Abandoning exotic pets is raising ecological concerns
Mongabay Indiaby Aditi Tandon16d ago
- India’s exotic pet trade is seeing more non-native species abandoned or escape, raising animal welfare and ecological concerns.
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top 85%El Niño, the monsoon, and the confusion of Kerala’s fishers [Commentary]
Mongabay Indiaby Kundan Pandey16d ago
- When El Niño is read as warming the ocean, fishers in Kerala, felt cooler seas at the coast than they remembered in earlier Julys.
India postpones Cambodia tiger reintroduction
Mongabay Indiaby Aditi Tandon17d ago
India and Cambodia have postponed a plan to reintroduce Bengal tigers into Cambodia, moving the target from 2025 to 2028 after a review found that the available prey base in the proposed release...
Five orangutans found in Odisha forest face long road back home to Indonesia
Mongabay Indiaby Mongabay Editor17d ago
- On September 8, five infant orangutans were found in Odisha thousands of kilometres from their native range in Indonesia, raising questions about where they came from, how they got there, and who...
Odours offer new clues in monitoring big cats
Mongabay Indiaby Priyanka Shankar17d ago
- A new study tested whether the chemical compounds in tiger and leopard urine and scat can reveal information about the animals without capturing them.
The ghost of the mountains
Mongabay Indiaby Divya Kilikar18d ago
Ladakh is planning to introduce guided wildlife safaris along snow-leopard trails. Conservationists warn that opening fragile high-altitude wilderness routes to tourists could disturb the species...
As city trees fall, experts point to poor planning and civic apathy
Mongabay Indiaby Aditi Tandon18d ago
- Concretisation and repeated excavation are damaging tree roots, weakening their ability to withstand strong winds and heavy rain.
El Niño brings drought and extreme rain together
Mongabay Indiaby Aditi Tandon19d ago
Mandvi taluka in Kutch district, Gujarat, received around 177 mm of rain in just eight hours on September 15, causing widespread waterlogging and disrupting normal life.
Community-based mangrove monitoring should compliment satellite data [Commentary]
Mongabay Indiaby Priyanka Shankar19d ago
- Tamil Nadu has emerged as one of India’s most ambitious states for mangrove restoration, amid large-scale plantation drives, growing public investment, and coastal resilience funding.
Monsoon amplifies antibiotic resistance gene levels in river water used by residents
Mongabay Indiaby Aditi Tandon20d ago
- Bindal Rao and Rispana, two heavily polluted rivers in Dehradun, show a surge in antibiotic resistance genes in the monsoon when heavy rainfall intensifies river pollution by flushing in more...
Sacred groves are better at growing future forests in the Western Ghats
Mongabay Indiaby Mongabay Editor20d ago
- A study of “giant” trees in India’s Western Ghats finds that sacred groves, forest patches that communities protect, because they believe the trees belong to their gods, hold nearly twice the...
Floods affect millions in Bihar despite rainfall deficit
Mongabay Indiaby Kundan Pandey23d ago
- Floods have affected around 5 million people across 15 districts of Bihar, even as the state records a 35% rainfall deficit.
As tigers spill beyond reserves, India rethinks conservation
Mongabay Indiaby Mongabay Editor23d ago
- As tiger populations in India grow and disperse beyond protected areas, encounters with people are increasing, prompting repeated capture and relocation operations by the forest department.
As exotic primates reach India, welfare concerns grow
Mongabay Indiaby Aditi Tandon23d ago
- Five baby orangutans found abandoned in Odisha’s forest have opened a window into a growing trade in primates, raising questions about India’s role in the international wildlife trade.
Indus Waters Treaty needs modernisation, experts say amid deadlock
Mongabay Indiaby Aditi Tandon24d ago
- The Permanent Court of Arbitration ruled India cannot unilaterally suspend the Indus Waters Treaty, which it had placed in “abeyance” over cross-border terrorism concerns; India rejected the...
High-altitude bird hotspots remain outside protected areas
Mongabay Indiaby Aditi Tandon24d ago
- A study in Himachal Pradesh mapped the distribution of Galliformes, a group of ground-dwelling birds, and found that a majority of the species fall outside the existing protected areas.
The crane that loves a duet
Mongabay Indiaby Aditi Tandon25d ago
A new study of sarus cranes across the agricultural landscapes of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Gujarat found that the birds follow a three-part structure in their duets, loud, coordinated calls...
People and the politics of contest, construction and compensation
Mongabay Indiaby Shailesh Shrivastava25d ago
- Many families being displaced by the Ken-Betwa link project in Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh, callege that their names are not included in the compensation list.
The itchy spread of Parthenium
Mongabay Indiaby Renuka Kulkarni26d ago
- In 2019, researchers projected that Assam would remain highly vulnerable to parthenium even as its suitable habitat shrank across much of India, a threat now increasingly visible on the ground.
BRICS declaration calls for climate action while recognising fossil fuel role
Mongabay Indiaby Aditi Tandon26d ago
Amid increasing climate impacts and a fractured geopolitical order, the BRICS Summit in India underlined the importance of climate resilience in the New Delhi Declaration, along with energy...