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…
04 Nov 2021 | Nandan Nawn
Biodiversity losses lead to disruptions in climatic attributes. The resulting impacts — including those on economic systems — are gaining visibility across geographical spaces. ‘…
04 Nov 2021 | K Bawa, A Sengupta, V Chavan, R Chellam, R. Ganesan, J Krishnaswamy, V B Mathur, N Nawn, S B Olsson, N Pandit, S Quader, P Rajagopal, U Ramakrishnan, G Ravikanth, M Sankaran, D Shankar, R Seidler, R U Shaanker, A T Vanak
Highly populated tropical countries face tremendous pressures in reconciling the needs for improved economic security and the protection of declining biodiversity. India is no…
04 Nov 2021 | N Nawn, S Vasan and K Bawa
“Sustainable development” and “sustainability” may be among the most used phrases across discourses, both mainstream and radical, on “development.” As in any conceptualisation,…
04 Nov 2021 | Bawa, N Nawn, R Chellam, J Krishnaswamy, V Mathur, S B Olsson, N Pandit, P Rajagopal, M Sankaran, R U Shaanker, D Shankar, U Ramakrishnan, A T Vanak, and S Quader
Contemporary losses of biodiversity, sometimes referred to as the sixth mass extinction, continue to mount. A recent assessment by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on…
31 Jan 2022 | Nandan Nawn
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Nature supports all economic activities. It does not matter if it’s a good or a service, produced in the formal or the non-formal parts of the economic…
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…
