Fifty years on from UN Summit, the International Science Council, Future Earth & the Stockholm Environment Institute convened an Expert Writing Group of natural scientists, social scientists & humanities scholars to modernize & extend the historical call on eve of Stockholm+50. The writers are natural scientists, engineers, social scientists and scholars from many disciplines & countries. We see the evidence of global environmental change, assess its impacts, untangle its causes, & see the connections between our social & environmental challenges.

‘Savannas’ – the name conjures up the image of vast plains of Africa teeming with charismatic wildlife. But did you know that the Savanna grasslands are found in India too?

The Savannas of peninsular India, stretch all the way from Tamil Nadu to Rajasthan. Once they had herds of antelopes, with wolves & cheetahs hot on their heels. These regions still support ~350 species of birds & 25 species of mammals. The Indian grey wolf, the leopard & the striped hyena, share this region with the golden jackal, the Indian fox, & the chinkara.