Who’s Responsible for the Environmental Impact of What We Eat?
Manan Bhan The Hindu | June 1, 2023 The ever-increasing demand for agricultural products is leading to significant social and environmental consequences worldwide. The expansion of international trade has created global supply chains, directly linking consumers to geographically-distant impacts, including carbon emissions, biodiversity loss, freshwater depletion, soil degradation and labour-rights issues – all of which […]
Snails on the Plate: Edible Freshwater Molluscs of Northeast India
Anushree Jadhava,b, Nipu Kumar Dasa,b, Maitreya Sila & N A Aravind Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge | May 29, 2023 In many parts of the world, freshwater molluscs are extensively harvested for food and medicine. Northeast India is one such region where freshwater molluscs are consumed by the tribal and economically impoverished communities. These molluscs […]
Roof of the World: Home and Border in the Genomic Era
Wa Da, Suresh K. Rana, Kamal Bawa, Krushnamegh Kunte, Zhengyang Wang Molecular Ecology Resource | May 26, 2023 Himalaya and the Tibetan Plateau, known as the ‘land of snow’ and the ‘roof of the world’, is home to tens of millions of indigenous people who live with a staggering amount of biological diversity. In the […]
Elephants in the farm – changing temporal and seasonal patterns of human-elephant interactions in a forest-agriculture matrix in the Western Ghats, India
Anoop N.R, Siddhartha Krishnan, T. Ganesh Frontiers in Conservation Science | 24 May, 2023 Accelerating levels of human-elephant conflicts (HEC) have become a topic of major concern in conservation efforts of endangered Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) throughout their range. Wayanad plateau (WP) is a key summer habitat of Asian elephants in the Brahmagri-Nilgiri Eastern Ghats […]
Never-ending injustice: Forest villages of Madhya Pradesh
Sharachchandra Lele, Venkat Ramanujam Hindustan Times | May 19, 2023 Colonial forest policy imposed many injustices on forest-dependent communities in mainland India, including ignoring pre-existing cultivation and taking away people’s rights to access and manage the forest. Perhaps the most extreme form of these ‘historical injustices’ is the creation of ‘Forest Villages’ (FVs) in central […]
Ecological Vulnerability: The Law and Governance ofHuman-Wildlife Relationships
Saloni Bhatia Conservation and Society | 9 May, 2023 Ecological Vulnerability by Katie Woolaston discusses the ‘wicked’ problem of human-wildlife conflict and the socio-legal context in which it plays out. It starts off with an introduction to the topic, delving into the semantics of conflict and coexistence whilst articulating the need to understand the complexities […]
A Daytime Observation of a Spotted Linsang Prionodon Pardicolor in Namdapha Tiger Reserve, Arunachal Pradesh, India
Yumlam Benjamin Bida & Aditya Pradhan Small Carnivore Conservation | vol. 61, 2023 A Spotted Linsang Prionodon pardicolor was sighted and photographed at an elevation of 533 m asl along the Namdapha River in Namdapha Tiger Reserve, Arunachal Pradesh, India. This is the first verifiable record of the species utilising an open space along riverine […]
A Sneak Peek Into the Bird’s Beak
Seshadri K S Deccan Herald | April 28, 2023 Beaks are an appendage diverse in shape, size and function. Bird beaks are technically referred to as bills composite structures that lack teeth. Beaks are bony extensions of the upper and lower mandibles (jaw) covered by a layer of keratinised tissue called ‘rhamphotheca’. The keratinised tissue […]
Stray Dog Population Control is Dogged by Bad Science
Abi T. Vanak The Hindu | April 22, 2023 The horror stories continue to pour in. Children, usually from poor families or in rural areas, are being hunted and killed by homeless dogs. State and central governments seem to be helpless to ensure the safety of people on the streets, from what has clearly become […]
Project Tiger @50: Success but at What Cost? – Frontline
Rajkamal Goswami, Abi Tamim Vanak Frontline – The Hindu | April 20, 2023 It is the 50th anniversary of arguably one of the most important pieces of legislation in Indian history. The Wild Life (Protection) Act (WLPA) of India was passed in 1972 with the goal of safeguarding the nation’s wild animals and birds and […]
