wildlife

EnvironmentScience

We Must Rethink the Nature-Human Relationship in a Post-Covid-19 World

by Suchitra Pandey17 June 202020 June 2020 4 min read

Seeing the increase in the number of poaching incidences during lockdown, it is clear that we have learned nothing from the pandemic.

LifestyleTravel

Epilogue at the Scotland of India – A Tryst in Coorg

by Tiya Chatterji5 June 202013 June 2020 5 min read

Visiting the most sought-after places in and around Coorg takes a minimum of two days, but I would recommend some relaxed time to appreciate the place in entirety.

EnvironmentScience

Preventing the Spread of Diseases from Vertebrate Animals to Humans – A Perspective from Environmental Law – Part II

by Arnab Basu19 April 202013 June 2020 4 min read

These laws generally lack any institutional mechanism, as these are internationally prescribed but supposed to be practiced domestically. Enforcement and adoption of these laws are result of consensus among participatory nations.

EnvironmentScience

Preventing the spread of diseases from vertebrate animals to humans – A perspective from Environmental Law – Part I

by Arnab Basu9 April 202013 June 2020 4 min read

Zoonosis may be bacterial, viral, or parasitic, or may involve unconventional agents. As well as being a public health problem, many of the major zoonotic diseases prevent the efficient production of food of animal origin and create obstacles to international trade in animal products.

EnvironmentScience

Dealing with the Assam Deluge: Now or Never

by Utsav Shah8 September 201921 July 2020 4 min read

Assam’s annual tryst with floods has led the state into misery and sustained economic backwardness.

EnvironmentScience

Roadkills and the Coming of Age of Citizen Science

by Rizwan Mithawala25 August 201912 August 2020 3 min read

A lactating leopard lying on her side, her cub in suckling position, both dead, with similar head injuries by a speeding vehicle – among all roadkill pictures, this is one of the most retweeted and commented upon.

EnvironmentScience

Illegal Wildlife Trade: The Need to Look Within

by C. Samyukta17 August 201912 August 2020 4 min read

Like with many a societal ill, we assume that wildlife crime, particularly illegal wildlife trade (IWT), is not happening around us.

IndiaPolitics

Election, New Government, a “Champion” and Environment! – Setting Expectations

by Dwaipayan Ghosh11 August 20199 August 2020 4 min read

(Part I of a two-part series) On 30th May 2019, India’s 17th Parliament was constituted. The 2019 Lok Sabha elections were held in seven phases; about 900 million people were eligible…