Rosy Starlings Flock Thoothukudi Wetlands
Thousands of rosy starlings, a migratory bird species from Eastern Europe and northwest Asia, have descended on water bodies and urban areas across Thoothukudi. Huge flocks of birds were spotted along the Thamirabarani wetlands, agricultural fields, salt pans, beaches, and even urban settlements. The rosy starling (Pastor roseus), known for controlling locust populations, feeds mainly […]
ATREE, Dews Train Frontline Staff in Wildlife and Habitat Monitoring at D’ering Sanctuary
The Daying Ering Memorial Wildlife Sanctuary (DMWS), in collaboration with the ATREE, organised a training and capacity-building workshop on systematic wildlife and habitat monitoring for frontline forest staff at Pasighat on December 26.
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.
