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Vernacular Design – Principal for Resilient Neighbourhood
By Xavier Benedict, on 08 September 2019. My journey of documenting the Northeast Monsoon Wetlands since 2007 made me realize that the coast is prone to natural disasters however the society was resilient. We call the Northeast Monsoon coast of India as ‘Coromandel’. It derived the name from the regional language description of the coast… Read more
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Forest fire—Impeding effects on the air quality
By Parul Srivastava on 05 June 2019. During the period 5 Jun 2018–4 Jun 2019, as per the database of Global forest Watch there were 58,620 fire alerts in India and 2,180,652 fire alerts across the globe. Forest fire threatens the precious forest resources and biodiversity and is one of the important causes for the… Read more
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Breathe the Life: Resilient Ecosystems can help
By Shalini Dhyani on 05 June 2019. First and foremost on behalf of all CEM South Asia Regional Network let me thank you all for your continued interest and support to our blog Harnessing Nature and the posts in last one year that targeted a variety of concerns related to ecosystems, environment, Nature based Solutions.… Read more
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How many could soon be wiped out?
By Deepu Sivadas on 26 May 2019 IPBES Global Assessment is the hot talk of the hour which projected that 1,000,000 species are threatened with extinction. Here a close look onto the conservation status of species in Indomalayan realm where 5,918 species are of conservation concern. The Indomalayan Realm’s natural boundaries contain tropical Asia from… Read more
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Expert Thoughts: In conversation with B. K. Tiwari
By IUCN CEM member on 12 May 2019 This is an episode of a series of interviews with experts of CEM on ecosystem management and nature conservation. Dr B. K. Tiwari, Professor, Department of Environmental Studies, North Eastern Hill University India, and presently IUCN CEM member talks to Sheik Adil Edrisi, CEM YPN member on loss… Read more