ENVIRONMENT

The ALLAFUM’s secretary said that the population of fish in Loktak Lake had declined sharply in recent years affecting the livelihoods of the Loktak fishers TFM Desk Pushing on with its agenda of community-led conservation of Loktak…

Between riots, internal armed conflicts, external influences, environmental degradation and biodiversity loss, the State appears to be headed in a directionless pathway. The political will needs to be strengthened, the leadership needs to…

The WISA and LDA noted that the hydro project ‘had led to inundation of agricultural and settlement lands, and displacement of a large population of humans from frequently impacted areas in both the upstream and the downstream areas’ while…

The ground strategic planning by the Government of Manipur appears to be faltering as there are conflicting state decisions concerning the protected areas. In the past, and recently, the State’s forest department came up with proposals to…

In Manipur, as in most regions where Indigenous peoples’ lands have been largely affected by extractive industries and other exploitative ventures by States and their agencies, the principle of FPIC has hardly been followed or respected,…

Akhuaipuina is the local family name of the raptor Amur Falcon (Falco amurensis) so lovingly called by the natives of the blue mountain in Manipur’s western district bordering Assam. By Salam Rajesh   The advance group of the…

Santiniketan is now officially India’s 41st World Heritage Site, the third in West Bengal after the Sundarbans National Park and the Darjeeling Mountain Railways, the one for its biological diversity and natural heritage, and the other for…

Several moons away, long, long ago, the river enjoyed its freedom flowing freely without hindrance all the way down south to meet the picturesque Loktak Lake, a short meandering flow of near around 54 kilometers from its watershed along the…

The influx of illegal immigrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh through the porous international borders has always been a sore point of deliberation on the demographic politics of Manipur, with concern on space being steadily occupied by…

The prolonged exposure to high temperatures and wet bulb conditions can lead to high risks of heat stroke and a range of physiological impacts. 90 deaths were reported in 2022 due to extreme heat stress.   By Salam Rajesh Climate…