How Wet Are Our Wetlands?
The Ramsar Convention’s broad definition of wetlands can be used to describe some 27000 odd waterbodies in India; although the country has been oddly neglectful of these which have, directly or indirectly, been the source of life and livelihood of
A glimpse of Katli
A freshwater fish inhabiting the rivers in India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia, the omnivorous Copper Mahseer is listed as Near Threatened in the IUCN Redlist. The North-east is always fascinating for any biodiversity lover. One can find
Gardeners of the Reef
The coral reefs of Lakshadweep have faced two mass bleaching events in the recent past, the second one occurring as recently as in 2010. As the dead coral structures get covered with algae, the associated marine life disappears, and soon