by Urmi Bhattacharjee | Mar 4, 2018 | Biodiversity, Home, News, Wildlife
Despite the global Illegal trade in pangolins increasing massively even after many enforcement efforts and successes, there is a disquieting tendency to focus only on charismatic species like tigers and rhinoceros in India. Endangered species like the ‘barely heard’...
by SANDRP | Feb 7, 2018 | Biodiversity, Home, News, Pollution Watch, Rivers, Wildlife
Much grief, energy, and money can be saved, if we imagine our “tanks” as the wetlands rather than the water bodies in Bengaluru, a city in South India. This is particularly true as the World Wetlands Day is celebrated every year on 2nd February. The theme for 2018 is:...
by Syeda Ambia Zahan | Feb 5, 2018 | Biodiversity, Home, News, Wildlife
Guwahati: In what could be bad news for wildlife conservation, herds of elephants in Assam continue to perish in various incidents, most of which arise out of unbridled development. Cases of man–animal conflicts are increasing in India’s Assam and have been a cause of...
by Maria Vlachou | Feb 1, 2018 | Blog, Civil society, Green tech, Innovation, Sustainable Living, Wildlife
environment friendly business: Inspiration, at times, comes from nowhere; you can act on it or allow it to pass you by. Following is the story of one of those over-the-top, passing, but not altogether implausible business inspirations that I and my sister decided to...
by Syeda Ambia Zahan | Jan 24, 2018 | Biodiversity, Home, Wildlife
Hastir Kanya Hastir Kanya Bamoner Nari Mathai Niya Kam Kalasio Haate Sonar Sakhio (Oh daughter of elephant! You are the wife of a Brahmin. You wear a golden bangle on your wrist and carry your sorrow like those heavy water pots all the time with you) These are the...
by Muqbil Ahmar | Jan 21, 2018 | Biodiversity, Climate Change, Home, News, Wildlife
Who doesn’t love the adorable penguins! The cute creatures are everybody’s favorite. Penguins are loved across the world, for their upright and waddling gait, along with their impressive swimming abilities and lack of fear of humans. Their black-and-white plumage...
