Heart of Conservation Episode #35 Show Notes (Coming soon) In my latest podcast, I’m speaking to the most passionate, naturalist/researcher/herpetologist-on-ground in the Andamans – Nariman Vazifdar. We discuss the biodiversity of the archipelago – which is mostly unexplored islands with individual unique species. We explore the rain forest of the islands and he enlightens us ..read more

That is when this period of Teak Rush comes in when both the French and the British are on the lookout for wood for building ships. Because all these battles that used to happen were naval battles. And by chance, it is the British who discovered the teak forests of southern India and then they brought in forest laws to control all our forests. The conservation laws that we have today didn’t start as a measure of protecting the forest as much as wanting to control the resources from the forest ..read more

Heart of Conservation podcast (Show notes coming soon) Episode#33 is here folks. Come join me on this amazing journey through various landscapes and communities of India following the flight paths, life and behaviour of a tiny, tenacious bird- the barn swallow. I’m speaking to Dr Suresh Kumar, a remarkable wildlife biologist from the Wildlife Institute ..read more

Ep#31 Heart of Conservation Podcast Transcript coming soon. Do listen in the meanwhile ..read more

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I think, there are policies and laws in place but there’s very little implementation of it. Definitely, I feel these policies and laws could be enhanced. For instance, in places like Himachal, they have a common policy for homestays. It has to have a room with a common toilet with hot and cold water. But in a place like Spiti, that’s not contextual. If you’re going for a homestay, you’re staying in a local person’s house, they don’t have common toilets themselves. So, to expect them to provide an attached toilet which has running water? In the houses, they don’t have running water Traditionall ..read more

Listen to Episode #29. Show notes for this episode will be available soon ..read more

Heart of Conservation podcast. EP#28 Show notes coming soon. Seena Narayanan is passionate about True dung beetles. So much so they were the topic of her PhD research. Three new species of dung beetles have been discovered and named by her. She’s a Senior Research Associate & Assistant Museum Curator at ATREE -Bangalore. She has ..read more

A typical day as a rehabilitator…we mainly start about 6:00 am. We do a check on all the animals that are currently at the centre. Any critical animal will get immediate care/intervention. Post that, we get on to feeds. Each animal has to be reviewed with respect to what feeds they are on. If they’re weak, they’re put on fluids and things like that. So, that has to be taken care of. So once the feeds are done, we get on to two different things at the moment. One is the ICU where we have animals like kites and crows and the other section is the neonatal part where we have younger, smaller birds ..read more

A conversation with Jayanthi Kallam, Executive Director of ARRC and the team. We may all have at some point in our lives have called an animal rescue centre. But how many of us know you know what goes after the animals is picked up? How many people does it take to look after an injured ..read more