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The marshes of Tso Kar in the Changthang Plateau of Ladakh. The implementation of access and benefit sharing in remote regions is already compromised by the topography and scarcity of resources, and further at risk by the ABS regime. Image by Esha Joshi.

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A container washed ashore in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala from the ELSA-3 shipwreck. Some containers that washed to the coast were even seen catching fire in Kollam district. Image by John Bennet.

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Plantation work by local people in a forest near Thala village in Kangra district. Image by Pushpendra Rana.

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Thanks to captive breeding programme and penalties for killings, the Mrs Humes pheasant can now be easily spotted at night at Jessami and Razai Khullen on the Naga Hills. Image by Dhritiman Mukherjee.

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The marshes of Tso Kar in the Changthang Plateau of Ladakh. The implementation of access and benefit sharing in remote regions is already compromised by the topography and scarcity of resources, and further at risk by the ABS regime. Image by Esha Joshi.