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Why We Are Paying for Peer Review

We need high-quality reviews of our work to ensure that what we are doing is backed by science. Veena Srinivasan Medium | April 10, 2022

Crowdmapping Bengaluru’s Vanishing Lakes

Despite lakes serving an important ecological function, Bengaluru’s government bodies that govern these lakes do not have comprehensive, updated, public records of all lakes IndiaSpends | 7 March, 2022

New species of predatory parasitic wasp found

Ranjith AP Nature India | February 17, 2022

Satellite and on-the-Ground Data Help Monitor Groundwater in India

EOS | February 16, 2022 Climate change and increasing water demand are putting stress on water resources in India. The agricultural sector is particularly stressed, as 40% of agricultural villages have already overused groundwater. Scientists estimate that by 2050, agricultural productivity will decrease by 68% in groundwater-depleted areas.

Rare bird, forest protectors clash with India’s clean energy vision

Thomson Reuters Foundation | February 14, 2022

FEATURE-Rare bird, forest protectors clash with India’s clean energy vision

Devdiscourse | February 14, 2022 That was the case for residents of Sangnara village in Gujarat, who last August protested to save a nearby forest the government had leased to four companies for a planned wind farm with 40 turbines. After watching six turbines go up, the villagers, whose families have protected the forest for […]

India falsely claims forestry progress in ‘skewed’ report, experts warn

Climate Home News | February 14, 2022 The Indian government is using flawed forest data to falsely claim that it is making progress towards its climate goals and curbing deforestation, experts have warned.

Research needs to leave the ivory tower of academia

Dr. Veena Srinivaasan The Times of India | February 10, 2022 For sustainability science to offer relevant solutions, research models must move closer to practice and address questions that emerge from the community, instead of academia alone.