Tag: Conservation
Revival of Endangered Species Habitats Reflects Nagaland’s Commitment to Biodiversity Conservation
Nagaland has adopted a community-driven approach to preserve species like the Chinese Pangolin, Western Hoolock Gibbon, Blyth’s Tragopan, and the Great Indian Hornbill. What lesson can be learnt from such an approach?
Finding A Middle Ground: Wildlife vs Human Rights Conservation
If you were to study global environmental protection movements today, there's one common aspect you might find. Each of these movements, regardless of geography,...
First Lions and Now Cheetahs: Kuno-Palpur National Park’s Communities Prepare to...
Non-implementation of the Forest Rights Act, 2006 weighs heavily on Kuno-Palpur, leaving Adivasis with few options other than relocating for conservation.
Caged and Cramped Animals, Pandemic-Hit Revenues: Why Does India Still Have...
When animals’ lives are compromised in poorly monitored zoos, why does India continue to operate them?
Ecosystems As Public Health Services In India
Access to ecosystem services is important for communities that lack access to quality healthcare, because they serve as basic and free healthcare systems.
Losing Ground: Why Are Protected Areas Still The Model Form of...
Hosted by Aarathi Ganesan
Edited by Nidhi Rejithlal
As our series on Losing Ground has noted, the Protected Areas (PA) model of conservation is fraught by...
Surfing Towards Conservation Education in Chennai
This is the first article of a three-part series on how surf schools on India's coasts are pivoting around sports education to bolster conservation...
When Goa’s Tourism Season Meets the Olive Ridley Nesting Season
“It was a fairly windy winter evening on Morjim Beach in North Goa. Our team of students and local volunteers donning Olive Ridley T-shirts...
Where Do Communities Go When Areas are ‘Protected’?
Narrated by Aarathi Ganesan
Edited by Nidhi Rejithlal
The number of national parks and reserves in India are increasing. Between 1987 and 2020, the numbers of...
The Ecological History of Delhi’s Ridge with Thomas Crowley: Part 2
Interviewed by Aarathi Ganesan; Edited by Nidhi Rejithlal.
New Delhi's Ridge has born the brunt of mining, construction, and human encroachments for years. The result:...
