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					<title>Odours offer new clues in monitoring big cats</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2026/09/odours-offer-new-clues-in-monitoring-big-cats/</link>
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					<pubDate>24 Sep 2026 10:17:35 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Sneha Mahale]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Priyanka Shankar]]>
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							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leopard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leopards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wildlife monitoring]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Beyond Protected Areas]]>
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							<![CDATA[India]]>
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											<topic-tags>
							<![CDATA[Animal Behaviour, Animals, Big Cats, Biodiversity, Camera traps, Cats, Conservation, Ecology, Environment, Forests, Mammals, Research, Technology and Conservation, Tigers, Wildlife, and Zoos]]>
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							<![CDATA[Camera trapping and genetic sampling are big cat monitoring techniques that can estimate population size, density and identify individuals. But they often provide limited information about an animal’s age, sex, reproductive status or health. A new study now suggests that the animal’s urine and scat could reveal more than its presence in a forest. Researchers [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Camera trapping and genetic sampling are big cat monitoring techniques that can estimate population size, density and identify individuals. But they often provide limited information about an animal’s age, sex, reproductive status or health. A new study now suggests that the animal’s urine and scat could reveal more than its presence in a forest. Researchers from the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Ahmedabad University and the Danish Academy of Technical Sciences tested whether volatile organic compounds (VOCs) present in urine and scat could provide a non-invasive way of collecting information about Bengal tigers and Indian leopards. “The goal was to see whether you could ‘read’ biologically meaningful information — species, age, sex, even reproductive state — directly from the odours the animals leave behind, without ever having to catch, dart, or physically handle the animal,” says B.V. Aditi Prasad, the corresponding author of the study and currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany. Testing the method The researchers collected urine and scat from nine captive tigers and 15 captive leopards at three zoos — Bannerghatta Biological Park in Bengaluru, Kamala Nehru Zoological Park in Ahmedabad and Sayajibaug Zoo in Vadodara. The ages and sexes of the animals were known, allowing researchers to compare their chemical profiles with these characteristics. A new study of tiger and leopard samples in India suggests that a big cat&#8217;s urine and scat could reveal more about its ecology than camera traps and genetic samples. Image by Prasenjeet Yadav.&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/09/odours-offer-new-clues-in-monitoring-big-cats/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Genetic blueprint of four Asian hornbills offers new tool for hornbill research</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2026/08/genetic-blueprint-of-four-asian-hornbills-offer-new-tool-for-hornbill-research/</link>
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					<pubDate>31 Aug 2026 11:40:36 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Nikhil Sreekandan]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Aditi Tandon]]>
					</author>
							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gene]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[genetics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[genome]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Almost Famous Species]]>
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											<locations>
							<![CDATA[India]]>
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											<topic-tags>
							<![CDATA[Biodiversity, Birds, Conservation, Endangered species, Evolution, Technology, Technology and Conservation, and Wildlife]]>
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							<![CDATA[Scientists have generated a reference genome, a genetic structure model, for four threatened Asian hornbill species. The high-quality genome assemblies were generated for the great hornbill, rufous-necked hornbill, Malabar-pied hornbill and wreathed hornbill by researchers from the Nature Conservation Foundation, Mysore and CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad. “My research interest is [in] [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Scientists have generated a reference genome, a genetic structure model, for four threatened Asian hornbill species. The high-quality genome assemblies were generated for the great hornbill, rufous-necked hornbill, Malabar-pied hornbill and wreathed hornbill by researchers from the Nature Conservation Foundation, Mysore and CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad. “My research interest is [in] understanding how wildlife responds to their changing environment,” says corresponding author of the research paper Pooja Pawar, who has studied great hornbills (Buceros bicornis) in both protected areas and in coffee plantations. For her master’s dissertation, Pawar compared the behaviour and breeding biology of these large, majestic birds in protected areas in the Anamalai Hills and the human-modified landscape of Valparai, Tamil Nadu. Then, for her Ph.D. at the Nature Conservation Foundation and Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Pawar expanded the scope of her research to investigate how climatic, geographic, and anthropogenic factors have influenced hornbill populations across regions and geological epochs. To help answer these questions, the behavioural biologist turned to genomics, the study of an organism’s complete genetic structure. “Genomics allowed me to ask these questions at much larger temporal and geographic scales,” Pawar says. “I could go back in time, to when the species originated or diverged from its sister species, and not restrict [my research] to the Western Ghats or northeast India.” But before she could do that, Pawar first had to create baseline genomic data for Asian hornbill species, which was largely missing despite their flagship conservation status. Whole-genome information&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/08/genetic-blueprint-of-four-asian-hornbills-offer-new-tool-for-hornbill-research/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Rare lynx photo puts spotlight on high-altitude rangelands</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2026/08/rare-lynx-photo-puts-spotlight-on-high-altitude-rangelands/</link>
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					<pubDate>04 Aug 2026 15:20:02 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Manish Chandra Mishra]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Shailesh Shrivastava]]>
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							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carnivores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eastern himalayas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eurasian lynx]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sikkim Himalayas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[snow leopard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[snow leopards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tibetan plateau]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wolf]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Almost Famous Species]]>
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							<![CDATA[Sikkim]]>
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											<topic-tags>
							<![CDATA[Big Cats, Biodiversity, Camera traps, Cats, Conservation, Ecology, Endangered species, Himalayas, In-situ conservation, Mountains, Photos, Positive Environmental, Technology and Conservation, and Wildlife]]>
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							<![CDATA[A Eurasian lynx has been recorded in a camera-trap image from the Tso Lhamo plateau in Sikkim. This encounter marks the first confirmed photographic evidence of the species in the state. It is also the second such record from the Eastern Himalayas. The image, captured in January 2026 at an altitude of 5,250 metres in [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[A Eurasian lynx has been recorded in a camera-trap image from the Tso Lhamo plateau in Sikkim. This encounter marks the first confirmed photographic evidence of the species in the state. It is also the second such record from the Eastern Himalayas. The image, captured in January 2026 at an altitude of 5,250 metres in Mangan district, shows the animal moving across a rocky, sparsely vegetated high-altitude slope. The sighting comes from a long-term snow leopard and rangeland monitoring programme led by the Sikkim forest department and WWF-India. The initiative tracks snow leopards and associated wildlife while studying the ecological condition of the trans-Himalayan rangelands. The Sikkim record follows a 2025 photographic documentation of a Eurasian lynx in Arunachal Pradesh during a joint survey by WWF-India and the Arunachal Pradesh forest department. “It highlights the ecological significance of our high-altitude rangelands and reinforces our commitment to protecting these fragile ecosystems. The cooperation of the Lachen Dzumsa (traditional local self-governance body) in facilitating access to these remote areas has been important to this work,” Sikkim’s Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife), Udai Gurung, said in a press note. At the Tso Lhamo plateau in Sikkim, researchers captured camera-trap images of a Eurasian lynx, along with several other elusive species. High-altitude rangelands like this region have wrongly been dismissed as barren deserts of little ecological value. Image courtesy of Forest &amp; Environment Department, Sikkim, and WWF-India. The images are part of a long-term snow leopard and trans-Himalayan rangeland monitoring programme. Image courtesy of&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/08/rare-lynx-photo-puts-spotlight-on-high-altitude-rangelands/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>A machine learning-powered chatbot to guide tree plantation in the Himalayas</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2026/07/a-machine-learning-powered-chatbot-to-guide-tree-plantation-in-the-himalayas/</link>
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					<pubDate>16 Jul 2026 13:26:29 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Nikhil Sreekandan]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Priyanka Shankar]]>
					</author>
							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AI for Good]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Artificial Intelligence]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Just Transitions]]>
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							<![CDATA[Himachal Pradesh and Himalayas]]>
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											<topic-tags>
							<![CDATA[Conservation, Environment, Forests, Himalayas, Plantations, Plants, Reforestation, Technology, Technology and Conservation, and Trees]]>
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							<![CDATA[In 2022, Pushpendra Rana and his colleagues projected using a machine learning model that Himachal Pradesh would spend $100 million (approximately ₹95 crores) between 2020 and 2030 on planting trees that were unlikely to survive. They published the findings in the journal World Development. But Rana, a serving Indian Forest Officer, didn’t just stop at [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[In 2022, Pushpendra Rana and his colleagues projected using a machine learning model that Himachal Pradesh would spend $100 million (approximately ₹95 crores) between 2020 and 2030 on planting trees that were unlikely to survive. They published the findings in the journal World Development. But Rana, a serving Indian Forest Officer, didn’t just stop at drawing attention to the wasteful tree-planting practices in his state. Over the next four years, he focused on developing a restoration decision-support tool to aid in more successful tree planting in the country. Rana partnered with RootIQ Labs Pvt. Ltd., a New Delhi-based artificial intelligence company, to develop WhereToPlant Bot, a chatbot that can predict the survival probability of saplings in a given location based on different climatic and environmental parameters. This chatbot can be accessed by anyone with a Telegram account. Once they share their location pin, it uses machine-learning models to quickly respond with a survival probability score and a star rating for any and all plants for the particular planting site, ranging from ‘no chance’ to ‘high chance’. The chatbot is currently exclusive to Himachal Pradesh, where it has been functional for over a year. The state forest department, mahila mandals (women collectives), yuvak mandals (youth groups) and self-help groups have taken its guidance to plant saplings, Rana told Mongabay-India. More than 200 women&#8217;s groups and 50 youth clubs used the tool in the field. DFOs and restoration practitioners as part of the Rajiv Gandhi Van Samvardhan Yojana (US$10.14 million community-driven plantation&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/07/a-machine-learning-powered-chatbot-to-guide-tree-plantation-in-the-himalayas/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Automating bat detection for more efficient monitoring and data collection</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2025/04/automating-bat-detection-for-more-efficient-monitoring-and-data-collection/</link>
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					<pubDate>02 Apr 2025 14:40:39 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Aisiri Amin]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Priyanka Shankar]]>
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							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wildlife monitoring]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Beyond Protected Areas]]>
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											<locations>
							<![CDATA[Maharashtra]]>
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											<topic-tags>
							<![CDATA[Ecology, Technology, Technology and Conservation, and Wildlife]]>
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							<![CDATA[In a leap for bat monitoring in India, bat biologist Kadambari Deshpande and technologist Vedant Barje have developed an automated bat detection and classification system. Created in October 2024 and introduced in February 2025, BatEchoMon is an innovative, solar-powered technology that makes data processing faster and more efficient, with near real-time insights. The researchers have [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[In a leap for bat monitoring in India, bat biologist Kadambari Deshpande and technologist Vedant Barje have developed an automated bat detection and classification system. Created in October 2024 and introduced in February 2025, BatEchoMon is an innovative, solar-powered technology that makes data processing faster and more efficient, with near real-time insights. The researchers have now installed two units of BatEchoMon at a field site on private land in Maharashtra to monitor and understand the importance of bats in agro ecosystems. “For instance, insectivorous bats control agricultural insect pests of several crops, and thus contribute to the protection of yields from pest-driven losses,” says Deshpande, post-doctoral fellow, Long-Term Urban Ecological Observatory (LTUEO) and School of Environment and Sustainability (SES) at the Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS), Bengaluru. Around the world, bats face threats from habitat loss, human activities, climate change, hunting, and disease. Over a third of bat species are considered threatened or data deficient according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Globally, 18% of all bat species are data deficient &#8211; categorised as such when there is not enough information available to make a reliable assessment of its conservation status or risk of extinction &#8211; which is much higher than reported for either other mammals (13%) or birds (1%). A greater false vampire bat (Lyroderma lyra) and rufous horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus rouxii). As bats around the world continue to face a decline due to habitat loss, human disturbances and other concerns, the monitoring and study&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2025/04/automating-bat-detection-for-more-efficient-monitoring-and-data-collection/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Trishant Simlai on challenging the exploitative nature of conservation surveillance [Interview]</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2025/03/trishant-simlai-on-challenging-the-exploitative-nature-of-conservation-surveillance-interview/</link>
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					<pubDate>04 Mar 2025 10:07:11 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Nikhil Sreekandan]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Priyanka Shankar]]>
					</author>
							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[camera traps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gender]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social sciences]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tiger reserve]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wildlife]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[India]]>
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											<topic-tags>
							<![CDATA[Camera traps, Environmental Law, Protected Areas, Technology, and Technology and Conservation]]>
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							<![CDATA[Following his talk about conservation surveillance technologies at Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Bengaluru, on February 5, Trishant Simlai was met with shock and awe among fellow researchers and conservationists. Over the last few years, Simlai has been invited to some of the most prominent institutes and conservation organisations to [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Following his talk about conservation surveillance technologies at Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Bengaluru, on February 5, Trishant Simlai was met with shock and awe among fellow researchers and conservationists. Over the last few years, Simlai has been invited to some of the most prominent institutes and conservation organisations to present his research, including University of Oxford, Stanford University, World Wildlife Fund for Nature and more. Everywhere, it has been the same reaction. The conservation social scientist has, of late, captured the attention of the conservation world with his research on surveillance technologies, such as camera traps and drones, and the implications of them watching people instead of wildlife. &#8220;It&#8217;s not that those who use these technologies don&#8217;t know. They get thousands of pictures of people in their camera traps. But it took our research paper for them to stand up and take notice,&#8221; says Simlai, who completed his doctoral studies at the University of Cambridge in 2021. Drawing on 14 months of ethnographic fieldwork in the Corbett Tiger Reserve in Uttarakhand, from October 2018 to December 2019, Simlai&#8217;s research examines how conservation surveillance alters the relationship between the forest and Indigenous communities and establishes layered regimes that discipline and exacerbate the marginalisation of said communities. In this interview with Mongabay India, Simlai talks about the significance and consequences of his research and the way forward for conservation surveillance technologies. The conversation has been edited for clarity and length. Mongabay: There is a growing interest&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2025/03/trishant-simlai-on-challenging-the-exploitative-nature-of-conservation-surveillance-interview/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Leopards are adapting to central India’s urban jungle</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2025/02/leopards-are-adapting-to-central-indias-urban-jungle/</link>
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					<pubDate>18 Feb 2025 12:35:06 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Sneha Mahale]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Priyanka Shankar]]>
					</author>
							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[camera traps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human-wildlife conflict]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leopards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[machine learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wildlife corridors]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Beyond Protected Areas]]>
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							<![CDATA[India and Madhya Pradesh]]>
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											<topic-tags>
							<![CDATA[Camera traps, Cities and Towns, Conservation, Human Wildlife Conflict, Technology and Conservation, and Wildlife]]>
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							<![CDATA[As cities sprawl and concrete landscapes replace natural habitats, wildlife faces the challenge of adapting to an increasingly human-dominated world. Among the most elusive yet remarkably adaptable species is the leopard (Panthera pardus). A new study based in central India sheds light on how leopards are adapting to survive within the region’s fast-changing cityscapes. “Accurate [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[As cities sprawl and concrete landscapes replace natural habitats, wildlife faces the challenge of adapting to an increasingly human-dominated world. Among the most elusive yet remarkably adaptable species is the leopard (Panthera pardus). A new study based in central India sheds light on how leopards are adapting to survive within the region’s fast-changing cityscapes. “Accurate population estimates are crucial for conservation, but imprecise data often forces researchers to rely on expert opinions or flawed methods. This limits our understanding of leopard behaviour, habitat use, and interactions. With few studies on urban leopards, assessing their presence in cities is now essential,” says Aniruddha Majumder, scientist and divisional in-charge, animal ecology division, State Forest Research Institute &#8211; Jabalpur, and one of the study&#8217;s authors. Leopard in Madhya Pradesh captured on camera trap. Image by Aniruddha Majumder. Role model India is home to an estimated 13,874 leopards, with Madhya Pradesh home to the highest population at 3,907. To understand how these big cats navigate city life, researchers conducted a comprehensive study between September 2021 and May 2022, focusing on two key urban landscapes: Indore and Jabalpur. To estimate population size, they used the camera trap mark-recapture method, which has proven effective for elusive species. Data from camera traps and sign surveys were used for distribution modelling. They also applied MaxEnt, a machine learning tool, to assess suitable leopard habitats in urban areas. “The model considered environmental factors such as elevation, slope, land use, drainage and water bodies. Species presence data covered the entire&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2025/02/leopards-are-adapting-to-central-indias-urban-jungle/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Drones take wildlife conservation to new heights</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2025/02/drones-take-wildlife-conservation-to-new-heights/</link>
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					<pubDate>03 Feb 2025 12:59:14 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Arathi Menon]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Priyanka Shankar]]>
					</author>
							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[technology]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Beyond Protected Areas]]>
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							<![CDATA[India]]>
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							<![CDATA[Technology and Conservation]]>
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							<![CDATA[Dugong researcher Sagar Rajpurkar made a significant breakthrough while searching for dugongs in Gujarat&#8217;s Gulf of Kutch. “We knew from the feeding trails that dugongs were present in the waters, but we had no sightings or photographic evidence to conclusively confirm it,” Rajpurkar shares with Mongabay India. The evidence came from drones. Flown over the [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Dugong researcher Sagar Rajpurkar made a significant breakthrough while searching for dugongs in Gujarat&#8217;s Gulf of Kutch. “We knew from the feeding trails that dugongs were present in the waters, but we had no sightings or photographic evidence to conclusively confirm it,” Rajpurkar shares with Mongabay India. The evidence came from drones. Flown over the area multiple times, the mechanical “birds” captured clear visuals of the bulbous animals along the shallow shores. “It was a major breakthrough in our study. Interview surveys by GEER Foundation had estimated the population to be around 10 to 15 individuals in Gujarat,” he adds. Rajpurkar is studying dugongs for the Wildlife Institute of India’s CAMPA-Dugong Project, which is a part of the endangered species recovery programme funded by the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) of the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change (MOEFCC). He says that drones have helped them get sightings from all dugong distribution areas in India — Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Mihir Godbole, founder of The Grasslands Trust, says that aerial photos of wolves captured by drones in Maharashtra’s open natural ecosystems revealed unique characteristics that could potentially revolutionise global wolf studies. Social carnivores such as wolves and hyenas have complex pack hierarchies, and identifying individuals within these packs is crucial for understanding their behaviour. Godbole says that the aerial images of wolves have uncovered distinctive patterns which could be their unique identifiers. One major challenge in wolf conservation has been the difficulty&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2025/02/drones-take-wildlife-conservation-to-new-heights/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Seagrass mapping helps identify restoration potential</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2025/01/seagrass-mapping-uses-cutting-edge-technology/</link>
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					<pubDate>24 Jan 2025 11:25:41 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Phalguni Ranjan]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Arathimenon]]>
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							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dugong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environmental technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indian Ocean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marine Fisheries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marine wildlife]]></category>
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											<reporting-project>
							<![CDATA[Hewing The Regulatory Tree]]>
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							<![CDATA[Tamil Nadu]]>
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							<![CDATA[Ecosystem services, Oceans, and Technology and Conservation]]>
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							<![CDATA[A new study maps the spatial distribution and status of seagrass beds along Manora&#8217;s coast in Tamil Nadu, a known dugong habitat, using acoustics and ground-truthing techniques, underscoring the potential for seagrass restoration. Seagrasses are marine flowering plants that form meadows in shallow, warm waters. They are critical habitats for marine species like dugongs, turtles, [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[A new study maps the spatial distribution and status of seagrass beds along Manora&#8217;s coast in Tamil Nadu, a known dugong habitat, using acoustics and ground-truthing techniques, underscoring the potential for seagrass restoration. Seagrasses are marine flowering plants that form meadows in shallow, warm waters. They are critical habitats for marine species like dugongs, turtles, fish, and invertebrates, as well as feeding grounds and nurseries for others. They also serve as powerful carbon sinks, capturing and storing significant amounts of carbon, thus, aiding in climate change mitigation. Seagrass ecosystems are increasingly threatened by anthropogenic activities, climate change, and natural disasters, putting the marine life that depends on them at risk. In recent years, however, the global movement to conserve these vital ecosystems has gained significant momentum. With that in focus, a team of researchers conducted a small-scale study to map and assess the spatial distribution and restoration potential of seagrass beds in the Palk Bay region which hosts the Dugong Conservation Reserve (DCR). Established in 2022, the reserve, spread over approximately 500 sq. km. protects the endangered dugong (Dugong dugon) or “sea cow”, a species that subsists entirely on seagrasses. The DCR is India&#8217;s first protected area dedicated to dugongs. The research was conducted by a team from OMCAR Foundation (Organization for Marine Conservation, Awareness and Research), Palk Bay, Tamil Nadu and Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI), Karwar, Karnataka. Large meadows of seagrass are found in the Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay. As per a 2022 estimate by the&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2025/01/seagrass-mapping-uses-cutting-edge-technology/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Conservation drones need to overcome some takeoff troubles</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2024/08/conservation-drones-need-to-overcome-some-takeoff-troubles/</link>
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					<pubDate>19 Aug 2024 12:56:48 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Laasya Shekhar]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Priyanka Shankar]]>
					</author>
							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[technology]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[India]]>
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											<topic-tags>
							<![CDATA[Conservation, Forests, Technology, Technology and Conservation, and Wildlife]]>
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							<![CDATA[During the 2023 Assam floods, the state’s forest department used drones to trace soil erosion in the Kohara range of the Kaziranga National Park. The erosion had destroyed the road network significantly, says Arun Vignesh, Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) and Deputy Director, Kaziranga. “As animal movements are aggressive during floods, manual surveillance of wildlife was [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[During the 2023 Assam floods, the state’s forest department used drones to trace soil erosion in the Kohara range of the Kaziranga National Park. The erosion had destroyed the road network significantly, says Arun Vignesh, Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) and Deputy Director, Kaziranga. “As animal movements are aggressive during floods, manual surveillance of wildlife was not advisable,” he adds. So, the team used quadcopters &#8211; light-weight drones with four rotors &#8211; for aerial assessment. This helped expedite the road reconstruction after the floods. In Madhya Pradesh’s Panna Tiger Reserve (PTR), drone surveillance has been helpful to monitor forest fires. Incidents of forest fires caused by human activity have reduced by half after drone surveillance was implemented in 2017, notes Shashank Sawan, project engineer, Wildlife Institute of India (WII). “Forest fires were often caused by arson and smoking, despite both being prohibited,&#8221; he says. Once people knew they were being watched, these incidents came down, he adds. The drones were initially introduced in PTR for monitoring tiger movement in the protected area, as part of the pilot project by WII and the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA). Tracking forest fires then became an added advantage of the drones. The drones also accurately calculate the burned areas which helps inform mitigation measures that can then be deployed faster. Micro drones, in the forests of Tamil Nadu, have helped estimate the baseline population of the endangered species in difficult-to-access habitats. “The Nilgiri Tahr lives 300 to 2,800 metres above mean sea level. Due to&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2024/08/conservation-drones-need-to-overcome-some-takeoff-troubles/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Innovative air-to-water tech using liquid desiccant makes affordable, renewable water</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2024/08/innovative-air-to-water-tech-using-liquid-desiccant-makes-affordable-renewable-water/</link>
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					<pubDate>13 Aug 2024 16:22:20 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Arathi Menon]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Aditi Tandon]]>
					</author>
							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[atmospheric water generator]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renewable water source]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urvau]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water crisis]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Climate Innovations]]>
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											<locations>
							<![CDATA[India and Karnataka]]>
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											<topic-tags>
							<![CDATA[Air Pollution, Groundwater, Natural Resources, Technology, Technology and Conservation, and Water]]>
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							<![CDATA[Mega Indian cities like Bengaluru have been staring at the looming threat of a potential Day Zero for some time now. The mismanagement of water resources in the city is so severe that lakes and tanks — historical structures once essential for meeting the city&#8217;s water needs — are now polluted and frothing with toxic [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Mega Indian cities like Bengaluru have been staring at the looming threat of a potential Day Zero for some time now. The mismanagement of water resources in the city is so severe that lakes and tanks — historical structures once essential for meeting the city&#8217;s water needs — are now polluted and frothing with toxic waste. Meanwhile, groundwater resources are depleting at an alarming rate. The situation is further compounded by the climate emergency. Scientist T.V. Ramachandra, coordinator of the Energy and Wetlands Research Group at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), explains that the city’s water scarcity is due to “a depleting groundwater table and lower yield in the (river) Cauvery catchment.” He adds, “The climate emergency is aggravated by the loss of native species and forest cover resulting from deforestation.” Bengaluru is not alone in this predicament. Other cities around the world, such as Cape Town in South Africa, Mexico City, and Istanbul in Turkey, are also grappling with severe water stress. Atmospheric water gets bottled at Uravu Labs in Bengaluru. The innovative atmospheric water generator uses a liquid desiccant to absorb moisture from air. Image by Abhishek N. Chinnappa for Mongabay. According to the 2018 Composite Water Management Index (CWMI) report released by NITI Aayog, 600 million Indians face high to extreme water stress and about two lakh people die every year due to inadequate access to safe water. The report predicts worsening of the crisis and by 2030, the country’s water demand is projected to be&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2024/08/innovative-air-to-water-tech-using-liquid-desiccant-makes-affordable-renewable-water/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>A Ladakhi podcast spurs conversations about wildlife and conservation</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2024/07/a-ladakhi-podcast-spurs-conversations-about-wildlife-and-conservation/</link>
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					<pubDate>17 Jul 2024 17:20:45 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Kasturi Das]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Priyanka Shankar]]>
					</author>
							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[language]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[podcast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wildlife]]></category>
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											<reporting-project>
							<![CDATA[Almost Famous Species and Climate Connections]]>
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											<locations>
							<![CDATA[India and Ladakh]]>
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											<topic-tags>
							<![CDATA[Biodiversity, Conservation, Technology and Conservation, and Wildlife]]>
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							<![CDATA[An initiative in Ladakh aims to raise awareness about wildlife in the region and encourage conservation efforts through a podcast delivered in the local Ladakhi language. A year ago, Morup Namgail, a photographer, and Padma Rigzin, a researcher, launched Ladakh Si Podcast, which literally translates to “Podcast from Ladakh” in Ladakhi. This self-funded podcast weaves [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[An initiative in Ladakh aims to raise awareness about wildlife in the region and encourage conservation efforts through a podcast delivered in the local Ladakhi language. A year ago, Morup Namgail, a photographer, and Padma Rigzin, a researcher, launched Ladakh Si Podcast, which literally translates to “Podcast from Ladakh” in Ladakhi. This self-funded podcast weaves together narratives of ecology, culture, and discusses the impacts of climate change on the region&#8217;s wildlife. Morup, 29, hails from Ulley, a village in Ladakh located at roughly 4,200 metres, with only six families. Padma, 32, is from Hemis Shukpachan, a village, around 14 kilometres from Ulley. Both Morup and Padma came together to collaborate on this podcast owing to the shared interest they had for the snow leopard, among other wildlife. While Morup is well known in Ladakh for documenting the snow leopards, Padma is currently studying human-snow leopard relationships for his Ph.D. degree at Shiv Nadar University in Greater Noida. As a native Ladakhi, Morup already had an understanding of the region and its environmental issues. It was, however, only after he delved into photography that he began to uncover the complexities in wildlife conservation. This led him to think how he, as a local, can contribute to conservation efforts.  “In Ladakh, there hasn’t been much focus on wildlife conservation because the predominant emphasis has traditionally been on development,” he says. Through his wildlife photography, particularly capturing the elusive snow leopard, Morup believes he has brought attention to Ladakh&#8217;s unique wildlife and the&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2024/07/a-ladakhi-podcast-spurs-conversations-about-wildlife-and-conservation/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Tagging crocodiles with satellite transmitters</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2024/05/tagging-crocodiles-with-satellite-transmitters/</link>
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					<pubDate>14 May 2024 16:23:48 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Rafiqul Islam]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Priyanka Shankar]]>
					</author>
							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crocodiles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[satellites]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Beyond Protected Areas]]>
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											<locations>
							<![CDATA[Bangladesh, India, South Asia, and Sundarbans]]>
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											<topic-tags>
							<![CDATA[Research and Technology and Conservation]]>
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							<![CDATA[In a breakthrough in saltwater crocodile conservation in Bangladesh, the country has started using a satellite tagging system to monitor the species’ movements, habits, and life span in the Sundarbans mangroves in Bangladesh. This is perhaps the first time this has been done in Asia. On March 13, Bangladesh Forest Department attached satellite tags on [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[In a breakthrough in saltwater crocodile conservation in Bangladesh, the country has started using a satellite tagging system to monitor the species’ movements, habits, and life span in the Sundarbans mangroves in Bangladesh. This is perhaps the first time this has been done in Asia. On March 13, Bangladesh Forest Department attached satellite tags on two saltwater crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus) and released them in the mangrove waters of the Sundarbans. A few days later, the same process was repeated on two more individuals. Two Australian crocodilian experts — Ruchira Somaweera, research scientist at Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and an adjunct lecturer at Murdoch University, and Paul Beri, principal ranger of Queensland Parks and Wildlife Services — assisted in tagging the crocodiles and trained the forest officials in tagging and monitoring. The forest department team in Bangladesh and the experts from Australia stand next to a newly tagged crocodile before releasing it in the wild. Image by Md Mofizur Rahaman Chowdury. Bangladesh’s forest department and IUCN Bangladesh are jointly implementing the project with support from the Integrated Management of the Sundarbans Mangroves and the Marine Protected Area (MPA) Swatch of No Ground in Bangladesh (SoNG), initiated by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), on behalf of Germany’s economy and development ministry. Mihir Kumar Doe, Conservator of Forests (Khulna Circle), said there is a sizeable population of wild saltwater crocodiles in the Sundarbans currently as the forest department has released around 200 saltwater crocodiles to the mangroves since&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2024/05/tagging-crocodiles-with-satellite-transmitters/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>A new web tool offers ways to trace where illegal lion parts come from</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2024/01/a-new-web-tool-offers-ways-to-trace-where-illegal-lion-parts-come-from/</link>
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					<pubDate>15 Jan 2024 16:26:02 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Malavika Vyawahare]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Mongabay Editor]]>
					</author>
							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wildlife trade]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Global]]>
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											<topic-tags>
							<![CDATA[Animals, Big Cats, Cats, Environmental Crime, Technology, Technology and Conservation, and Wildlife Trade]]>
						</topic-tags>
					
					
											<description>
							<![CDATA[Lion numbers across their habitats the world over have decreased by three-quarters in the last 50 years. Today, only 20,000 to 40,000 of the majestic cats survive in the wild. Poaching amounts to a third of their deaths, and in many cases where they&#8217;re killed due to wildlife-livestock conflict, their body parts are harvested for [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Lion numbers across their habitats the world over have decreased by three-quarters in the last 50 years. Today, only 20,000 to 40,000 of the majestic cats survive in the wild. Poaching amounts to a third of their deaths, and in many cases where they&#8217;re killed due to wildlife-livestock conflict, their body parts are harvested for sale. Wildlife crime investigators face a big handicap when dealing with confiscated wildlife products. Sifting through dismembered remains — claws, bones, teeth — it is hard to say where they originate from. To trace lion parts to their source populations, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign developed a web tool, the Lion Localizer, which uses DNA testing to pinpoint the geographic source of contraband lion parts. “Currently, the origin of most lion products is unknown,” said Rob Ogden, director and co-founder of TRACE Wildlife Forensics Network, a partner in the Lion Localizer project. The U.K.-based nonprofit, which supports the application of forensic science in wildlife law enforcement and works in at least a dozen African countries, is trying to change that. Barring a small population in India, these big cats (Panthera leo) are only found in Africa. Technically, there are two extant lion subspecies: the northern lion (P. l. leo) and the southern lion (P. l. melanochaita). The former includes populations in Asia and those in Central and West Africa, while the latter includes lions in Southern and East Africa. DNA samples from confiscated parts are already used to identify species. This is key&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2024/01/a-new-web-tool-offers-ways-to-trace-where-illegal-lion-parts-come-from/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>India gears to use eDNA to identify, track wildlife</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2023/12/india-gears-to-use-edna-to-identify-track-wildlife/</link>
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					<pubDate>22 Dec 2023 18:09:16 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Sanjeev Kumar]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Aditi Tandon]]>
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		<category><![CDATA[eDNA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wildlife]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wildlife monitoring]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Research, Technology, Technology and Conservation, and Wildlife]]>
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							<![CDATA[The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) has set up a pilot project to use eDNA (environmental DNA), to study and monitor wildlife. At present, researchers collect scat (fecal) material from animals and take them for identification. This is done in the areas they are studying. The DNA of the particular targeted species is then sorted [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) has set up a pilot project to use eDNA (environmental DNA), to study and monitor wildlife. At present, researchers collect scat (fecal) material from animals and take them for identification. This is done in the areas they are studying. The DNA of the particular targeted species is then sorted out for population estimation. However, a study by scientists from the United Kingdom has stated that air-quality networks collect environmental DNA with the potential to measure biodiversity at continental scales and that these samples have ‘surprisingly stable DNA’, and it is the best possible method to ascertain terrestrial biodiversity. ZSI’s pilot project, based on this study, will do this through air quality monitoring stations, set up by various government authorities, that are used to identify and collect particulate matter present in the air. These stations have two filters, PM10 and PM2.5, which collect air particles to quantify levels of pollution in the air. “These filters are changed in eight hours, in the case of PM10 and 24 hours for PM2.5 respectively, said Rajender Kumar, a scientific officer with the Himachal Pradesh Pollution Control Board. Based on the particulate matter present or collected on filters, the levels of pollution in the air are determined after processing and analysing filters in the lab.” PM2.5 filter that catches air particles which can be used to extract DNA. Photo by Sanjeev Kumar. The study also added that “air monitoring networks are in fact gathering eDNA data reflecting local biodiversity on&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2023/12/india-gears-to-use-edna-to-identify-track-wildlife/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Pythons return home, slowly but surely, finds a new study</title>
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					<pubDate>06 Dec 2023 13:15:58 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Arathi Menon]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Aditi Tandon]]>
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		<category><![CDATA[home range]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indian rock python]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[king cobra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[python]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Beyond Protected Areas]]>
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							<![CDATA[India and Tamil Nadu]]>
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							<![CDATA[Reptiles, Technology, and Technology and Conservation]]>
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							<![CDATA[A recent telemetry study on 14 Indian rock pythons (Python molurus) in two South Indian tiger reserves has shed light on various aspects about the species, adding to the knowledge, that is currently limited, about snake ecology, distribution, population or behaviour in India, home to some of the largest snakes in the world. The study, [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[A recent telemetry study on 14 Indian rock pythons (Python molurus) in two South Indian tiger reserves has shed light on various aspects about the species, adding to the knowledge, that is currently limited, about snake ecology, distribution, population or behaviour in India, home to some of the largest snakes in the world. The study, conducted in Sathyamangalam and Mudumalai reserves in Tamil Nadu, aimed to understand the home range of the species. Understanding the home range, determines the behavioural ecology of a species across spatiotemporal scales, notes the paper. Certain fundamental parameters such as foraging patterns, migration and dispersal, and breeding success are directly associated with animal space use. India is home to three species of pythons — Indian rock python, Burmese python and reticulated python — considered the largest snake species in the world. While Indian python is distributed across the Indian subcontinent, Burmese python is restricted largely to Northeast India with some pocketed population reported from the north. The reticulated python, found across Southeast Asia, however, is restricted to the Nicobar archipelago in India.  A large home range and a slow return to home  Scientist Chinnaswamy Ramesh of Wildlife Institute of India who led the study informed Mongabay India that the research team found the pythons to have a home range of about four square kilometres. Moreover, the snakes will return home if they are released within 13 kilometres of their home range. “We found that one of the pythons took 11 months to travel 13 kilometres&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2023/12/pythons-return-home-slowly-but-surely-finds-a-new-study/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>There is more to radio collaring than cheetah deaths</title>
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					<pubDate>06 Oct 2023 18:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Arathi Menon]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Arathimenon]]>
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		<category><![CDATA[conservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[radio collaring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[research]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[India]]>
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							<![CDATA[Cats, Research, Technology and Conservation, and Wildlife]]>
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							<![CDATA[Radio collaring, a popular technology used in wildlife monitoring, has got a bad rap due to the cheetah mishaps in recent months. At least three of the nine cheetah deaths in Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh are attributed to infection from radio collars fitted on the cheetahs to monitor them. However, telemetry studies of [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Radio collaring, a popular technology used in wildlife monitoring, has got a bad rap due to the cheetah mishaps in recent months. At least three of the nine cheetah deaths in Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh are attributed to infection from radio collars fitted on the cheetahs to monitor them. However, telemetry studies of wild animals, using radio collars, are in fact a highly useful and prized methodology in wildlife research. Much of the literature on animal behaviour, migration, population dynamics, etc. available for conservation studies, is the result of the effective use of this technology for about half a century globally and over three decades in India. The research using radio telemetry in field ecology was initiated by William W. Cochran in the early 1960s but it came into prominence with the Craighead brothers’ (Frank and John Craighead) path-breaking study of grizzly bears in the Yellowstone National Park in the U.S. The grizzly population was on the decline. There was very little information about their ecology, home range, behaviour, or what they did during their long absence in the winter months. The researcher couple Mel and Fiona Sunquist are two other prominent names that used this technology for their study on wildcats. L.D. Mech, from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, brought the technology to India in 1976 for training and testing, according to a 2014 review of three decades of wildlife radio telemetry in India. Under the auspices of Project Tiger, two sambars, three nilgai, two chitals&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2023/10/there-is-more-to-radio-collaring-than-cheetah-deaths/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Cheetahs introduced in Kuno National Park struggle with humidity and weather conditions</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2023/08/cheetahs-introduced-in-kuno-national-park-struggle-with-humidity-and-weather-conditions/</link>
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					<pubDate>24 Aug 2023 11:08:02 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Shuchita Jha]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Aditi Tandon]]>
					</author>
							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cheetahs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kuno]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[protected areas]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[India and Madhya Pradesh]]>
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							<![CDATA[Big Cats, Cats, Conservation, Protected Areas, and Technology and Conservation]]>
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							<![CDATA[Since the launch of India’s ambitious cheetah reintroduction programme in 2022, six of the 20 adult cheetahs brought to India from Namibia and South Africa have died over the past year from September 2022 to August 2023. The recent deaths of three adult cheetahs – Tejas, Suraj and Dhatri – that took place in July [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Since the launch of India’s ambitious cheetah reintroduction programme in 2022, six of the 20 adult cheetahs brought to India from Namibia and South Africa have died over the past year from September 2022 to August 2023. The recent deaths of three adult cheetahs – Tejas, Suraj and Dhatri – that took place in July and August at the project site in Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh have raised questions about the monitoring and the wellbeing of the cats. There are some experts who are attributing the deaths to different weather patterns between the home and host countries, while others blame the authorities for negligence. The last three deaths took place in a span of little over a month. Their death is attributed to maggots laying eggs in the wounds under radio collars and septicaemia, a life-threatening bloodstream infection. The National Tiger Conservation Authority, in an official statement, dismissed the diagnosis as “speculation and hearsay”. Media reports later circulated images indicating that the deaths were in most likelihood due to infection in lacerated wounds. A Namibian Cheetah with radio collar, being prepared to be released in Kuno National Park in 2022. Photo from Cheetah Conservation Fund. Following the latest death of a cheetah, Dhatri, on August 2, the Cheetah Conservation Fund of Namibia (CCF), posted an official statement on the social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter), in which it said, “In collaboration with the Kuno National Park vet team, CCF conducted a post-mortem examination. The cause of&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2023/08/cheetahs-introduced-in-kuno-national-park-struggle-with-humidity-and-weather-conditions/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Privacy concerns rise as wildlife surveillance tech &#8216;watches&#8217; people</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2023/08/privacy-concerns-rise-as-wildlife-surveillance-tech-watches-people/</link>
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					<pubDate>07 Aug 2023 14:43:56 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Shreya Dasgupta]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Nandithachandraprakash]]>
					</author>
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		<category><![CDATA[camera]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conservation]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Connected Environments]]>
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							<![CDATA[Asia, Global, and India]]>
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							<![CDATA[Camera traps, Indigenous Peoples, People, Technology, and Technology and Conservation]]>
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							<![CDATA[In 2017, a camera installed on the fringes of Corbett Tiger Reserve in northern India photographed an unsuspecting woman. The local forest staff had set up the device discreetly to monitor passing tigers and elephants. But residents of a nearby village, which lacks toilets, also used the same area the camera was watching. Oblivious to [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[In 2017, a camera installed on the fringes of Corbett Tiger Reserve in northern India photographed an unsuspecting woman. The local forest staff had set up the device discreetly to monitor passing tigers and elephants. But residents of a nearby village, which lacks toilets, also used the same area the camera was watching. Oblivious to the device, the woman had entered the camera’s field of view while squatting to relieve herself. A forest guard and a couple of forest watchers later shared her pictures on local WhatsApp and Facebook groups. What was meant to be a private moment turned into a public spectacle. “It was like a joke, but it became a major case of sexual harassment,” says Trishant Simlai, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Cambridge’s Department of Sociology. “It didn’t become a bigger issue because the forest watchers were from the same village. But the camera trap ended up being used for something it wasn’t meant for.” This wasn’t an isolated incident, Simlai found during the 14 months he spent in and around Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR) for his Ph.D. In one of the first studies of its kind from the Global South, Simlai was trying to figure out what happens when technologies meant for conservation watch people instead. Women in forests feel wary when camera traps are around. Illustration by Adwait Pawar and Trishant Simlai. After all, various technologies — from camera traps to drones and acoustic sensors — help researchers, conservation groups and governments keep&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2023/08/privacy-concerns-rise-as-wildlife-surveillance-tech-watches-people/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Warming water and pollution amplify fish mortality in Kerala during summer</title>
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					<pubDate>15 May 2023 12:45:33 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Reema Abraham]]>
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						<![CDATA[Priyanka Shankar]]>
					</author>
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							<![CDATA[Climate Connections]]>
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							<![CDATA[India and Kerala]]>
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							<![CDATA[Conservation, Fish, and Technology and Conservation]]>
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							<![CDATA[Come summer, people start leaving bowls of water for birds, make sure to not leave pets in closed cars and prepare to give working animals a break. While all the focus has been on land animals and their care during the hot months, aquatic animals and fish are dying, silently. The rise in water temperatures [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Come summer, people start leaving bowls of water for birds, make sure to not leave pets in closed cars and prepare to give working animals a break. While all the focus has been on land animals and their care during the hot months, aquatic animals and fish are dying, silently. The rise in water temperatures have been affecting fish populations and fish mortality during summer in rivers, backwaters and ponds. A study published in August 2022, predicts a six-fold increase in the frequency of fish mass die-offs across the world by 2100 due to summerkills (mortalities associated with warm temperature), winterkills (mortalities associated with cold temperatures) and infectious pathogens. In the lakes of the northern hemisphere, it has been observed that warming of water amplifies the frequency of fish mass mortality events. In Kerala, the month of May with high temperatures has typically recorded the most fish kills &#8211; the phenomenon when a large number of fish in a particular area die and float on the surface within a short period of time. Fish floating on the surface of Chandragiri river, Kerala, in May 2019. Photo by C. P. Shaji. Low water flow and oxygen Rajeev Raghavan, a fisheries scientist and assistant professor at Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies, says that in the summer months, with the decrease of water is a corresponding decrease in the flow of water as well as depth, both factors affecting fishes. “Our dams too attempt to save whatever water there is, and&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2023/05/warming-water-and-pollution-amplify-fish-mortality-in-kerala-during-summer/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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