Workshop on Wildlife and Habitat Monitoring
Daying Ering Memorial Wildlife Sanctuary (DEMWS) organised a training and capacity-building workshop on ‘Systematic wildlife and habitat monitoring’ for its frontline staff here in East Siang district, in partnership with the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology & the Environment (ATREE), on Friday. The workshop brought together 35 frontline forest staffers, and aimed to strengthen […]
Frontline Forest Staffers Trained on Wildlife, Habitat Monitoring
D Ering Memorial Wildlife Sanctuary (DMWS) organised a training and capacity building workshop on systematic wildlife and habitat monitoring for its frontline staff at Pasighat in partnership with the ATREE. The workshop brought together 35 frontline forest staff and aimed to strengthen their skills in scientific wildlife monitoring techniques, with a focus on long-term conservation […]
What Expanding Cities Are Doing to Frogs and Toads
Pallid Harrier Migration: 6,000km Journey From Kazakhstan To Tirunelveli Grasslands Revealed
VNC Wins ATREE TNK Award for Wildlife Conservation Efforts
Bengaluru’s Shrinking Green Cover Sparks Policy Scrutiny
Once known as India’s “Garden City,” Bengaluru is now confronting an ecological tipping point as decades of rapid, unplanned urbanisation have slashed its green cover from nearly 70% in the 1970s to under 7% today. New analysis shows that this drastic loss has intensified the city’s Urban Heat Island effect, with neighbourhoods such as Marathahalli, […]
ATREE Holds Gangtok Workshop With Experts to Draft Monitoring Guidelines for Khangchendzonga Landscape
ATREE, The Himalaya Initiative under its Action for Mountains and People programme, organised a two-day workshop on November 28-29, in Gangtok to develop a long-term biodiversity and socio-ecological monitoring guideline for the Khangchendzonga Landscape.
Diversifying Beyond Rice to Cut Losses and Improve Alternative Cereal Yields
Cropping decisions involve multiple factors and the farmer’s willingness to shift crops is governed by the larger economics of the cultivation process explains Shrinivas Badiger, a Fellow at Water and Society at the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Bengaluru.
The Elusive Mishmi Takin Faces New Challenges In Its Changing Habitat
A 2019 study published in Global Ecology and Conservation highlighted a significant lack of field data, emphasising the need for focused research. In 2024, the Arunachal Pradesh Forest Department, in partnership with the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) and funded by ATREE, launched a comprehensive survey to map the species’ distribution and population.
Harriers Arrive With the Onset of Winter to Shrinking Grasslands
About a week back, in mid-November, researchers at Bengaluru-based ATREE were alerted to data transmitted from a small 9.5 gm transmitter connected to the back of a bird. The Pallid Harrier, geo-tagged by them, has reached its roosting ground in Tirunelveli, all the way from Kazakhstan.
