Biodiversity in India

This is a guest post by Geography and You team.  The United Nations’ (UN) Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) defines biodiversity or ‘biological diversity’ as “the variability among living organisms from all sources including, inter alia, terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are a part; this includes diversity […]

Desired By The Dunes

“Sukhpali, a thin 30-year old with a long, luscious braid, walks briskly into an arid expanse.  Racing on top a rocky mound, she watches over what shimmers like infinite gold – The Great Indian Desert in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan…” Sukhpali was the first female guard to be recruited on the field in the Sudasari range of Desert National Park (DNP) in […]

Infographic: What We are Doing to Sharks

A few years back, researchers found that a 100 million sharks are killed every year by humans. This is largely because of a practice called shark finning, where sharks are captured, their fin chopped off and then the lame animals are thrown back into the water. The injury is so severe that the sharks either […]

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