Tag: Wildlife
The Power that Humour Holds in Addressing Environmental Issues
How can humour be used in addressing environmental problems? Is it a useful tool to have in our arsenal, and how is it being deployed in India in particular? This article explores the ways that humour, through stand-up comedy and cartoons, is used to convey environmental issues in India.
Projects in Protected Area: How Development Politics Fragments Conservation in...
The Sanjay Gandhi National Park is a one-of-a-kind national park located inside the city of Mumbai. How have developmental projects inside the protected area impacted the people, flora, and fauna?
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,...
Budget Cuts for Five of India’s Environment Institutes Puts Research and...
How does financial and administrative disengagement impact wildlife and conservation education and research at India's top institutes?
One Health: The Need for Intersections Between Human, Animal and Environmental...
This is an integrated approach to healthcare that can be adopted as a preventive measure against zoonotic diseases. But will One Health find its ground in India, or become yet another underexplored idea?
A Conservation of Convenience: The Tussle Between the Developmental State and...
The Rajaji Tiger Reserve has emerged as a battleground between the State’s developmental aspirations and the conservation of a critical ecological habitat.
“With Dehradun’s Airport Expansion, We are Shooting Ourselves in the Foot”
Two years ago, drivers on the Doiwala-Rishikesh-Dehradun road were in for a surprise. An elephant walked onto the road. Traffic was disrupted and people...
In Her Opinion: Dr. Sejal Worah on Restoring a Forest in...
In Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, a 100-acre forest has been home to some visitors. People yes, but also bears, the Himalayan Red Fox, and even leopards....
Wilderness Conservation and a Flawed Imagination of Nature
Many of us have been sharing videos and photographs of “nature coming back” in the wake of the COVID-19 induced lockdown of normal human...
Understanding Zoonotic Diseases: With Dr. Shrikrishna Isloor
COVID-19, SERS, MERS, Ebola, Swine Flu—What do they all have in common? These are infections that can transmit from animals to humans, otherwise known...
