Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment

2011

• Villagers determined to save migratory birds. Times of India. 10 January 2012
• Vaagaikulam tank abuzz with winged visitors. The Hindu. 9 January 2012.
• YETI 2011 throws up strategies to meet conservation challenges in NE. The Hindu. 16 December
• Students' seminar on NE ecology at IIT-Guwahati. Times of India. 14 December 2011
• Ecological experts call for open data sharing at YETI. The Hindu. 14 December 2011
• Young ecologists to discuss biodiversity issues. 4 December 2011. IBN Live.
• IIT to host ecology meet. The Telegraph. 26 November 2011.
• 41-day campaign to clean Vembanad Lake. The Hindu. 23 November 2011.
• Why activists and scientists should talk to each other. The Alternative. 17 Nov 2011.
• GIS mapping gaining popularity. Economic Times. 13 October 2011.
• Some freshwater molluscs in Western Ghats under threat. The Hindu. 10 October 2011.
• Union govt coaxing State on heritage tag. Deccan Herald. 16 September 2011.
• Changing Climate a Hot Topic Among Himalayan Villagers, Study Finds. National Geographic. 12 Sept 2011.
• Is JFM relevant? Down to Earth. 15 Sept 2011.
• Environmental disaster in the making: Ecologists blast Posco. Hindustan Times. 23 August 2011.
• Students trained to assess impact on biodiversity. The Hindu. 28 July 2011.
• Call for an eco-friendly festival inside forest. The Hindu. 18 July.
• Sankey tree-felling misguided.Deccan Herald. 14 July.
• 'Restrict use of fossil fuel'. The HIndu. 8 July.
• Co-existing with the Tiger | iGoa. The Navhind Times. 9 July.
• Western Ghats fails to get heritage tag, Times of India, 1 July 2011
• Report on research work on Lantana, NTFPs in BRT and restoration work in Bandipur. Prajavani, Vijaya Karnataka
• ವನ್ಯಜೀವಿ ಮೊಗಸಾಲೆಗೆ ಬೇಕಿದೆ ಸಂರಕ್ಷಣೆ , Prajavani. 19 June.
• Tribals craft furniture from weed to earn a livelihood , newkerala.com. 15 May.
• Rules on recycling and management of e-waste fall short on many counts, Livemint
• Bamboo freed, Down to Earth. 15 May.
• Price tag for tendu, bamboo , Down to Earth. 15 May.

• Reports on a Biology Letters article on local perceptions about climate change
  • Personal tales: a climate-changer?, BBC. 1 May.
  • Himalayan farmers give early pointers on climate change, Brisbane Times. 27 Apr.
  • Himalayan farmers give early pointers on climate change, The West Australian. 27 Apr.
  • Watching Climate Change Through a Farmer's Eyes, Sciencemag. 26 Apr.
  • Himalayan farmers give early pointers on climate change, INQUIRER.net. 27 Apr.

• Slender lorises sighted on Kalakshetra campus, The Hindu. 13 Apr.
• In Kalakad forests, a project to bring out amphibian ecology, The Hindu. 20 Mar.
• Snakes poster by ATREE, Citizen Matters. 16 Mar.
• For sizzling City, the drizzle is still a long way away, Deccan Herald.
• Vacation Training at ATREE,Citizen Matters. 14 Mar.
• Vacations need not be structured, The Hindu. 11 Mar.
• Schools impress with eco projects, The Hindu. 2 Mar.
• School kids lead the way in managing waste smartly, Bangalore Mirror. 1 Mar.
• 10 lakes perish in city, Bangalore Mirror. 23 Feb.
• Lakes that no one can visit, The Hindu. 18 Feb.
• ATREE's Holistic Approach to Promoting Biodiversity Stewardship in Darjeeling, Nourishing The Planet. 21 Feb.
• HC steps in to save trees, Bangalore Mirror. 21 Feb.
• Tirunelveli, Tuticorin tanks, wetlands attract migratory birds, The Hindu. 2 Feb.
• An account of frequent human-elephant conflicts in and around Mysore area, Prajavani
• Urban trees undervalued, says study DNA. 22 Jan.
• 10,000 trees to replace 911 The Times of India. 4 Jan.

2010

• Visual treat on Vembanand Lake, The Hindu. Dec.
• 1,223 trees face the axe, Deccan Herald. 29 Dec.
• Losing homes, Frontline, 18-31 Dec.
• Vaagaikulam lake yet to be declared a bird sanctuary, The Hindu. 17 Dec.
• Bangalore needs the right kind of trees, DNA. 10 Dec.

• Coverage on the panel discussion and the Rohini Nilekani
  felicitation
  • Citizens need to work more for environment
  • Simplify complex issues
  • Rs5 crore gift for the cause of ecology
• Soliga tribes and tigers know each other, Udayavani. 25 Oct.
• Unesco mission to Western Ghats runs into obstacles, DNA. 20 Oct.
• World tourism day celebration at Chamarajanagara
• Evaluation of Western Ghats to begin this week, The Hindu. 18 Oct.
• No entry for researchers in forests, The Bangalore Mirror. 18 Oct.
• IUCN team begins 13-day India visit today, Times of India. 13 Oct.
• New report raises hope for Bangalore's lakes, Citizen Matters. 15 Sept.
• Thinning green is thick with exotica, DNA. 11 Sept.
• Budding environmentalists can vie for this award, The Hindu. 8 Sept.
• Panel to push for inclusion of Western Ghat sites on heritage list, Sites Spread Across Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, The Times Of India, Pune. 2 Sep.
• On a wild trail , Frontline, Volume 27 - Issue 18: Aug. 28-Sep. 10, 2010.
• Kids carnival has green activities, Citizen Matters, 2 Sep 2010.
• Rare cactus being destroyed by pilgrims Times of India, Chennai, 26 Aug 2010.
• UTB-TSC students to study India's monsoon forests The Brownsville Herald, 8 Aug 2010.
• Officials to confiscate plastic products within forest area The Hindu, 5 Aug 2010
• Prolonged stay in forest affects ecosystem: Scientist The Indian Express, 4 Aug, 2010
• Minimise stay in forest to reduce pollution levels The Hindu, 4 Aug 2010
• Panel to consider Manas danger tag
  - National park’s fate to be decided at World Heritage Committee meet The Telegraph, 31 July 2010
• Tree is company Deccan Herald, 27 July
• Attention, young eco champs! Deccan Herald, 22 July
• Whither giant trees? Deccan Herald, 8 July
• Changes in inland fishery Bill sought The Hindu, 21 June
• Experts doubt BDA’s lake revival technique Deccan Herald, 15 June
• Call for amendments to Inland Fisheries Bill The Hindu, 9 June
• Report of the Participatory Fish Resources Surveys of Vembanad Lake (Kerala) done in 2008 and 2009 by ATREE - India Water portal
• Fish count reveals alarming facts - The Hindu
• Upscale energy efficient programmes - TImes of India
• Khoshoo awards for energy efficiency, cutting waste - Indian Express
• Policy Advocacy and Grassroots Action Recognized at the TN Khoshoo Memorial Award and Lecture 2010 - Press release
• TN Khoshoo Memorial Lecture on 'The Scientific and Ethical Dimensions of Climate Change' in New Delhi on May 11
• Reports on Science article by Dr. Kamaljit Bawa
  • India-China cooperation vital to save environment: report
  • India and China to partner to fight environmental problems
  • New report suggest India and China to cooperate to save environment
  • China, India, and the Environment
• Lecture tours in India as new scheme is launched University of Cambridge >> News and Events, 24 March 2010.
• Kashmira Kakati finds 7 cat species in Eastern Himalayas - National Geographic News
• Nature Guide release at KMTR, 4 March 2010
• Media coverage of talk by Harini Nagendra at CiSTUP, IISc, on Urban issues:
  - Drive in Bangalore to choke on poisonous air
  - City swelters: 10º hotter without trees
• The lantana advantage - Sinndhuja Ramprasad
• Benefits of forests, direct and indirect Seema Purushothaman and Seema Hegde, Deccan Herald
• Wetland day celebration in Vembanad The Hindu
• Trees help in temperature reduction, pollutants’ - Deccan Herald
• India's 'miracle' biofuel crop: too good to be true? (Article based on research by Pere Ariza-Montobbio, student, Univ. of Barcelona)
• 'Endangered: UMass biology professor explores biodiversity in the Sahyadri range' - Online copy of article on Dr. Bawa

2009

• Conference on forest canopies The Hindu
• Meet on forest canopy
• Rapid changes in ecology
• Orchid farming in canopy forests stressed
• photo- Edward Morrell at the Canopy Conference
• Global forest canopy conference opens in Bangalore
• Calling attention to canopies

2008

• ATREE to the rescue of Western Ghats, The Times of India, Dec 18, 2008