Trophic Interactions of Two Aquatic Anurans From the Mid-elevation Evergreen Forests of the Western Ghats, India
Kadaba Shamanna Seshadri, Preeti Saryan Journal of Natural History | April 28, 2025 Food is an important resource that is often partitioned among co-occurring species. Anurans (Frogs and Toads) are a diverse group of vertebrates distributed globally and are known to be generalist predators. While the dietary ecology of anurans has been extensively studied in […]
Isodon neorensis Ranjan, G. Krishna & Anant Kumar (Lamiaceae): a new record for Sikkim Himalaya, India
Pramod Rai Journal of Threatened Taxa | May 5, 2025 The genus Isodon (Schrad. ex Benth.) Spach (Lamiaceae: Nepetoideae: Ocimeae: Isodoninae) in India is represented by about 22 taxa distributed mostly in eastern and peninsular India (Anonymous 2020; Ranjan et al. 2022). During an exploration of Gangtok flora, an interesting species of the genus Isodon […]
Eulophia siamensis (Epidendroideae: Orchidaceae) from Sikkim; a New Record for the Flora of India
Pramod Rai, Santosh Kumar Rai, Prakash Limboo, Sudhizong Lucksom Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica | may 1, 2025 Eulophia R. Br. ex Lindl. (Orchidaceae), com- prising about 281 species distributed mostly in Africa, with some in Asia and Australia, is the largest genus in subtribe Eulophiinae (subfamily Epidendroideae: tribe Cymbidieae) (Martos et al. 2014, POWO 2024). Eulophia is terrestrial […]
Evolutionary Triggers of Plant Speciation in the Himalaya-Tibet-Hengduan Biodiversity Epicentre
Maharaj K. Pandit Kumar Manish, Sandeep Sen, Kamaljit S. Bawa Andrew H. Knoll, A. Alexander G. Webb, Peter D. Clift, Fabien L. Condamine, Carina Hoorn Journal of Biogeography | April 29, 2025 Past studies linking geologic and climatic controls on speciation in the Himalaya, Tibet and Hengduan (HTH) regions do not fully capture the mechanisms […]
IPBES Transformative Change Assessment: Chapter 4. Overcoming the challenges of achieving transformative change towards a sustainable world
Niki Frantzeskaki, Sergio Lambertucci, Edward R. Carr, Jessica Dempsey, Esmail Karamidehkordi, Asmita Sengupta, Fernanda Rojas-Marchini, Coleen Vogel, Mialy Andriamahefazafy, Wiebren Boonstra, Edgar Espinoza-Cisneros, Keisha Garcia, Kanako Morita, Valerie Nelson, Diana Ojeda, Tobias Plieninger, Andy Stirling, Kanae Tokunaga, Ruishan Chen, Camille Guibal Zenodo | April 17, 2025 The unprecedented loss of nature over the past few […]
Bringing Back From the Brink: a New Initiative to Prevent the Extinction of Critically Endangered Tree Species in the Wild
Ganesan Balachander, E. M. Muralidharan, G. Ravikanth, B. R. Ramesh, Uma Shankar and Kamal Bawa Current Science | April 10, 2025 We live in what many consider the Age of Anthropocene, where Homo sapiens has become the dominant species on Earth. Human activities have significantly altered ecosystems, impacting biodiversity and ecosystem processes. The scale and […]
Serving a Pipe Dream Alternatives to Centralised Piped Water Supply in Two Metro Cities in India
Sachin Tiwale, Karthikeyan R, Kriti Batra Economic and Political Weekly | March 7, 2025 Centralised piped water supply is a key technology for supplying water in many Indian cities, including Kolkata and Chennai. A closer examination of water consumption patterns in these cities reveals that households across classes routinely access water from alternative sources, such […]
De jure and De facto Land Management Approaches of Forest Officials
Nita Shashidharan Ecology, Economy and Society–the INSEE Journal | March 5, 2025 It was January 17, 2022, and I was in the Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve (STR) in Erode, Tamil Nadu, a biodiversity-rich protected area (PA) with interspersed forest and agricultural land. My field assistant and I waited on the red concrete steps of the range […]
How do trees outside forests contribute to human wellbeing? A systematic review from South Asia
Pooja Choksi, Dhwani Lalai, Anamika Menon, Abha Joglekar, Anirban Roy, Vijay Ramprasad, Mahendra Singh Thapa, Ravikanth Gudasalamani, Shalini Dhyani, Milind Bunyan Environmental Research Letters | February 28, 2025 Trees have emerged as a key focus of global environmental policy. Several programs promote planting of trees outside forests (ToF), in places such as farms and grazing […]
Three Forest Villages in Eastern Maharashtra Discovered a Simple Truth During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Anirban Roy Down To Earth | February 25, 2025 Five years ago, the COVID-19 pandemic halted the world, thrusting humanity into a crisis marked by collapsing health systems, shattered livelihoods, and widespread food shortages. Yet, amidst this global upheaval, three forest-dwelling villages in the eastern part of Maharashtra— Dhamditola (Gondia district), Pachgaon (Chandrapur district), and […]
