Status of important coastal habitats of North Tamil Nadu: Diversity, current threats and approaches for conservation
Vikas Madhav Nagarajan, M. Yuvan, Rohith Srinivasan, Nanditha Ram Satagopan, Aswathi Asokan, Anooja A Regional Studies in Marine Science | Volume 49 Coasts are among the most vulnerable ecosystems to the effects of climate change and the impacts of strong weather events. At the same time, they are also crucial buffers of these phenomena around the world. […]
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.
Beyond income: correlates of conspicuous and luxury consumption in India
Soumyajit Bhar , Sharachchandra Lele, and Narasimha D. Rao Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy | January 10, 2022 Concern about the environmental impacts of consumption has drawn research attention to the drivers of conspicuous and luxury (C/L) consumption. Given the prevailing patterns of overconsumption, most studies to date have focused on countries in the global North. However, an emerging high-consuming middle […]
First description of the metopiine genus Trieces Townes, 1946 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from the Indomalayan region with three new species from India
A.P. Ranjith, Dharma Rajan Priyadarsanan European Journal of Taxonomy | February 10, 2022
New gecko species discovered in Western Ghats at Attappadi
The Indian Express
Ten facts about land systems for sustainability
Patrick Meyfroidt , Ariane de Bremond , Casey M. Ryan , Erasmus K. H. J. zu Ermgassen, Sharachchandra Lele Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | February 7, 2022 Land use is central to addressing sustainability issues, including biodiversity conservation, climate change, food security, poverty alleviation, and sustainable energy. In this paper, we synthesize knowledge accumulated in land system science, […]
Greater budget allocation for high-emission sectors: Environmental experts
The Indian Express | 5 February, 2022
A new species of large-bodied Hemidactylus Goldfuss, 1820 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Western Ghats of India
Sandeep Das, Saunak Pal, Sasidharan Siddharth, Muhamed Jafer Palot, Veerappan Deepak, Surya Narayanan Vertebrate Zoology | February 4, 2022 A new large (94–107mm SVL) species of gecko of the genus Hemidactylus is described from the drier parts of the Western Ghats of India. The new species is closely related to H. graniticolus, from which it can be distinguished based on dorsal pholidosis at mid-body, the structure […]
“Research needs to leave the ivory tower of academia”
VEENA SRINIVASAN
Completely predatory development is described in a braconid wasp
A. P. Ranjith, Donald L. J. Quicke, K. Manjusha, Buntika A. Butcher & M. Nasser Scientific Report | February 2, 2022 Hymenopteran parasitoids are well known for their ubiquitous diversity, important ecological roles and biocontrol potential. We report the first detailed documentation of mite predation by a parasitoid wasp, Bracon predatorius Ranjith & Quicke sp. nov., (Insecta: Hymenoptera), first case of obligate […]
