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Nature's Mangrove Shield: Can Bhitarkanika Escape Cyclone Dana's Fury?
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Nature's Mangrove Shield: Can Bhitarkanika Escape Cyclone Dana's Fury?

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhitarkanika's mangrove defense wall may be the key to protecting the region from Cyclone Dana's fury. The mangrove forest acts as a natural shield, reducing wind speeds and absorbing tidal energy. However, with the storm's threat, the question remains: will these mangroves continue to protect, or will they, too, fall victim to the storm?

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Human remains wash ashore on Olympic Peninsula near Sequim
2 years, 3 months ago

Human remains wash ashore on Olympic Peninsula near Sequim

Associated Press  

SEQUIM, Wash. — Human remains washed ashore at Dungeness Spit near Sequim, Washington, and agencies are working to determine whether they are connected to the crash of a floatplane earlier this month. The Clallam County Sheriff’s Office said Monday they are working with local agencies, the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration to determine the identity of …

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Conservation requires some amount of human presence on ground
3 years, 7 months ago

Conservation requires some amount of human presence on ground

Live Mint  

The past year has been difficult for wildlife conservation organisations and enforcement agencies. The latter, in fact, started the Conservation Heroes COVID Casualty Fund in May for wildlife warriors and forest staff impacted by the pandemic. Kartick Satyanarayan, the co-founder and CEO of Wildlife SOS, says that while forest officials haven’t been able to reach out to people and communities …

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What lies beyond the great Anthropause
3 years, 8 months ago

What lies beyond the great Anthropause

Live Mint  

Recently, Apple TV released a documentary called The Year Earth Changed. It was a team of UK researchers writing for Nature Ecology And Evolution in June 2020 that came up with the catchy phrase “anthropause” to describe the global reduction of human activity and mobility during the pandemic. In India, researchers observed the near doubling of species “illegally” killed for …

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Coronavirus: Wildlife scientists examine the great 'human pause' 新冠肺炎疫情导致 “人类活动暂停” 野生动物学家一探究竟
4 years, 5 months ago

Coronavirus: Wildlife scientists examine the great 'human pause' 新冠肺炎疫情导致 “人类活动暂停” 野生动物学家一探究竟

China Daily  

Coronavirus: Wildlife scientists examine the great 'human pause' 新冠肺炎疫情导致 “人类活动暂停” 野生动物学家一探究竟 Play audio file 研究人员们发起了一项行动，这项行动追踪野生动物在新冠肺炎疫情封锁开始之前、期间及之后的生存状况。这个由英国领头的研究小组主要是为了研究所谓的 “人类活动暂停”（anthropause）现象，即全球范围内人类活动暂时减缓的现象。“人类活动暂停” 可能给其它物种带来深远的影响。 It's been for tragic, costly reasons, but we've pushed the pause button on human activity all over the world. 因为这场悲剧的、代价惨重的疫情 ，我们按下了全世界人类活动的暂停键。在这个日益拥挤的星球上，野生动物科学家们认为人类活动的减少将产生一些深远的影响。 Videos of urban wildlife encounters have been widely shared on social media, but the way to study what's actually happening, researchers say, …

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Wildlife policy is against us: Ryots
5 years, 4 months ago

Wildlife policy is against us: Ryots

Deccan Chronicle  

KOZHIKODE: People here increasingly feel that the state's wildlife conservation policy is against farmers leaving their farmlands due to recurring wildlife raids. According to Fr Thomas Joseph Therakam, president of Neethi Vedi, an NGO that provides free legal aid, the citizen's right to life and property, enshrined in Article 21 of the Constitution has been continuously violated while the state …

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International Tiger Day: India's rising tiger numbers commendable, but many challenges lie ahead
5 years, 5 months ago

International Tiger Day: India's rising tiger numbers commendable, but many challenges lie ahead

Firstpost  

Bringing tigers back from the brink of extinction to steady growth in population, India now faces new challenges as tiger and human populations are in conflict over limited land. From being heavily hunted during the colonial era, to being brought back from the brink of extinction in 1973 through Indira Gandhi’s Project Tiger, and from facing severe threat through poaching …

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India’s biodiversity-rich zones also ‘hotspots’ of human impacts
5 years, 9 months ago

India’s biodiversity-rich zones also ‘hotspots’ of human impacts

The Hindu  

Human impacts on species occur across 84% of the earth’s surface, finds a study published on March 13 in PLOS Biology, an international journal dedicated to biological science. Southeast Asian tropical forests — including India’s biodiversity-rich Western Ghats, Himalaya and the north-east — also fall in this category; India ranks 16th in such human impacts, with 35 species impacted on …

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