T. V. Padma

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T. V. Padma is a science and environment correspondent based in New Delhi. Her reports have been published in a mix of international and national publications including Nature, New Scientist, Chemistry World, India Climate Dialogue and The Wire.

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Many families depend on prawn seed collection along the banks, a practice that also leads to destruction of juvenile fishes of other species. Photo Snigdhendu Bhattacharya

Scientists raise caution as mangroves erode faster along the Bengal coastline

T. V. Padma 22 Feb 2022
The Himalayan monal is illegally trafficked from the Himalayas. Photo by Koshy Koshy/Wikimedia Commons.

Using citizen science to track illegal wildlife trade in the Himalayas

T. V. Padma 21 Jan 2022
Morus alba or white mulberry plant. Photo by Lazaregagnidze/Wikimedia Commons.

Asia’s first mulberry fossil unearthed in Rajasthan’s lignite mines

T. V. Padma 9 Dec 2021

Integrated farming systems emerge as possible climate adaptation solution

T. V. Padma 12 Nov 2021

India’s ancient underground fish species under threat due to poor water governance

T. V. Padma 12 Oct 2021

Land use changes are driving Himalayan forest bird loss

T. V. Padma 1 Mar 2021

Can biodiversity loss lead to more infectious disease spread?

T. V. Padma 28 Apr 2020

Deforestation and disease: How natural habitat destruction can fuel zoonotic diseases

T. V. Padma 1 Apr 2020

What shola sky islands say about diseases in wild birds

T. V. Padma 12 Sep 2019

Genetics shake-up for India’s tiger conservation plans

T. V. Padma 3 Sep 2019

What is preventing the widespread adoption of biopesticides in India?

T. V. Padma 9 Jul 2019

When and from where did black pepper come to India?

T. V. Padma 20 Jun 2019

Indian forests may be able to withstand climate change better than feared

T. V. Padma 27 May 2019

Conservation of Sikkim biodiversity needs re-strategising: study

T. V. Padma 6 May 2019

New frog species discovered in biodiversity-rich Western Ghats

T. V. Padma 18 Mar 2019

Study links declining native vegetation to water stress in Kali basin

T. V. Padma 22 Feb 2019

How resilient is India to water-related disturbances?

T. V. Padma 29 Nov 2018

Rainforest coffee better for taste and biodiversity, but needs policy support for farmers’ income

T. V. Padma 10 Sep 2018

Roads reduce conservation effectiveness of protected areas in the Western Ghats

T. V. Padma 20 Jun 2018

Reports say forest cover decreasing, contrary to government claims

T. V. Padma 15 May 2018

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