1/9 - Around 8.52 lakh trees will be cut to make way for a major infrastructure and tourism project in Great Nicobar island. The project will lead to diversion of 15 percent of the region’s forest area. 🧵 2/9 - Maps and satellite data provide an insight into the scale of the topographical changes in the offing. The island is set for irreversible ecological change if the project is implemented.

India is among the first five countries to join the Mangrove Alliance for Climate (MAC). The alliance aims to strengthen and restore mangrove ecosystems. Here are a few stories reported by Mongabay-India on the mangroves in India. #COP27 @COP27P Grasses can boost mangrove restoration by strengthening erosion-riddled and nutrient-deficient patches in the Indian Sundarbans, scientists have demonstrated. Story by @sahanaghosh8
@krishna_mangrov
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1/9 - For an agrarian economy like India, sustaining river ecosystems is crucial. However, the rivers in the country, and their biodiversity, are degrading due to anthropogenic pressures in recent times. How do these changes affect rivers in India? Find out in this thread. 🧵 2/9 - Invasive fishes such as the common carp can interfere with ecological niches, biodiversity and disrupt ecosystem services, explains A.K. Singh, Emeritus Scientist at the ICAR-National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow. ✒️ @randomcards india.mongabay.com/2022/06/invasi…

Mongabay-India's commentaries present nuanced arguments on wildlife conservation and environmental issues, including energy, to encourage an informed debate among key stakeholders. Read this #thread for some insightful commentaries. While the Tiger Range Countries (TRCs) have put in efforts to revive and stabilize the big cat's population, an urgent need for finance to ensure the protection of priority tiger protected areas (PAs) in TRCs is necessary, say @Dr_RajeshGopal & @wilder_mk.
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Indian cities are not typically imagined to be biodiversity hotspots. Aspects of urban ecology often get missed in public conversations about the city.
In a series of illustrations, we explore the different dimensions of Bengaluru's lakes.
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@citizenmatters @sustainBLR Illustrations: Labonie Roy
Text: @ByAditiTandon @priyankash96
Anchor: @kcmouli25
Watch this space. We will update 1 illustration per day.
#environment #cities #biodiversity #art #illustrations

Let's start at the very beginning...
When you read you begin with A-be-see!

As the 2021 #UttarakhandDisaster unfolds, we look back at our coverage on India's environment to put it in perspective. #Thread👇
Watch this space for a ground report anchored by @journomayank, plus additional reporting as the science clarifies from @sghstory In 2018, @journomayank and @kcmouli25 travelled to #Uttarakhand to mark 5 years after the 2013 floods.
"Environmentalists of the region stress that no lesson has been learnt from the disaster so far" ~
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