Carbon Credits

How carbon credits 'magically' transform the planet! From my GoComics page also available royalty free on CartoonStock.

Namibia Ecuador and Australia

Quiz time! Pick the 'developed' country out of the three: Namibia, Ecuador, or Australia?

Cartoon for DW Environment. 

Greenwashing Conservation Organizations

Your friendly neighbourhood international conservation organization! Cartoon from The Hindu Sunday Magazine. 

30 x 30 Conservation

A Black Bear and a Bengal Tiger discuss 30 x 30 conservation, which is proving to be one of the most heated international environmental debates right now, specially in the wake of COP15. Comic from my column with The Hindu Sunday Magazine. 

Taxonomy of Indian Conservationists

Taxonomy of Indian Conservationists: a two-part comic series that appears in my column with The Hindu Sunday Magazine. Any resemblance to actual people is purely coincidental.

How many of these have you met?

(Thanks to Janaki Lenin for the prompt that resulted in this comic!)

The Ecuadorian Lasso on Rainforests

Rainforests in Ecuador could well go the Brazil way if the right-wing government of Guillermo Lasso is allowed to have its way, where Chinese oil extraction companies are being granted licenses for exploration, overlooking indigenous land rights. Cartoon from my column with The Hindu Sunday Magazine.

Tanzania Maasai Eviction

On Tanzania's forceful eviction of the Maasai people from their ancestral lands for the creation of a game reserve for the UAE royal family, from my column with The Hindu Sunday Magazine.

Hasdeo Mining Global Protests

Global responses to Hasdeo mining, where locals have been protesting relentlessly against mining. Cartoon created with inputs from Survival International. 

Spot the Environmentalist

On today's episode of the game show 'Spot the Real Environmentalist', Indians show an elephant who they think a real environmentalist is! Comic from my column with The Hindu Weekend.

Hindalco Bauxite and Mali Parbat

On Hindalco's mining operations in Mali Parbat, Odisha, from my column with The Hindu. Stories like these seldom catch public attention, so I must urge you to read Sriranjini Raman's coverage of the issue on The Bastion here. 

Elisa Loncon and the Chilean Constitution

On Elisa Loncon, an indigenous Mapuche political leader leading the convention to rewrite Chile's constitution with indigenous principles at its centre. Comic from my column with The Hindu. 

Colonial Science and Academics

A cartoon on 'colonial' science and academics, inspired by an article titled 'Shifting our Gaze' written by Bidyut Sarania, Krishnapriya Tamma, Samira Agnihotri, Subhashini Krishnan and Sutirtha Lahiri, from my column with The Hindu's Sunday Magazine.

Diamond Mining and the Environment

The forests of Buxwaha in Madhya Pradesh, an important wildlife corridor could be lost to a diamond mine being planned by the Aditya Birla group in the region, threatening not just endangered wildlife but also tribal livelihoods. A petition in support of the forest is on Change.org here. If you wish to use the Hindi version of the cartoon, please write to me on rohanchakcartoonist@gmail.com . 

Amazonian Palm Oil

On Amazonian palm oil's double standards, which despite being introduced with a promise of sustainability has been taking a toll on wild habitat and tribal land with deforestation and chemical pollution. Cartoon from my column with The Hindu. 

Andaman Nicobar and Compensatory Afforestation

Salute to Niti Aayog's grand vision of bringing Hong Kong to India, in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands! Comic from my column with Sunday Mid-Day. 

Caste and Conservation

Are the caste system and conservation related? In more ways than we think. Comic from my column with The Hindu.

The Great Indian Conservation Symposium

On the conspicuous absence of tribal and indigenous voices from The Great Indian Conservation Symposium. Comic from my column with The Hindu.

North Dakota Access Pipeline

On the North Dakota Access Pipeline from my Gocomics page.

Chhattisgarh under'mined'

National news aside, some extremely 'anti-national' developments are going unnoticed. Here is a cartoon on the violation of the Forest Rights Act by the government to facilitate mining in Chhatisgarh. I'm giving away print resolution files of the cartoon free of charge on request, which you may place on e-mail (rohanchakcartoonist@gmail.com)