Indian Wolves: Grassland Ecology, Restoration and Biodiversity Policy | Dr. Abi T. Vanak

Podcast regarding Indian Wolves and biodiversity policy with Dr. Abi T. Vanak.
Imagine India Fireside Chats: Ecosystem Valuation

Inaugural episode discussing ecosystem valuation beyond abstract metrics, including ecological processes and social values.
The Eighth Continent: Between Earth and Sky
This podcast explores the forest canopy as an “eighth continent,” examining how canopy ecology has transformed ecological understanding.
India Calls its Grasslands “Wastelands”; it’s a ₹1.3 lakh Crore Mistake!

Half your milk comes from animals grazing on land the government calls wasteland. The mutton in your biryani? Same story. We’re talking ₹1.3 lakh crore annually 5% of India’s GDP built on ecosystems we’ve systematically mislabeled as worthless since the British needed a tax category for “land we can’t monetize.
Unequal Ground: How Biodiversity Loss Hits Women Harder

In the IPBES Podcast, Season 5, Episode 3: Unequal Ground – How Biodiversity Loss Hits Women Harder, Nita Shashidharan appears as the second speaker. In this episode, she shares insights drawn from her field experience as a woman researcher, highlighting the ways in which gender shapes research practice. Her contribution discusses the significance of intersectionality […]
How Do We Get to a More Sustainable Society?

Sharachchandra Lele The Case For Conservation | November 18, 2024 In 2022, on the 50th anniversary of the first UN Conference on the Human Environment, a group of eminent international scholars wrote an urgent public “Letter to fellow citizens of Earth“, urging everyone to act collectively for a “safer and better future” for humanity. Sharachchandra […]