How Green Is The Green Credit Programme?
Anuja Malhotra, Abi Tamim Vanak Frontline – The Hindu | February 24, 2024 It aims to boost forest cover by rewarding tree planting, but plans tailored to local ecology and socioeconomic realities are crucial for true impact.
Grasslands Are Not Wastelands: Restoration Project in Maharashtra Shows the Way
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Restoring Grassland Common in Maharashtra
Anuja Malhotra and Abi Tamim Vanak Nature in Focus | July 20, 2023 International calls for land restoration, such as the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, have created a push and an enabling environment for scaling up restoration in India. While there has been a valid focus on forested landscapes, the vast majority of the […]
100 years of “saving” India’s soil: What needs to change?
Anuja Malhotra and Abi T. Vanak Mongabay | June 13, 2022 A movement to Save Soil in India is gaining traction not just in the media but also with political leaders, celebrities, and citizens alike who have proactively come forward in its support. Given that soil is crucial to our lives and livelihoods, such an awakening […]
Restoration of Ecosystem: Have Tree Planting Efforts Borne Fruit?
Abi T. Vanak, Anuja Malhotra The Hindu | June 5, 2022 In a recent article, the author and journalist Manu Joseph used the term “Low-stakes niceness” to describe the act of feeding animals that most Indians indulge in. We will borrow his term to extend it to another favourite activity of the environmentally conscious Indian […]
Ecosystem Restoration is Good for Your Health
Anuja Malhotra, Abi T. Vanak Project Syndicate | May 9, 2002 Humanity currently faces multiple, interlinked existential crises. The catastrophic consequences of climate change, ecological degradation, and biodiversity loss have cascading knock-on effects on human health and well-being. As the COVID-19 pandemic illustrates, ecosystem damage can contribute significantly to a global public-health emergency. But scientists […]
