[Commentary] Restoring urban wetlands for a brighter future
The World Bank estimates that 34.4 percent of India’s population is urban, marking a steady rise in city-dwellers over the past six decades. As the demand for land for housing…
Articles by Priya Ranganathan
Priya Ranganathan is a wetland ecologist and geologist by training. She
completed her Master's education from Duke University's Nicholas School of the Environment. She hails from the coastal Indian city of Mumbai.
[Explainer] Locust swarms in India: millimeters in size but millions in numbers
Alongside a global pandemic, India prepares to fight yet another battle for food security. Unlike the micron-sized virus, however, the new threat is millimeters in size but millions in number:…
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Wetland Champions
- [Commentary] India establishes the largest network of Ramsar Sites in South Asia
- [Commentary] Wetland champions: Promise from the grassroots
- The story of Jakkur lake sets an example for inclusive rejuvenation projects
- Welcome to Tsomgo lake: Please don’t litter
Environment And Health
- Lower species richness in deforested landscapes tied to high Kyasanur forest disease risk: study
- Soils from city parks are important hotspots of microbial diversity: study
- India’s dietary guidelines have a relatively lower carbon footprint: study
- [Commentary] Will the COVID-19 second wave buck the trend for the Indian middle class?
Almost Famous Species
- A bridge of trees reunites gibbons separated by a railway line in Assam
- The neelakurinji bloom is wilting with time
- Misfired shot: Law to protect camel is contributing to its decline in Rajasthan
- [Commentary] Bactrian camels in Nubra Valley provide lessons for conservation of animal genetic resource
Eco Hope
- Worshipping Waghoba: Faith meets conservation in Maharashtra where humans and leopards share space
- Why tiger conservation efforts need genetic data
- Keeping alive a mangrove conservationist’s legacy to protect Kerala coast
- [Interview] The glass ceiling has been shattered, says ZSI’s first woman director
India's Iconic Landscapes
- Snug in Kashmir’s meadows, ox-eye daisy worries scientists
- Assam to destroy nearly 2500 seized rhino horns in anti-poaching message
- Rethinking tourism could save Udaipur from its pressures
- [Commentary] India establishes the largest network of Ramsar Sites in South Asia
Beyond Protected Areas
- Unpacking how cyclones impact mangroves’ ability to soak up carbon dioxide
- When conservation efforts collide with tribal rights in Maharashtra
- Worshipping Waghoba: Faith meets conservation in Maharashtra where humans and leopards share space
- Why tiger conservation efforts need genetic data
Conserving Agro-biodiversity
- Sweet pineapples and a variety of trees nurture each other in this patchwork plantation
- How climate change is taking a toll on livelihoods of small-scale fishers in Kerala
- Plant Man Miguel Braganza on how Konkan Fruit Fest preserves food biodiversity
- Building up carbon sinks in northeast India’s shifting cultivation landscape
Just Transitions
- When salt is an essential commodity and salt makers are not
- Jharkhand’s solar pump scheme aims to improve lives of farmers by increasing irrigation potential
- Odisha has an ambitious electric vehicle plan but faces challenges
- Stone mining in Brahmagiri mountains chips away at the Godavari River ecosystem
