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Mumbai’s Water Problem: Building New Dams Will Not Solve the City’s Poor Distribution Network

Description of a New Species of Potter Wasp (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae) From Northeast India

Mahua and Its Products Need GI Recognition

Centipedes’ Global Odyssey

Nature’s Artists: The World of Potter Wasps

Stopover by Migrant Montagu’s Harriers in the Thar Desert is Determined by Vegetation Greenness and Grasshopper Abundance but Not Locust Outbreaks

Seeking a Multi-dimensional Approach to Understand Agricultural Commodity Expansion in Asian Tropics

Mammals Show Faster Recovery From Capture and Tagging in Human-disturbed Landscapes

Study on the Genus Onitis (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) of the Indian Subcontinent, With Three New Species From India

Narratives on the Wolf vs Its Life on the Margins

Policy Brief: Augmenting Farmer Income With On-farm Carbon and Water Trade-offs

Empower Communities to Fix Forest Governance

Pangolin The Scaly Mammal

AquaWISE – A Decision Support Tool for Greywater Treatment Solutions

Aenictus kodaguensis sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), a unique species from India

Reframing our Perception of Insects Moving Beyond “Creepy Crawlies”

Why Mumbai Needs to Worry About Water?

Revisiting Current Distribution and Future Habitat Suitability Models for the Endemic Malabar Tree Toad (Pedostibes Tuberculosus) Using Citizen Science Data

Howling for change: How the plight of Indian grey wolves challenges conservation norms

14 Years After the Dilution of the Gadgil Report, Devastation Continues in the Western Ghats

Ornithological Results of the Siang Biodiversity Expedition 2022, Arunachal Pradesh, India

Living With Jungle Giants: Human-elephant Dynamics and Coexistence Alternatives in the Transboundary Landscape of Kangchenjunga

Learning to ‘see’: Lessons from scholar James C Scott (1936-2024)

Chapter 3: Climate change

Chapter: Forest Management and Conservation Regime

Snake Day: Are Rajanagams Dangerous… What Should You Do if You See This?

Description of six new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from northeastern India

The Conundrum of Water Quality in Urban Water Supply in India

Commons’ Sense: How Bengaluru and Other Indian Cities Should Approach Pollution, Traffic Problems

Dharavi is a Test Case for an Urbanising India

The Capability Approach and the Sustainable Development Goals

A New Species of Uropeltis Cuvier, 1829 (Serpentes: Uropeltidae) From the Eastern Escarpment of the Southern Western Ghats, India

New Distribution Records of Three Terrestrial Snails of the Genus Bouchetcamaena Thach, 2018 (Gastropoda, Camaenidae) from Northeast India

What is the state of the art on traditional medicine interventions for zoonotic diseases in the Indian subcontinent? A scoping review of the peer-reviewed evidence base

World Sea Turtle Day: the Miraculous Man Who Kept Millions of Turtles Alive for 40 Years.

The village will become a haven for Chevri storks!

Document, Manage and Monitor Aquatic Ecosystems

Improving the Language of Biodiversity Conservation

The Musical World of Frogs

Spider Wasps: Solitary Hunters in our Backyards

Curbing the Major and Growing Threats From Invasive Alien Species is Urgent and Achievable

A Remarkable New Species of Paraparatrechina Donisthorpe (1947) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Formicinae) From the Eastern Himalayas, India

Celebrating Potato, the Global Staple

Birdman’s walk keeps kids in tune with nature

Paper Wasp: Facts, Nest, Colony

The Plural Realities of Plant Invasions in India: a Review of Impacts to Wellbeing

To Fight Against the Enemy

First record of a Yellow-green Catsnake, Boiga flaviviridis Vogel and Ganesh 2013 (Colubridae), from Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu, India

Ainthinai Experess Final Report 2024

India Synthesis Report 2024

Conserving Wildlife Beyond Borders

India’s Chipko Movement is a Model for Effective Activism

How Can Small-scale Farmers Benefit From Trees on Farms?

Quest for the Himalayan Giant Honey Bee

Climate Change and Insects: We Don’t Know Enough

Rodent Communities in a Neglected Grassland Landscape: Investigating Species-specific Responses of Grassland Rodents to Habitat Type and Shrub Presence

Tamiraprani Fish Count Report

How to Fix India’s Urban Water Crisis, From Bengaluru to Chennai and Beyond

Reimagining the Ring Around the Neigbourhood Lakes

Rapoport’s Rule Explains the Range Size Distribution of Butterflies Along the Eastern Himalayan Elevation Gradient

Ecological Countermeasures to Prevent Pathogen Spillover and Subsequent Pandemics

First Report of Moth Species of the Family Tineidae (Lepidoptera) in Regurgitated Pellets of Harriers in India

Why Scientists and Engineers Should Study Social Science

Mumbai’s Unquenchable Thirst: Overestimating Water Demand to Justify Dams

Behind the Biodiversity in the Western Ghats

Additions to the Trigonalyid (Hymenoptera: Trigonalyidae) Fauna of India With the Description of a New Species From South India

Snailing with Friends: Exploring the Fascinating World of Snails

Reimagining People’s Participation in the People Biodiversity Register Through Citizen Science – a Case of Small Mammal and Bats From the Eastern Himalaya, India

Structure, Composition, and Regeneration Status of Trees in Non-protected Forests of Eastern Himalaya

How Green Is The Green Credit Programme?

Nature’s Contribution to Poverty Alleviation, Human Wellbeing and the SDGs

Bengaluru’S Riot Of Colours: A Call For Sustainable Urban Forestry

Go Hiking, But Be Mindful of Nature

Realizing “30 × 30” In India: The Potential, The Challenges, And The Way Forward

Rising Tides, Rooted Solutions

Forgotten Trails Foraging Wild Edibles

Inclusive Management Of Our Water Commons

Discovery Of A New Species Of Kangaroo Lizard (Squamata: Agamidae: Agasthyagama) From The Southern Western Ghats Of India.

Podcast: Conserving India’s Tropical Forests with Dr Kamaljit Bawa, Founder of ATREE

Lost Art Of Botanical Drawing

Asian Giant Hornets: Beyond the Sting

Assessing Resilience of Natural Treatment System to Variable Contaminant Loads in an Urbanizing Catchment

Water, Air Pollution and Carbon Footprints of Conspicuous/luxury Consumption in India

An uphill struggle to grow the Forest Rights Act

The Glorious World of Grasslands

India Needs to Foster Research and Innovation in Environmental Science

Ecological Filtering Shapes The Impacts Of Agricultural Deforestation On Biodiversity

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

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

Reintroduce Rural Wild Vegetables to Urban Food Basket

Hundreds of Millions of People in the Tropics Need Both Wild Harvests and Other Forms of Economic Development for Their Well-being

How to strategically align CSR funds to meet India’s sustainability goals

CFR Management Plan Template prepared by ATREE & TISS (Hindi, version 2)

CFR Management Plan Template prepared by ATREE & TISS (English, version 2)

Forest carbon market-based mechanisms in India: Learnings from global design principles and domestic barriers to implementation

Re-imagining Bengaluru lakes as living beings

How Harriers Migrate

Navigating the Streets

Mapping Invasive Alien Plants Through Citizen Science: Shortlisting Species of Concern for the Nilgiris

Amendments in the Forest Conservation Act Enable Community-led Recognition of Forests

Tillage agriculture and afforestation threaten tropical savanna plant communities across a broad rainfall gradient in India

Tillage agriculture and afforestation threaten tropical savanna plant communities across a broad rainfall gradient in India

Don’t water down quality for beauty

Phylogeographical patterns are governed by geography in endemic polymorphic snail Indrella ampulla

Even after backfire, Gambusia fish remain popular to beat mosquitoes | Explained

Environmental impacts beyond land use and conservation risk hotspots: Coffee and tea

A new genus and two new species of Braconinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from the Oriental region

Phylogeny of freshwater mollusc genus Brotia H. Adams, 1866 (Gastropoda: Pachychilidae) from north-east India

Predation on a House Gecko, Hemidactylus sp., by a Spotted Supple Skink, Riopa punctata (Linnaeus 1758)

Rediscovery and systematics of Rhinophis fergusonianus Boulenger, 1896 (Serpentes: Uropeltidae) from India’s Western Ghats

Greening ‘wastelands’ doesn’t guarantee a greener India

Chapter 14 – Promoting coexistence through improved understanding of human perceptions, attitudes, and behavior toward snow leopards

The hidden danger

Greening India ≠ Green India: Let wastelands be

Opening the floodgates for invasion—modelling the distribution dynamics of invasive alien fishes in India

Community-conserved areas in India:opportunities and challenges

A new species of the genus Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the higher elevations of Tamil Nadu, India

Atal Bhujal Yojana: A (mis) Calculated Approach

Two Extraordinary Alycaeid Species From Northeastern India (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Cyclophoroidea)

‘Trojan fish’: Exploring haplotypic and genotypic diversity of introduced Gambusia holbrooki in India

Butterflies with a taste for elephant dung: Puddling of adult butterflies on elephant dung in India’s Western Ghats

Greening ‘wastelands’ Doesn’t Guarantee a Greener India

Discovery of a new species of dwarf frog (Anura: Ceratobatrachidae: Alcalus) extends the northwestern distributional limits of the genus to Northeast India

Two New Reports of Stigmatomma Roger, 1859 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Amblyoponinae) Species from the Indian Subcontinent

India’s Millets Consumption and Trade Over the Last Three Decades

Values and Knowledges in Decision-making on Environmentally Disruptive Infrastructure Projects: Insights From Large Dams and Mines

Green Ties: How the Gond tribe’s deeply-rooted respect for the forest colours their weddings

Sacred Swamps: Where Culture Meets Conservation

ಕಳೆಯಿಂದಲೂ ಸಂಪತ್ತು ಗಳಿಸಬಹುದು ಗೊತ್ತೆ

Factors determining the seasonal habitat use of Asian elephants in the Western Ghats of India

A New Species of Chalcis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae) From South India

Monitoring Fruit Bat Colonies Could Provide Early Warning for Nipah Outbreaks

What counts as evidence? Examining the controversy over pesticide exposure and etiology in an environmental justice movement in Kerala, India

The Secret Kingdom Beneath our Feet

Phylogeny of the Braconinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae): A new tribal order!

Biological Apocalypse: Species Extinction in the Anthropocene

Do River Basins Shape Genetic Structure in the Kempholey Night Frog, India?

Applying political ecology to ecosystem services. Operationalizing an alternative approach to ecosystem services research, using an empirical case study in Odisha, India. Climate Change Mitigation and Development

By the United Nations Development Programme, 1 UN Plaza, New York, NY 10017 USA 2021 UN Human Development report 2020 Forests & Governance

2020 Reviewing the Ecological Evidence-Base for Management of Emerging Tropical Zoonoses: Kyasanur Forest Disease in India as A Case Study Landscape, Livelihoods and Conservation

What’s on the horizon for community-based conservation? Emerging threats and opportunities

Research brief: Using sensors and automated chlorination to improve the microbial water quality of on-site sewage treatment plants in Bengaluru

Understanding the Phyllanthus and Terminalia chebula species population change, dependency and sustainability: A study in Malai Mahadeshwara Hills Wildlife Sanctuary, Southern India

Role of paleoclimatic and paleohydrological processes in lineage divergence in freshwater organisms: A snippet from lentic genus Pila

Community priorities, values, and perceptions associated with ecosystem services provided by the socio-ecological landscapes of Darjeeling-Sikkim Himalaya

Do alien invasive species affect frogs?

Why does Bengaluru bloom with spectacular flowering trees?

India can become a biodiversity champion – The Hindu

Biodiversity Hotspot: Walking through Kalakad‑Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve

Budget allocation for menstrual cups, a recognition of Muhamma model – The Hindu

First report of two eulophid genera (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eulophidae) from India with the description of two new species

Flood frequency and flood intensity changes in the post embankment period in the Kosi sub-basin India: Impact of location, caste, and class on the flood vulnerability of the marginal communities

Prioritizing landscapes to reconcile biodiversity conservation, ecosystem services, and human well-being in India

Green Peeps January 2023

Liveli- wood is livelihood for tribal families in Karnataka’s Chamarajanagar- The New Indian Express

New genus of wasp named after Soliga community in Karnataka – The Hindu

Scientists discover Soliga ecarinata, new genus of wasps

Otters in the city: Hype vs reality

Sighting the Singalika – JLR Explore

Team of scientists conduct study to help India meet the 30×30 biodiversity conservation targets – The Hindu

New wasp genus discovered at B.R. Hills – Star of Mysore

India signs pact with South Africa to bring 12 cheetahs in February

Soliga ecarinata: Meet the new wasp genus

First new genus of wasps found in South India, named after Soliga tribe – Times of India

Are houseboats to blame for the slow ruin of Kerala’s backwaters?- The New Indian Express

Bar-headed goose, tagged in Mongolia, arrives at Koonthankulam Birds Sanctuary- The New Indian Express

Reviving Sikkim’s traditional agroecology

Tamil Nadu’s first biodiversity heritage site Arittapatti needs your attention – Frontline

International Day of Women and Girls in Science: Meet Six Indian Women Climate Champions

विज्ञान में महिलाओं और लड़कियों का अंतर्राष्ट्रीय दिवस:पारिस्थितिक अनुसंधान क्षेत्र में महिलाओं का योगदान

Global South leadership towards inclusive tropical ecology and conservation

Clever pest control? The role of cognition in biological pest regulation

Documenting butterflies with the help of citizen science in Darjeeling-Sikkim Himalaya, India

Discovery of the Darwin wasp subfamily Lycorininae Cushman & Rohwer (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from India with description of a new species from Kashmir

C-20 conference in Tirupati lays stress on identifying traits of oneness – The Hindu

Veterinary Antibiotics Reduce Soil Carbon Sequestration Capacity – EOS

Livestock and wild herbivores impact soil carbon differently

Egg shortage: Can insects be an alternative for protein, nutrition?

Assam budget lacks intent to improve poor human development record

Invasive alien species are lurking at India’s national parks. These pretty plants are deadly threat to tigers

Bridge to the Past: The rocky landscape of Daroji

Of how a city lives and breathes

Understanding reptile intelligence can aid conservation and safeguard ecosystems (commentary)

Killed in cold blood: Amphibians and reptiles are bearing the brunt of crop intensification

Combining socioeconomic and biophysical data to identify people-centric restoration opportunities

The role of social vulnerability in improving interventions for neglected zoonotic diseases: The example of Kyasanur Forest Disease in India

Rediscovery of crepuscular moth Mimeusemia ceylonica Hampson, 1893 (Noctuidae: Agaristinae) after 127 years and its distribution in India

A new species of rupicolous Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Male Mahadeshwara Wildlife Sanctuary, southern Eastern Ghats, India

Botanical gardens and life on earth – The Hindu

Rare moth species Mimeusemia ceylonica spotted after 127 years- The New Indian Express

Black wattle, invader of the Nilgiris

Habitat preservation in Western Ghats can enhance its biodiversity

Fighting fire with fire – Times of India

Treated water from one-third of BWSSB sewage treatment plants is unsafe – Citizen Matters Citizen Matters, Bengaluru

Moth found in Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi districts after 127 years photographed for first time – The Hindu

தூத்துக்குடியில் களம் இறங்கிய மாணவ,மாணவிகள்-உயிரினங்களை பாதுகாக்க விழிப்புணர்வு சுவரோவியங்கள் வரைந்தனர்

Why India’s forests need new stewards – Mint

वन व्यवस्थापनाच्या वळण वाटा – Marathi News

Developing a novel approach to prioritizing irrigation tanks for conservation in the Tamiraparani river basin based on long term trends of waterbirds

A multi-methods approach for assessing how conserving biodiversity interacts with other sustainable development goals in Nepal

Towards evidence-based policymaking: India’s open-data Initiatives

Too hot to handle

A Safari through the world of ants

Estimating the potential of community forest rights: What makes implementation challenging

Moth species spotted in India for the first time

Why the dancing frog may no longer be able to shake a leg

Can we democratise tiger conservation in India? – The Hindu

Opinion: Why Sikkim is crisscrossed with pipes that run dry

Tamil Nadu’s long fight against Prosopis juliflora

Citizen science facilitates first ever genetic detection of wolf-dog hybridization in Indian savannahs

Bee-lieve it! Students of EKYA School introduced to the new Bee Hotel Initiative to promote sustainability

Chapter 20 – Role and diversity of microbes in agriculture: sustainable practices to promote diversity and crop productivity

A new species of rock-dwelling Hemidactylus Goldfuss, 1820 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the southern Eastern Ghats, India

New subgeneric reports of the genus Chelonus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from India and Sri Lanka with description of nine species

Climate change increasing risk of new emerging viruses, infectious diseases in India

The enchanting forest canopy

News from the world of education – April 29, 2023

Community forest resource management can make gram sabhas self-sufficient in Chhattisgarh

How climate change is changing food we eat in india

Biodiversity map reveals conservation priority areas

16th Vembanad fishcount

Explained: Why making agri-commodity value chains sustainable is a tough task

Climate change increasing risk of new emerging viruses, infectious diseases in India, say experts

How Fast Do Landscapes Change? A Workflow to Analyze Temporal Changes in Human-dominated Landscapes

ATREE installs 280 rainwater harvesting tanks in Kuttanad

Climate change increasing risk of new emerging viruses, infectious diseases in India: experts

Sustainable Pathways Toward Reimagining India’s Agricultural Systems

CFR Baiga Chak team’s presentation to the taskforce for implementation of PESA & FRA in Madhya Pradesh

Green Promise: Silver Cockscomb Isn’t a Troublesome Weed for Karnataka’s Soliga Tribe

NWP 2020: How is India’s youth reimagining its water future?

Dog population management rabies control policy. Humane Foundation for people and Animals, Pune.

COMMENTS ONTHE DRAFT NATIONAL WATER FRAMEWORK BILL, 2016

MODEL BILL FOR THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION, REGULATION AND MANAGEMENT OF GROUNDWATER, 2016

ATREE Submission to Committee – “Committee on Restructuring of CWC and CGWB

ATREE Comments – Kerala Inland Fishery Bill 2010

ATREE Comments – Wetlands (Conservation and Management) Rules, 2009

ATREE Comments – Wetland Regulatory Framework 2008

Rethinking Forest Fires – Proceedings of the National Workshop on Forest Fires

Commercial, Industrial and Institutional Water Use in Bangalore

Water Management in the Noyyal River Basin A Situation Analysis

Water management in Arkavathy basin: A situation analysis

The Ecological Footprint Of Invasive Plants

Social Entrepreneurship and Gandhian Thoughts in the Post-COVID World

Madras High Court hears plea to protect Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve

Muhamma declared as first synthetic sanitary pad free village in Kerala

Muhamma declared first synthetic pad-free village in State

Diverse Values of Nature for Sustainability

Reflections on Interdisciplinarity in Environmental Economics in India., In

Wild Food Plants

Pattern and drivers of danaine butterfly migration in Southern India: implications for conservation.

The role of social vulnerability in improving interventions for neglected zoonotic diseases: The example of Kyasanur Forest Disease in India,

Value articulation in environmental appraisal: which values, whose values, and how valued?

The Spray Happy Farmer as a Cold War Legacy: West German Development and Pesticide Dependence in South India, 1965-1985

Ravi Chellam Writes: Why Protecting India’s Forests Should Be a Part of National Security

Terrestrial Orchids

Transcending boundaries: Reflecting on twenty years of action and research at ATREE.

Rethinking Environmentalism Linking Justice, Sustainability, and Diversity

Spatial Dynamics and Ecology of Large Ungulate Populations in Tropical Forests of India

Direct and Indirect Effects of Urbanization, Pesticides and Wild Insect Pollinators on Mango Yield

Snakes and Lizards of the Sky Islands of the Western Ghats

Why are some species found everywhere, and why does it matter?

A new genus in the braconid subfamily Miracinae from the Oriental region, with descriptions of seven new species from India and Sri Lanka

Restoring Grassland Common in Maharashtra

Editorial: Coexistence between conservation and food security in social-ecological systems

A Socio-ecological Pathway for Land Restoration

Decolonising Decentralised Governance : Insights from the Forests of Maharashtra

Comparative Analysis of Ethno Medicinal Plants Among Some Communities of Manipur, North East India.

Impact of Alien Plants on Western Ghats Causes Concern