Fifty years ago this week, Gaura Devi, an ordinary woman from a nondescript village in India, hugged a tree, using her body as a shield to stop the tree from being cut down. Little did she know that ...
Veteran ecologist Madhav Gadgil, the architect of the landmark Western Ghats report and a pioneer of people-led conservation in India, has passed away at 83. A look at the life and legacy of the ...
Eminent Indian environmentalist Madhav Gadgil passed away yesterday at the age of 83 after a brief illness in Pune.