bhat]](https://i0.wp.com/impactnews.in/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/dal-lake-third-pole-1-e1575014365582.jpg?resize=450%2C270&ssl=1)
![Srinagar’s iconic Dal Lake has been suffering from neglect for decades, despite many interventions [image by: Faisal Bhat]](https://i0.wp.com/impactnews.in/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/dal-lake-third-pole-1-e1575014365582.jpg?resize=80%2C80&ssl=1)
![Record breaking rainfall exposed the dysfunctional urban planning and corruption in Patna [image by: Prashant Ravi]](https://i0.wp.com/impactnews.in/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/patna-waterlogging-08-1020x678-e1570608640235.jpg?resize=450%2C270&ssl=1)
![Record breaking rainfall exposed the dysfunctional urban planning and corruption in Patna [image by: Prashant Ravi]](https://i0.wp.com/impactnews.in/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/patna-waterlogging-08-1020x678-e1570608640235.jpg?resize=80%2C80&ssl=1)
![COP 14 commemorates the 25th year after UNCCD was founded, but many problems remain similar [image: UNCCD]](https://i0.wp.com/impactnews.in/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/UNCCD-Plaque-800x800.jpg?resize=450%2C270&ssl=1)
![COP 14 commemorates the 25th year after UNCCD was founded, but many problems remain similar [image: UNCCD]](https://i0.wp.com/impactnews.in/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/UNCCD-Plaque-800x800.jpg?resize=80%2C80&ssl=1)
![A Kashmiri man near a Budgam forest shows the degradation caused to forests over the past few decades [image by: Athar Parvaiz]](https://i0.wp.com/impactnews.in/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/degration-e1568189463606.jpg?resize=450%2C270&ssl=1)
![A Kashmiri man near a Budgam forest shows the degradation caused to forests over the past few decades [image by: Athar Parvaiz]](https://i0.wp.com/impactnews.in/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/degration-e1568189463606.jpg?resize=80%2C80&ssl=1)
![The Karcham Wangtoo hydropower project site at Kinnaur district, Himachal Pradesh , India [Image by: Wikimedia Commons]](https://i0.wp.com/impactnews.in/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Damsite_of_Karcham_Wangtoo_Project_at_Karcham_Kinnaur-1020x680-e1566461114538.jpg?resize=450%2C270&ssl=1)
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