Bengaluru’s Looming Water Crisis: Why Citizens Are Struggling to Follow the Bwssb Order
Citizen Matters
Pipes, Power and Public Health : Who Controls Water in Indian Cities?
Health Care Executive
Floating Solar Panels Planned on City Lakes
Bangalore Mirror
Serving a Pipe Dream Alternatives to Centralised Piped Water Supply in Two Metro Cities in India
Sachin Tiwale, Karthikeyan R, Kriti Batra Economic and Political Weekly | March 7, 2025 Centralised piped water supply is a key technology for supplying water in many Indian cities, including Kolkata and Chennai. A closer examination of water consumption patterns in these cities reveals that households across classes routinely access water from alternative sources, such […]
How do trees outside forests contribute to human wellbeing? A systematic review from South Asia
Pooja Choksi, Dhwani Lalai, Anamika Menon, Abha Joglekar, Anirban Roy, Vijay Ramprasad, Mahendra Singh Thapa, Ravikanth Gudasalamani, Shalini Dhyani, Milind Bunyan Environmental Research Letters | February 28, 2025 Trees have emerged as a key focus of global environmental policy. Several programs promote planting of trees outside forests (ToF), in places such as farms and grazing […]
Gaming on for Environmental Awareness
Mongabay
Three Forest Villages in Eastern Maharashtra Discovered a Simple Truth During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Anirban Roy Down To Earth | February 25, 2025 Five years ago, the COVID-19 pandemic halted the world, thrusting humanity into a crisis marked by collapsing health systems, shattered livelihoods, and widespread food shortages. Yet, amidst this global upheaval, three forest-dwelling villages in the eastern part of Maharashtra— Dhamditola (Gondia district), Pachgaon (Chandrapur district), and […]
The Shifting Paradigms of Biodiversity Conservation in South Asia
Asmita Sengupta, G. Ravikanth, Seshadri K. S., Milind Bunyan, T. Ganesh, Priyadarsanan Dharma Rajan, M Soubadra Devy, Aravind N.A. bioTROPICA | February 24, 2025 South Asia, renowned for its rich biological heritage, is home to a quarter of the global human population and has been experiencing unprecedented biodiversity loss. Anthropogenic pressures are expected to rise […]
The Road Ahead
The Telegraph online
Exploring Foraging Niche Dynamics of Woodpeckers in the Non-protected Forests of Eastern Himalaya
Aditya Pradhan, Sarala Khaling Ornithology Research | February 19, 2025 The non-protected forests of the eastern Himalaya are crucial for biodiversity conservation. With pronounced elevation gradients over short distances and a high woodpecker diversity, this region is ideal for investigating sympatric woodpeckers. With this outlook, the current study was carried out in Darjeeling, eastern Himalaya, […]
