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Unprotected protectors: Bundelkhand’s sacred groves are thriving without any law to save them
Forests

Unprotected protectors: Bundelkhand’s sacred groves are thriving without any law to save them

Ankit Mishra
5 min read
Communities across the region have conserved ‘devsthalis’ for generations, with no salary, title deed and line item in any state forest report. Can UP and MP formalise what they have quietly relied on ...
Satellite imagery showing the status of mangroves in 2012 and 2025 in Sat Saida Bet after the plantation initiative undertaken by GUIDE for IFFCO.
Forests

Mangrove plantations must be judged by the forests they become, not the saplings planted

G Jayanthi
4 min read
Sat Saida Bet in Gujarat shows how mangrove plantations can become enduring natural assets
Great apes were using touch to reassure and keep the peace six million years before humans evolved — new research
Wildlife & Biodiversity

Great apes were using touch to reassure and keep the peace six million years before humans evolved — new research

Jake Brooker
Humans, bonobos and chimpanzees all use reassuring touch but our evolutionary lineages split over 6 million years ago
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