投稿者: Anne Pinto-Rodrigues
Large-scale study indicates population declines after collation of data from country’s conservation organisations and birdwatchersA report on India’s bird population has painted a grim picture for many of the country’s species.The State of India’s Bird…
Frustrated by a lack of female representation, film-maker Akanksha Sood Singh set up an Instagram account to showcase ‘the untold stories of women working for science and nature’“I wish these things wouldn’t happen to anyone,” says Akanksha Sood Singh,…
With webbed feet and a tail for a rudder, Asia’s fishing cats face shrinking habitats. But conservation efforts in West Bengal are helping it swim against the tideFor more than a decade, wildlife biologist Tiasa Adhya has spent many a day (and night) i…
Rural women in Tamil Nadu are mostly excluded from land ownership, but collective farms can offer self-sufficiencyWhen all the shops closed due to the coronavirus lockdown, small collectives were key to remaining self-sufficient for marginalised farmer…
A pioneering method from Africa that protects farms from forest herds is now paying off in India, with more profit and less conflictWatchtowers in trees, tripwire alarms, radio collars, chilli smoke and beehive fences: scientists and conservationists a…
Khonoma’s residents are sanguine about the Covid-19-enforced loss of visitor income – and it’s all thanks to their sustainable lifestyleCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAs he looks to the future, Kezhaseria Meyase, a 37-year-…
Women who were forced into sex work are helped to seek justice by a unique scheme that trains them as lawyersSaira* wants to become a lawyer so she can put her rapists in jail. “I want to fight my own case and put those monsters behind bars,” says the …
Dr Vatwani has spent three decades reuniting patients with mental health problems with their familiesTo the horror of the watching doctors, a young man on a Mumbai street picked up a broken coconut shell, scooped up dirty gutter water with it, and dran…