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.
Greater budget allocation for high-emission sectors: Environmental experts
The Indian Express | 5 February, 2022
“Research needs to leave the ivory tower of academia”
VEENA SRINIVASAN
12th edition of Tamirabharani Waterbird Count to begin on Jan. 21
Mathivanan M The Hindu | January 17, 2022 The 12th edition of Tamirabharani Waterbird Count (TWC), an annual exercise jointly conducted by environmental outfits in Tirunelveli, Tenkasi and Thoothukudi district after the end of the northeast monsoon, will begin on January 21. Thanks to the active northeast monsoon, the brimming irrigation tanks, including Koonthankulam, Kazhuvurkulam […]
From sapling to supari: On the areca nut trail in semi-arid Karnataka
Tanvi Agrawal The News Minute | January 3, 2022 Over time, areca nut has become one of the key cash crops of Karnataka, and semi-arid and arid regions are digging increasingly deep borewells to sustain this water-guzzling crop.
How India’s Unguided Quest for Solar Energy is Bringing About Ecological and Cultural Erasure
M.D. Madhusudan, Abi T. Vanak The Hindu | January 1, 2022 At the recently concluded COP26 in Glasgow, India proclaimed on the global stage that by 2030, it would elevate its renewable power capacity to 500 GW from 150 GW today, and that it would meet 50% of its energy requirements from renewable energy. Even […]
Mapping the Potential of Community Forest Resource Rights in Central India
Sharachchandra Lele, Shruti Mokashi Mongabay | October 11, 2021 The provisions of the Forest Rights Act 2006 (FRA) relating to Community Forest Resource (CFR) rights have the potential to transform forest governance in India by decentralising forest management power to gram sabhas. However, their implementation has not been effective. ATREE researchers used Census data, maps, […]
What drives flowering, fruiting in Sikkim’s rhododendrons?
The Hindu | 16 February, 2019 Neems are in bloom and mango trees fruiting in many parts of India now, but what determines such seasonal changes? At least, in the Sikkim Himalaya temperature, day length and genetic relatedness between species determine when rhododendrons put out their first buds, flowers and fruits, finds a new study.
