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Anirban Datta-Roy

@clixbyman

Conservation biologist, science junkie, passionate about northeast India, liberal, swear by sports. #uplands #anthropology #earlyhumans #geography #football

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A cacti-smuggling case with a prickly end: the novel way courts are making poachers pay | Conservation | The Guardian theguardian.com/environment/20…

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Earlier research had already demonstrated that nature exposure can alleviate emotional trauma, stress, and mental fatigue. Now a new study shows it can also relieve physical pain! Surely we don't need any more proof to save nature? #biophilia news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-hea…

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The idea of a Tourism Sustainable Development fund is very progressive and #Sikkim is once again showing the way in responsible tourism. Can be emulated by other tourist destinations struggling with tourist load. #Darjeeling should also follow suit. telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/si…

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2024 was the year of many firsts for Earth's climate. The World Meteorological Association provides details in its annual report #climatechange cosmosmagazine.com/earth/climate/…

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This ridiculous charade is not serving any purpose. The person or persons responsible for these illegal seizures should be identified and named..

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A new study shows GM crops have led to higher pesticide use due to input-intensive monocultures downtoearth.org.in/agriculture/ne…

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Fascinating work on 'Inequity Aversion' or the dissatisfaction with unequal rewards among peers who performed equally. Bonobos, one of our closest relatives show Inequity Aversion and refused to participate when they realised they were getting a bad deal! phys.org/news/2025-04-b…

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This is a level of craziness that is going even beyond the usual madness and incompetence associated with #AIFF and #IndianFootball . 🤦🏻‍♂️

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propaganda we're not falling for: - there's no nature in urban areas - we already know everything about plants & animals - nature photography requires expensive camera equipment - you need a degree to contribute to science - you need to travel far to see interesting species

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.Mongabay India has definitely raised the bar on comprehensive environmental journalism in India. Good to see one of the architects of this project Sandhya Sekar take center stage.. news.mongabay.com/2025/05/how-mo…

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All living things from unicellular organisms to humans emit weak but detectable light as long as they are alive!? And we're getting to know this only now? WTAF! 🤯 #ultraweakphotonemission sciencefocus.com/news/all-livin…

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Overlooking its own concerns on biodiversity, wildlife that prompted rejection in 2022, Centre's forest panel grants in-principle approval to Etalin hydel project in Arunachal. Short duration wildlife impact study relied upon, despite seeking revised one indianexpress.com/article/india/…

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For those who do not remember - A critique[zoosprint.org/index.php/zp/a…] of Wildlife Institute of India 'Wildlife Conservation Plan' for the affected areas pointed out multiple flaws and reasoned that #Etalin HEP clearance be rejected. All that falls on deaf ears now #Arunachal hindustantimes.com/india-news/for…

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#Penguin poop in #Antarctica emits #ammonia leading to cloud formation that helps keep temperatures low. With increased warming & melting ice, as penguins disappear, this leads to a "positive climate warming feedback in the summertime Antarctic atmosphere" news.mongabay.com/short-article/…

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Feeding monkeys and the resultant 'monkey menace' is now ubiquitous across most areas of their distribution. This new research explores the diverse reasons why people feed monkeys. Rather than monkeys, its the people who need to be managed #macaque theconversation.com/why-cant-we-st…

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Feather-legged lace weaver spiders use the two common tools of #spiders - venom and silk in a completely different way. It rolls the prey in silk and covering it with regurgitated toxins! phys.org/news/2025-06-f…

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Real conservation and influencing public opinion happens only when a dedicated few speak to communities in their own language. Barkha Subba writes about the need to conserve the Himalayan #Salamander of #Darjeeling in #HimalayaDarpan. #amphibians

Real conservation and influencing public opinion happens only when a dedicated few speak to communities in their own language.
<a href="/barkha_subba/">Barkha Subba</a>  writes about the need to conserve the Himalayan #Salamander of #Darjeeling in #HimalayaDarpan. #amphibians