This year’s World Environment Day campaign focuses on land restoration, desertification, and drought resilience under the slogan “Our land. Our future. We are #GenerationRestoration." 
Here’s a set of in-depth environmental stories by our researchers

On #WorldEnvironmentDay, we must heed the warnings from Goa as per our researcher’s @___mpg____
 latest report. The new Mopa airport has disrupted the Barazan plateau's natural water recharge system, causing water shortages for 7,000 villagers. https://india.mongabay.com/2024/03/residents-activists-claim-new-goa-airport-construction-has-impacted-water-availability/?amp=1…

Based on her reporting from #COP28, our Climate Change Research Lead @mrinali_7 explains how adaptation took centre stage at #COP28 after years of neglect. Developing nations pushed hard for resources to deal with #ClimateChange impacts.
https://frontline.thehindu.com/environment/climate-crisis-can-we-adapt-before-climate-change-drowns-us-cop28-dubai-adaptation-finance-cop29-baku/article67866364.ece… 

A “greener future” but at what cost. While a “greener” future was promised by the govt, there's anger against #RenewableEnergy projects taking away #agricultural land in western #Rajasthan. Our researcher @sukriti_vats writes

https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/controversy-congress-focus-on-renewable-energy-in-rajasthan-faces-backlash-on-ground-ahead-of-2023-assembly-election-ashok-gehlot-bjp-adani-green-energy/article67561887.ece…

Tamil Nadu’s ban on #PurseSeine fishing affected 1.5 million fisherfolk. Justification for the ban? Fisheries conservation. But scientists say purse-seines allow minimal bycatch, higher fuel efficiency, and are less damaging to ocean ecosystems, while trawlers are more harmful. Full report by @jeffjosephpaul

 https://himalmag.com/politics/purse-seine-tamil-nadu-trawlers-fishing-ban-protest-nagapattinam…

Did you miss the story about destroyed homestays on India’s largest freshwater Loktak Lake? The government’s multimillion-dollar project plans threaten this 287-square-kilometre biodiversity hotspot. Full report by @mukta_jo

 https://aljazeera.com/news/2022/12/7/future-adrift-indias-indigenous-meitei-lose-floating-homestays#:~:text=The%20state%20agency%20had%20once,of%20income%20or%20face%20eviction…

After the PMO’s intervention, the power ministry dropped the idea of decentralising carbon markets in India. Read a 2022 analysis by @prudhvirr

 https://science.thewire.in/politics/government/after-pmos-intervention-power-ministry-drops-the-idea-of-decentralising-carbon-markets-in-india/… 
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Is Uttarakhand abusing disaster management laws to allow rampant riverbed mining? The state’s River Training Policy seems to enable near-unfettered mining, bypassing green clearance and scientific assessment. A 2021 report by @mukta_jo

 https://newslaundry.com/story/2021%2F06%2F16%2Fis-uttarakhand-abusing-disaster-management-laws-to-allow-rampant-riverbed-mining…