This week’s environment and conservation news stories rolled into one.
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[Explainer] What is a People’s Biodiversity Register?
The Register catalogues local flora, fauna, and traditional knowledge, ensuring that ecological treasures are not forgotten.
New study puts spotlight on neglected mammal, bird pollinators
Bats and squirrels, economically important pollinators, face population decline, warn scientists.
Air pollution deaths spotlight need for health-based air quality standards
New study estimates at least 33,000 people die from exposure to air pollution in 10 Indian cities on an annual basis.
The feral elephants of the Andaman Islands
The impact of the presence of elephants on the islands’ ecosystems, particularly on native vegetation, remains a matter of debate.
Rapid urbanisation and climate change threaten groundwater resources in Ladakh, says study
Rapid urbanisation, population growth, and unplanned development have led to land use and land cover changes in Ladakh, adding stress on groundwater resources in the region, says a new study.
Trailer: Wild Frequencies | Everything Environment by Mongabay-India
Animals communicate. And some researchers listen to what they are saying.
Podcast hosts Shreya Dasgupta and Kartik Chandramouli travelled to different parts of India and spoke to multiple scientists to hear stories of sounds from the animal world. They will decode those wild frequencies for us, one song, one howl, and one chirp at a time.
Wild Frequencies is a three-part mini series, exploring an emerging science called bioacoustics, which is helping us learn more about wildlife and find ways to protect it.
Raising houses above rising flood waters
Residents of flood-prone Kuttanad in Kerala are increasingly adopting architectural solutions to combat waterlogging and flooding. House lifting or house jacking is an ongoing trend where an existing house is lifted above flood water levels to avoid water intrusion into the house.
Massive fish kill in Periyar river attributed to industrial pollution
Polluted water from the Pathalam regulator-bridge upstream led to a significant fish mortality event in the Periyar river.
[Commentary] Magnifying the rural lens to accelerate clean energy transition
Utilising available residential spaces for installing solar systems, integrating virtual net metering for community solar models, and allocating budget for capacity building and training, can be the key enablers for rooftop solar adoption in rural areas.
Lives of thousands of families hang in the balance as the water level of Sardar Sarovar dam is altered
With the change in the backwater level of the Narmada river, the number of villages declared as submergence-affected in Madhya Pradesh has been brought down from 360 to 176.
