Kartik Shankar is Faculty at the Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He works on the community ecology and biogeography of various taxa, including marine invertebrates, fish, amphibians, reptiles and birds, in both terrestrial and marine systems. He also works on the biology and conservation of sea turtles including olive ridley turtles in Orissa, leatherback turtles in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and green turtles in the Lakshadweep Islands. He is the Founding Editor of the Indian Ocean Turtle Newsletter and Current Conservation, and Editor of Conservation and Society. He is a Founding Trustee of Dakshin Foundation, which aims to inform and advocate conservation and natural resource management through inter-disciplinary research and action. kshanker@gmail.com
Urban areas can support biodiversity
Finding space in our city for nature
An island away
Larger forests can help control extinction, not epidemics
For a common environmental ethic
Let's understand that species have both aesthetic and utilitarian values
Taxonomic debates are important
But they should not detract from conserving biodiversity in all its dimensions
The holy book and the sacred list
The iucn' s Red List for prioritising species for protection is beset by serious flaws
Lessons from Norse mythology
Past diversity, ecology and evolution have significant roles in conservation