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Earth Summits Fail Biodiversity in India
Heads of state and governments are meeting in Rio de Janeiro this week to decide how to renew their pledges made during the first Earth Summit held in Rio in 1992. The Chikka Sampige tree is revered by...
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Shipping Canal Threatens Culture, Ecology, Livelihoods
One hundred and fifty years ago, the British colonial administration in India proposed a shipping canal project that would allow cargo vessels, commercial liners and large ships to cut through the Gulf...
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UNESCO Protection Crucial – and Controversial
It took six years for a dedicated team of scientists from the Wildlife Institute of India, wildlife officials from six Indian states and officials from the federal ministry to secure international...
View ArticleFrom the Ashes of Tragedy, Lessons for Disaster Management
At 4:30 a.m. on the morning of Jul. 30, sleeping passengers in carriage S 11 on the Chennai-bound Tamilnadu Express were awoken by a blazing fire, as the train approached the east coast town of...
View ArticleCrocs and Humans Clash in Shrinking Space
Twenty two-year-old Ajay Kallu, hailing from the Bakultala village in northern Andamans, was devoured by an estuarine crocodile when he waded waist deep into a creek to fish on the morning of Aug. 1,...
View ArticleCulling or Conservation?
Midway through Wildlife Week in India, celebrations have been marred by news that 29.8 kilogrammes of ivory, worth 336,800 dollars, had been seized on the Andaman Trunk Road. “Chances are that the...
View ArticleWomen Hit Hard by Natural Disasters
In the aftermath of a natural disaster, women are often the most vulnerable. Particularly in rural areas, women suffer disproportionately from inadequate shelter and poor sanitation facilities and are...
View ArticleBioshields Best Defence Against Disasters
In commemoration of the eighth anniversary of the Asian tsunami, Wednesday was a day of prayer and mourning across the Andaman Nicobar Islands – located at the juncture of the Bay of Bengal and the...
View ArticleIndia Scores Low on Environmental Sustainability
Of the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) -development targets agreed upon by the international community, whose 2015 deadline is approaching fast – MDG 7 has proven a particular challenge,...
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Nuclear Medicine Heals but Could Harm, Too
A state-of-the-art nuclear medicine hospital for cancer treatment in the heart of Bangalore goes well with the global image of this tech-savvy city. Staff at HCG hospital in Bangalore don safety gear...
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In the Land of the Gods, Disaster Response Falls Short of Divine
The Indian Armed Forces have been running a massive rescue operation in the flood-hit state of Uttarakhand. Credit: Courtesy Ministry of Defence, Government of IndiaOver 580 bodies have so far been...
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Will Prayers Save Farmers in the Land of the Gods?
Melting glaciers are wreaking havoc in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand. Credit: Malini Shankar/IPSOver a month after flash floods in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand in north India left 1,000 dead...
View ArticleINDIA: Indigenous Rights Versus Wildlife Rights? – Part 2
By Malini ShankarBANGALORE, Jan 14 2012 (IPS) As the amount of protected forest dwindles rapidly in India, indigenous groups and wildlife find themselves living cheek to jowl in an increasingly...
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Community Radio Tunes Into Ad Revenues in India
Fishers benefit greatly from community radio. Credit: Malini Shankar/IPSBy Malini ShankarBANGALORE, India, Apr 6 2012 (IPS) Community Radio (CR) broadcasting in India, long bound by red tape, has...
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Bringing the Lost Cheetah Back to India – But at What Cost?
These sand dunes in the Thar Desert in India are one of identified sites for cheetah reintroduction. Credit: Malini Shankar/IPS Credit: Malini Shankar/IPSBy Malini ShankarBANGALORE, Apr 11 2012 (IPS)...
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Smugglers Devastate Gulf of Mannar Marine Reserve
A glimpse of seagrass close to the seashore of the Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park, which is home to a spectrum of marine wildlife Credit: Malini Shankar/IPS By Malini ShankarRAMESHWARAM, India,...
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Turning Disaster Management Strategy Into Action – Part 1
A reconstructed school at Chukchuka in Car Nicobar Island serves as an emergency shelter. Credit: Malini Shankar/IPSBy Malini ShankarPORT BLAIR, India, Jun 3 2012 (IPS) Islanders on India’s Great...
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Indian Ocean Rim Countries Battered by Disasters – Part 2
A wilting mangrove forest in Car Nicobar, destroyed by the Asian Tsunami in 2004. Credit: Malini Shankar/IPSBy Malini ShankarBHUBANESWAR, India, Jun 14 2012 (IPS) The heat wave in the Indian state of...
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Earth Summits Fail Biodiversity in India
By Malini ShankarBANGALORE, Jun 21 2012 (IPS) Heads of state and governments are meeting in Rio de Janeiro this week to decide how to renew their pledges made during the first Earth Summit held in Rio...
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Shipping Canal Threatens Culture, Ecology, Livelihoods
The Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project could destroy the Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park. Credit: Malini Shankar/IPSBy Malini ShankarRAMESHWARAM, Jul 16 2012 (IPS) One hundred and fifty years...
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