Reserve Forest: Govt Allows Delay In Notification Of Compensatory Land

Business Standard
Ecological Filtering Shapes The Impacts Of Agricultural Deforestation On Biodiversity

Ghazala Shahabuddin Nature Ecology And Evolution | January 8, 2024 The biodiversity impacts of agricultural deforestation vary widely across regions. Previous efforts to explain this variation have focused exclusively on the landscape features and management regimes of agricultural systems, neglecting the potentially critical role of ecological filtering in shaping deforestation tolerance of extant species assemblages […]
The Vanishing Hunter

The Times Of India
A Hook-Nosed Sea Snake, Hydrophis Schistosus (Daudin 1803), Dead Due To A Fish Stuck In Its Mouth

Harsh Singhal Reptiles & Amphibians | January 7, 2024 Hook-nosed Seasnakes are quite aggressive and frequently threaten fishermen. The species is generally encountered in shallow coastal waters, it will move into offshore waters in calm seas in search of prey. New paper reports a dead hook-nosed seasnake presumably killed trying to swallow a fish in […]
Wildlife Researchers Tell Us What Goes Into Discovering New Species of Flora And Fauna

Mid Day
Dung Removal Increases Under Higher Dung Beetle Functional Diversity Regardless of Grazing Intensification

Jorge Ari Noriega, Joaquín Hortal, Indradatta deCastro-Arrazola, Fernanda Alves-Martins, Jean C. G. Ortega, Luis Mauricio Bini, Nigel R. Andrew, Lucrecia Arellano, Sarah Beynon, Adrian L. V. Davis, Mario E. Favila, Kevin D. Floate, Finbarr G. Horgan, Rosa Menéndez, Tanja Milotic, Beatrice Nervo, Claudia Palestrini, Antonio Rolando, Clarke H. Scholtz, Yakup Senyüz, Thomas Wassmer, Réka Ádam, […]
Reintroduce Rural Wild Vegetables to Urban Food Basket

Harisha RP, Namratha Murali Deccan Herald | January 2, 2024 In cities, hypermarkets are swamped with produce sourced from distant corners of the world, transforming shopping aisles into a year-round harvest spectacle. Our diets are calorie-rich and nutrient-poor, as a repercussion of ease of access, globalisation, industrialisation, and commercialisation of our food systems.
Hundreds of Millions of People in the Tropics Need Both Wild Harvests and Other Forms of Economic Development for Their Well-being

Geoff J. Wells, Casey M. Ryan , Anamika Das, Suman Attiwilli , Mahesh Poudyal , Sharachchandra Lele , Kate Schreckenberg , Brian E. Robinson , Aidan Keane , Katherine M. Homewood , Julia P.G. Jones , Carlos A. Torres-Vitolas , Janet A. Fisher , Sate Ahmad , Mark Mulligan , Terence P. Dawson , Helen […]
A Field Guide to FISHES OF VEMBANAD

Anu Radhakrishnan, Maneeja Murali, Bibin Xavier, Priyadarsanan Dharma Rajan Vembanad estuarine system is one of the most beautiful and large humid tropical wetland ecosystems in the southwest coast of India. The veritable presence of numerous canals and streams along with the legendary backwaters, and the never- ending panorama of lush green paddy fields, towering coconut […]