- Animals, Birds, Conservation, Endangered species, Environment, India, South and Central Asia, Wildlife, World news
India birds report identifies 178 species as being of high conservation concern
Large-scale study indicates population declines after collation of data from country’s conservation organisati…
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‘Women of the wild’: the platform giving India’s nature experts a voice
Frustrated by a lack of female representation, film-maker Akanksha Sood Singh set up an Instagram account to s…
- Animals, Biodiversity, Conservation, Environment, India, South and Central Asia, Wildlife, World news
Gone fishing: the fight to save one of the world’s most elusive wild cats
With webbed feet and a tail for a rudder, Asia’s fishing cats face shrinking habitats. But conservation effort…
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Fruits of shared labour: the Indian women joining forces for food security
Rural women in Tamil Nadu are mostly excluded from land ownership, but collective farms can offer self-suffici…
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A taste of honey: how bees mend fences between farmers and elephants
A pioneering method from Africa that protects farms from forest herds is now paying off in India, with more pr…
- Conservation, Conservation and indigenous people, Environment, Global development, India, South and Central Asia
India’s first ‘green’ village adapts to life without tourists
Khonoma’s residents are sanguine about the Covid-19-enforced loss of visitor income – and it’s all thanks to t…
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‘I’ll put those monsters behind bars’: India’s law school for rape survivors
Women who were forced into sex work are helped to seek justice by a unique scheme that trains them as lawyersS…
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The psychiatrist helping mentally ill people left to wander India’s streets | Anne Pinto-Rodrigues
Dr Vatwani has spent three decades reuniting patients with mental health problems with their familiesTo the ho…