Tiasa Adhya

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is a co-founder of The Fishing Cat Project

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Wildlife & Biodiversity

A megafauna bias in India’s carnivore research is hampering the country’s conservations efforts

For many smaller and less charismatic carnivores like the fishing cat, even basic ecological data like distribution range remains unclarified

Wildlife & Biodiversity

Beyond protected areas: This new book explores how India's conservation scene turned inclusionary

‘At the Feet of Living Things’ journals experiences of ecologists who practise a collaborative and socio-ecologically sensitive …

Wildlife & Biodiversity

Three flagship marshland species found in Odisha's Chilika lake

Fishing Cat, Smooth-coated Otter and Eurasian Otter populations detected in Chilika brings attention to India’s largest contiguous marshland

Wildlife & Biodiversity

Elephants' conflict of diet

It's not just fragmented corridors that take elephants to farms. They get drawn towards crops that improve their state of mind and well-being

Environment

Tribals voice protest against power project in West Bengal’s Ayodhya Hills

Villagers claim that the power project will destroy their forests and elephant habitats

Wildlife & Biodiversity

India's only wetland cat is under multiple threats

Downlisting the Fishing Cat to “Vulnerable” from “Endangered” in the IUCN Red List merely on the basis of numbers was an …

Why conservation is tricky

A collection of nine essays highlight the messy nature of conservation in post-reform India and unravels lesser-known species, habitats and …

Environment

मल से मालामाल करने वाले शख्स थे ध्रुबज्योति घोष

ध्रुबज्योति घोष ने मल में मौजूद पोषक तत्वों की मदद से �…

Environment

The man who showed Kolkata’s kidneys to the world, no more

Ever since East Kolkata Wetlands gained worldwide fame, it has been recognised as a model system that depicts sustainable living

Governance

A month on, NGT’s order on Kolkata wetland yet to be implemented

Vedic Dharma Sansthan Trust erected a 60-feet-tall structure in wetland region, which was deemed illegal by the National Green Tribunal

Wildlife & Biodiversity

‘A zoo must strive to meet animals’ physical and psychological needs’

Gerald Durrell was a British naturalist, zookeeper, conservationist, author and television presenter. He founded what are now called the Durrell …

Energy

‘Sundarbans is no dumping ground for rejected technology’

The Rampal power plant threatens the biological wealth of Sundarbans as well as the economy of people of Bangladesh and will render the coastline …

Wildlife & Biodiversity

Proposed Mumbai metro project threatens Aarey’s complex ecosystem

Situated in Goregaon, Aarey is a biotope that gives refuge to scorpions and tarantulas, besides being a treasure trove of birds, butterflies, …

Anti-malarial drug resistant parasites knock on India’s doors

Countries will have to consider the possibility of revising treatment strategy to counter drug resistance, says study

Shutter bugs

Irresponsible wildlife photography runs counter to conservation

Timed to perfection

Same plants fruit at different times in different regions, as per local monsoon

Ultra-sensitive to light

Arindam Ghosh, physicist at the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, talks to Tiasa Adhya about his discovery of a light-sensitive composite …

Cool bug

Dung beetles keep methane from cattle in check

Fatal fashion

Cashmere fetish causing extinctions in Central Asia

Martyr and a court ruling

Wetlands in Howrah still ravaged by real estate

High on weed

A study traces the trajectory of Lantana in the country

Deadly deficiency

Lack of key enzyme in Asians, Africans weakens malaria fight

Forests

Why Periyar reserve is India's best-managed protected area

Sanjayan Kumar, deputy director of Periyar Tiger Reserve, speaks to Tiasa Adhya on the place being awarded the best managed protected area in India

Crust falls apart

2004 megaquake fractured the Indo-Australian plate of Earth

Crazy ant gets a name

Species that gave pest exterminators a hard time identified

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