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Conducting fieldwork in Fakim Community Reserve with a local resident Alemba. Photo from Joli Rumi Borah.

[Interview] Conservation scientist Joli Rumi Borah on integrating traditional knowledge in research

Sahana Ghosh 13 Apr 2023

[Interview] Conservationist MK Ranjitsinh Jhala on the need for a grassland policy in India

Sahana Ghosh, Kartik Chandramouli 24 Mar 2023
An ibisbill at river Sindh. Photo from Iqram ul Haq.

Ibisbill, the poorly understood Himalayan waterbird faces threats, finds study

Hirra Azmat 24 Mar 2023
A Himalayan ibex in the Spiti Valley. Photo by Madhumita Das/ Wikimedia Commons.

Livestock and wild herbivores impact soil carbon differently

T. V. Padma 23 Mar 2023
Image shows a woman sitting in the driver's seat of a jeep

Women take the wheel for safer tourism in Satpura Tiger Reserve

Prashant Kumar Dubey 21 Mar 2023

Habitat preservation in the Western Ghats can help enhance biodiversity in the hotspot

Archita Bhatta 17 Mar 2023
A snow leopard.

Climate change and catfight in the Himalayas: tigers, leopards venture into snow leopard land

Abhaya Raj Joshi 13 Mar 2023

Mapping connectivity and human-elephant conflict in Karnataka

Sharada Balasubramanian 9 Mar 2023
Image shows an aerial view of Sundarbans

Pinpointing priority areas for mangrove conservation in the Sundarbans

T. V. Padma 13 Feb 2023

Ain’t no mountain high enough: alien invasive plants increasing in higher elevations

Sahana Ghosh 10 Feb 2023
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India budgets for mangroves and wetlands

T. V. Padma 3 Feb 2023

Nourishing soils of Kashmir’s karewas crumble under infrastructure

Amir Bin Rafi, Shaz Syed 27 Jan 2023

Shielding hijol, a floodplain tree, from climate impacts

Roopak Goswami 24 Jan 2023

Passive restoration of Kashmir’s forests has improved soil structure and carbon sink

Amir Bin Rafi 13 Jan 2023
Loco Pilots allege negligence on implementation of safety measures around important elephant corridors. Photo from Northeast Frontier Railway.

Assam loco pilots on the need for effective communication to prevent elephant-rail collision

Barasha Das 9 Jan 2023

Helping wildlife navigate road and railway infrastructure

Sahana Ghosh 3 Jan 2023

What’s for lunch? Elephants are picky eaters finds study in northern West Bengal

Nabarun Guha 3 Jan 2023

Countries resolve to protect cetaceans from marine plastic pollution

Sharada Balasubramanian 30 Dec 2022
Image shows a room full of people at a conference

Nations adopt Global Biodiversity Framework amid concerns over watered-down targets

Sahana Ghosh, Latoya Abulu 20 Dec 2022
Sandra Diaz, Argentine ecologist and co-chair of the IPBES Global Assessment, says that the indirect drivers of change such as the way we consume, eat, use energy, trade, and the ideas we have of what is a fulfilling life, impact nature. Photo by Casa Rosada (Argentina Presidency of the Nation)/Wikimedia Commons.

[Interview] IPBES scientist Sandra Diaz on the need for bold targets to tackle biodiversity loss

Sahana Ghosh 15 Dec 2022