Rethinking Environmentalism Linking Justice, Sustainability, and Diversity

Author/s: Dr. Sharachchandra LeleEduardo S. BrondizioJohn ByrneGeorgina M. MaceJoan Martinez-AlierYear: 2018Publisher: MIT PressA multidisciplinary examination of alternative framings of environmental problems, with using examples from forest, water, energy, and urban sectors. Does being an environmentalist mean caring about wild nature? Or is environmentalism synonymous with concern for future human well-being, or about a fair apportionment […]

A Socio-ecological Pathway for Land Restoration

Anuja Malhotra, Ruth DeFries, Rob Slotow and  Abi T. Vanak G20 | July 2023 The G20 Bali Leaders’ Declaration (2022) recognised the role of sustainable management and land restoration in achieving the objectives of the three Rio Conventions. Three years into the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021-2030), the challenge of land restoration has been […]

Biodiversity is Us and We Are Biodiversity

Kamaljith S Bawa The Hindu | June 1, 2023 The observance of International Biodiversity Day (May 22) was yet another reminder of the pivotal role our natural world plays in resolving the climate change crisis, which, along with the decline of biodiversity, poses an existential threat to our future. Biodiversity, the rich variety of life […]

Elephants in the farm – changing temporal and seasonal patterns of human-elephant interactions in a forest-agriculture matrix in the Western Ghats, India

Anoop N.R, Siddhartha Krishnan, T. Ganesh Frontiers in Conservation Science | 24 May, 2023 Accelerating levels of human-elephant conflicts (HEC) have become a topic of major concern in conservation efforts of endangered Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) throughout their range. Wayanad plateau (WP) is a key summer habitat of Asian elephants in the Brahmagri-Nilgiri Eastern Ghats […]

How Social Considerations Improve the Equity and Effectiveness of Ecosystem Restoration

Sara Löfqvist, Fritz Kleinschroth, Adia Bey, Ariane de Bremond, Ruth DeFries, Jinwei Dong, Forrest Fleischman, Sharachchandra Lele, Dominic A Martin, Peter Messerli, Patrick Meyfroidt, Marion Pfeifer, Sarobidy O Rakotonarivo, Navin Ramankutty, Vijay Ramprasad, Pushpendra Rana, Jeanine M Rhemtulla, Casey M Ryan, Ima Célia Guimarães Vieira, Geoff J Wells, Rachael D Garrett BioScience | December 14, […]