Diverse Values of Nature for Sustainability
Unai Pascual, Patricia Balvanera, Christopher B. Anderson, Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer, Michael Christie, David González-Jiménez, Adrian Martin, Christopher M. Raymond, Mette Termansen, Arild Vatn, Simone Athayde, Brigitte Baptiste, David N. Barton, Sander Jacobs, Eszter Kelemen, Ritesh Kumar, Elena Lazos, Tuyeni H. Mwampamba, Barbara Nakangu, Patrick O’Farrell, Suneetha M. Subramanian, Meine van Noordwijk, SoEun Ahn, Sacha Amaruzaman, Ariane […]
Pattern and drivers of danaine butterfly migration in Southern India: implications for conservation.
Vinayan, P. A., Yathumon, M. A., Sujin, N. S., Kumar, B. N, Ajayan, P. A, Muneer, P. K, N.M. Vishnu C.S. Anwar, Anoop N R 2023, Pattern and drivers of danaine butterfly migration in Southern India: implications for conservation.,
The role of social vulnerability in improving interventions for neglected zoonotic diseases: The example of Kyasanur Forest Disease in India,
Festus A. Asaaga, Bethan V. Purse, Mujeeb Rahman, Prashanth N. Srinivas,Suresh D. Kalegowda, Tanya Seshadri, Juliette C. Young, Meera A. Oommen 2023, The role of social vulnerability in improving interventions for neglected zoonotic diseases: The example of Kyasanur Forest Disease in India,
Value articulation in environmental appraisal: which values, whose values, and how valued?
Sharachchandra Lele Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability | August 2023 Large infrastructure projects, such as ports, dams, highways, and mines, cause major negative environmental impacts, most felt by local communities but affecting other stakeholders as well. Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and associated Social Impact Assessment (SIA) are tools that together constitute the core of the concept of […]
Direct and Indirect Effects of Urbanization, Pesticides and Wild Insect Pollinators on Mango Yield
Gabriel Marcacci, Soubadra Devy, Arne Wenzel, Vikas S. Rao, Shabarish Kumar S., Nils Nölke, Vasuki V. Belavadi, Teja Tscharntke, Ingo Grass, Catrin Westphal Journal of Applied Ecology | July 24, 2023 Expanding cities increasingly encroach fertile farmlands, questioning the viability of maintaining agriculture within and around them. Yet, our knowledge on how urbanization influences pollinator communities and the provision of pollination services to crops is […]
A new genus in the braconid subfamily Miracinae from the Oriental region, with descriptions of seven new species from India and Sri Lanka
A.P. Ranjith, Cornelis Van Achterberg, Dharma Rajan Priyadarsanan Zootaxa | July 21, 2023 A new genus in the braconid subfamily Miracinae is described from the Oriental region including a new species from south India. Additionally, six new species of the genus Centistidea Rohwer is described from India and Sri Lanka. Taxonomic keys to separate the new genus […]
Editorial: Coexistence between conservation and food security in social-ecological systems
Silvio J. Crespin, Saloni Bhatia and Tolera S. Jiren Frontiers in Conservation Science | 17 July, 2023 Nature’s demise is a global crisis that jeopardizes food security and human well-being. Due to human activities, close to a million plant and animal species face extinction within the ensuing decades (IUCN, 2022). However, November 15th, 2022 is […]
Decolonising Decentralised Governance : Insights from the Forests of Maharashtra
Sharachchandra Lele , Anuja Anil Economic and Political Weekly | July 9, 2022 Three decades since the initiation of decentralised governance, and more than a decade since the first community forest resource right was recognised in Maharashtra, forest-dwelling communities still have limited space in decision-making about their forest resources. This article describes three cases from […]
Comparative Analysis of Ethno Medicinal Plants Among Some Communities of Manipur, North East India.
Chandrima Ningombam and Siddappa Setty European Chemical Bulletin | June 25, 2023 The term ethnobotany means the study of the plants in a particular region and their uses based on indigenous cultural beliefs and practices by the local population. And such treatment is not related with modern physician drug. During the study it was observed […]
Diet of Montagu’s Harriers Circus pygargus Wintering in India: Analysing Seasonal, Regional and Sex Differences Using Web-Sourced Photographs and Pellet Contents
Arjun Kannan, Subbaiah Thalavaipandi, Deven Mehta, A. Saravanan, M. B. Prashanth, Thyagarajan Ganesh Acta Ornithologica | June 14, 2023 Studies on the diet composition of bird species provide valuable insights on their habitat use, trophic interactions and prey selection. Prey abundance can drive movements of raptors in their wintering grounds. But such links have been […]
