18 Mar 2021 | Jagdish Krishnaswamy
The recent landslide in February on a glacier in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli and subsequent floods and toll of human life and property has drawn our attention once again to the irony…
10 Feb 2021 | Abi T. Vanak and Mridula Mary Paul
As India goes into emergency mode to tackle the potentially catastrophic impacts of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the ‘Kerala model’ is being widely cited as an example to…
10 Feb 2021 | Vikram Aditya and G. Ravikanth
The grasslands of India form a savanna: a semi-arid grassland system that stretches across large swathes of India, including Gujarat, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.…
31 Jan 2022 | Abi T. Vanak and M. D. Madhusudan
The Hindu -
At the recently concluded COP26 in Glasgow, India proclaimed on the global stage that by 2030, it would elevate its renewable power capacity to 500 GW from 150 GW…
31 Jan 2022 | Kamal Bawa
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It was a warm and humid night in September of 2003. In a tropical forest by the coast of Madagascar, Phil Devries, an entomologist and noted nature…
31 Jan 2022 | Ravi Chellam
The Hindu -
For centuries, four charismatic big cats co-existed in India. This is the story of two felines that are now, probably inadvertently, pitted against each other: the…
03 Mar 2021 | Kamaljit Bawa, Nandan Nawn,Ravi Chellam, Jagdish Krishnaswamy, Vinod Mathur
India and other nations need new frameworks that integrate science with policies to enhance human well-being, restore and conserve nature, and build capacity.
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03 Mar 2021 |
The planet is losing biodiversity at an unprecedented rate, posing grave danger to human health and prosperity, the UN Convention on Biological Diversity warned in its flagship…
03 Mar 2021 | Mahesh Sankaran, Jagdish Krishnaswamy, Uma Ramakrishnan
Bats are the only mammal capable of sustained flight. They are a very species rich group, with over 1200 species worldwide2, and more species being discovered every year. After…
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03 Mar 2021 |
Wetlands in Delhi and Haryana, home to hundreds of species of birds, face serious threats from pollution and encroachment; official recognition could be an important step towards…
