Environment

Shifting sands, sinking communities 

Environment CIR Web Editor -
Beneath the Sands, published in 2023, is a collaborative global investigation by the Environmental Reporting Collective (ERC), bringing together journalists and newsrooms from 12...

Six extraordinary stories on intangible losses due to climate change

Environment CIR Web Editor -
There are many climate change stories but those that often go missing in the media are linked to non-economic loss and damage (NELD) such...
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Nature’s final stand: Sinharaja elephant battles for survival in shrinking habitat

Environment CIR Web Editor -
Speed Read: ‘Panu kota,’ a lone elephant (Elephas maximus maximus) roaming the Sinharaja forestcapes in Sri Lanka’s south is living...

Invasive plants pose threat to endemic wildlife in Kanneliya forest

Environment CIR Web Editor -
Introduced to Sri Lanka during the 1950s to control deforestation and to support the plywood industry, hard alstonia or...

Falling wings: The fragile future of Sri Lanka’s rainforest butterflies

Environment CIR Web Editor -
Speed Read: Sri Lanka’s lowland rainforests support many endemic butterfly species that depend on intact forest habitats. Disturbance and fragmentation reduce...

Buffer of Sri Lanka’s second largest lowland rainforest faces deforestation

Environment CIR Web Editor -
Speed Read: Unprotected forest patches around Sri Lanka’s Kanneliya rainforest, a globally recognized biodiversity hotspot, face ongoing deforestation. Despite a 2004...

🌿 Sri Lanka’s tree cover on the edge

Environment CIR Web Editor -
🔎 Await CIR’s latest OSINT-led investigation highlighting the extent of tree cover loss from 2002 to 2024 in one...

In The Shadows: The Shahtoosh Story

Environment CIR Web Editor -
In the bustling streets of Srinagar’s Old City, in India’s Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, the mention of...
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