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What happens to a landscape when its natural anchor is stripped away?

In this clip, Passang Nima Sherpa shares insight from 14 years of targeted reforestation work in Darjeeling. Replanting fractured slopes with native trees does more than just hold the earth together, it restores the soil’s ability to absorb water, replenishing the natural springs that communities rely on for survival.

This field project is just one piece of the puzzle. Through the ‘Mountains to Mangroves’ initiative, ATREE continues to fight climate vulnerability at a grand regional scale.

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#Darjeeling #EcoRestoration #WaterSecurity #ATREE #MountainstoMangroves

We are looking for a highly motivated Senior Research Assistant to join our Water and Society programme in Bengaluru!

In this role, you will lead field plantation activities, develop ecological restoration plans and collaborate with local communities and stakeholders to bring a peri-urban lake back to health.

Know more using the link in the bio.

Mark your calendar for the talk titled “How I became a butterflypreneur”, where Dr V. Shubhalaxmi R. will take us through her journey into the fascinating world of butterflies and other insects.

An entomologist and educator, Dr Shubhalaxmi’s work spans ecological restoration, urban biodiversity and nature-based learning spaces. She is widely acclaimed for her pioneering contributions to the study of Indian moths.

We hope to see you there tomorrow!

Date: 28 May 2026
Venue: ATREE Auditorium
Time: 3:00–4:00 PM

Zoom link in the bio.

We are thrilled to share that Anirban Roy, a recent PhD graduate from ATREE, has been awarded the prestigious Humboldt Research Fellowship to pursue his postdoctoral research.

This highly competitive fellowship is recognised globally for enabling outstanding early-career scientists to conduct independent, cutting-edge research at leading German institutions.

Through this fellowship, Anirban will continue his socio-ecological research at the University of Göttingen, focusing on selected areas of northwest Africa and northeast India.

Chhattisgarh became a pioneer in distributing land titles, especially ones filed under the community forest resource rights or CFRR which gives ownership rights over forests to gram sabhas (village assemblies). But now the scenario is different.

Read the full article featuring Sharachchandra Lele, Distinguished Fellow at ATREE, using this link in the bio.

Lecture | Wild and Free: Biodiversity on our Plates

In this talk, Rajkamal Goswami @goswami.rajkamal explores how human food systems that were once entirely dependent on hunting, foraging, and gathering from the wild still retain traces of those ancient relationships, even within the most urbanised corners of the world.

📆 30 May 2026, Saturday
⏰ 4pm–6pm
📍 Science Gallery Bengaluru

For details and free registration, please visit the Programmes link in our bio.

@jahnaviphalkey

Lecture | Wild and Free: Biodiversity on our Plates

In this talk, Rajkamal Goswami @goswami.rajkamal explores how human food systems that were once entirely dependent on hunting, foraging, and gathering from the wild still retain traces of those ancient relationships, even within the most urbanised corners of the world.

📆 30 May 2026, Saturday
⏰ 4pm–6pm
📍 Science Gallery Bengaluru

For details and free registration, please visit the Programmes link in our bio.

@jahnaviphalkey

We are excited to announce that Dr V. Shubhalaxmi will be delivering a talk at ATREE titled “How I became a butterflypreneur”.

An entomologist and educator, Dr Shubhalaxmi’s work spans ecological restoration, urban biodiversity and nature-based learning spaces. She is widely acclaimed for her pioneering contributions to the study of Indian moths.

Join us to hear her speak about her journey into the fascinating world of butterflies and other insects.

Venue: ATREE Auditorium
Date: 28 May 2026
Time: 3:00–4:00 PM

To mark the upcoming World Environment Day, the S.N.A.I.L network, ATREE's Environment Education initiative, is hosting a book and art event on 30 May, in collaboration with Turning Pages, a bookshop at Jakkur.

Find nature-themed books recommended by S.N.A.I.L, participate in a book reading and some art,and take back ideas, stories, and more!If you are looking to reconnect with the environment through a creative lens, this is for you.

One invasive plant can change an entire habitat.

Your observation could help protect thousands of species. 🌍

#ProtectNature #CitizenScience #Ecosystem #Conservation
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Every species we know today in the web of biodiversity first entered science through a name and a description.

But the process goes beyond simply “discovering” a species. It involves careful exploration, collecting specimens, documenting and analysing their traits, comparing them with other known organisms and finally describing them in scientific detail.

This work forms the foundation for understanding biodiversity, from how species evolve and interact with ecosystems to how we conserve them.

On this International Day of Biological Diversity, we asked our scientists why this process remains so important.

Here’s what they had to say.

Every species we know today in the web of biodiversity first entered science through a name and a description.

But the process goes beyond simply “discovering” a species. It involves careful exploration, collecting specimens, documenting and analysing their traits, comparing them with other known organisms and finally describing them in scientific detail.

This work forms the foundation for understanding biodiversity, from how species evolve and interact with ecosystems to how we conserve them.

On this International Day of Biological Diversity, we asked our scientists why this process remains so important.

Here’s what they had to say.

Every species we know today in the web of biodiversity first entered science through a name and a description.

But the process goes beyond simply “discovering” a species. It involves careful exploration, collecting specimens, documenting and analysing their traits, comparing them with other known organisms and finally describing them in scientific detail.

This work forms the foundation for understanding biodiversity, from how species evolve and interact with ecosystems to how we conserve them.

On this International Day of Biological Diversity, we asked our scientists why this process remains so important.

Here’s what they had to say.

Every species we know today in the web of biodiversity first entered science through a name and a description.

But the process goes beyond simply “discovering” a species. It involves careful exploration, collecting specimens, documenting and analysing their traits, comparing them with other known organisms and finally describing them in scientific detail.

This work forms the foundation for understanding biodiversity, from how species evolve and interact with ecosystems to how we conserve them.

On this International Day of Biological Diversity, we asked our scientists why this process remains so important.

Here’s what they had to say.

Every species we know today in the web of biodiversity first entered science through a name and a description.

But the process goes beyond simply “discovering” a species. It involves careful exploration, collecting specimens, documenting and analysing their traits, comparing them with other known organisms and finally describing them in scientific detail.

This work forms the foundation for understanding biodiversity, from how species evolve and interact with ecosystems to how we conserve them.

On this International Day of Biological Diversity, we asked our scientists why this process remains so important.

Here’s what they had to say.

Every species we know today in the web of biodiversity first entered science through a name and a description.

But the process goes beyond simply “discovering” a species. It involves careful exploration, collecting specimens, documenting and analysing their traits, comparing them with other known organisms and finally describing them in scientific detail.

This work forms the foundation for understanding biodiversity, from how species evolve and interact with ecosystems to how we conserve them.

On this International Day of Biological Diversity, we asked our scientists why this process remains so important.

Here’s what they had to say.

Every species we know today in the web of biodiversity first entered science through a name and a description.

But the process goes beyond simply “discovering” a species. It involves careful exploration, collecting specimens, documenting and analysing their traits, comparing them with other known organisms and finally describing them in scientific detail.

This work forms the foundation for understanding biodiversity, from how species evolve and interact with ecosystems to how we conserve them.

On this International Day of Biological Diversity, we asked our scientists why this process remains so important.

Here’s what they had to say.

Every species we know today in the web of biodiversity first entered science through a name and a description.

But the process goes beyond simply “discovering” a species. It involves careful exploration, collecting specimens, documenting and analysing their traits, comparing them with other known organisms and finally describing them in scientific detail.

This work forms the foundation for understanding biodiversity, from how species evolve and interact with ecosystems to how we conserve them.

On this International Day of Biological Diversity, we asked our scientists why this process remains so important.

Here’s what they had to say.

Every species we know today in the web of biodiversity first entered science through a name and a description.

But the process goes beyond simply “discovering” a species. It involves careful exploration, collecting specimens, documenting and analysing their traits, comparing them with other known organisms and finally describing them in scientific detail.

This work forms the foundation for understanding biodiversity, from how species evolve and interact with ecosystems to how we conserve them.

On this International Day of Biological Diversity, we asked our scientists why this process remains so important.

Here’s what they had to say.

Every species we know today in the web of biodiversity first entered science through a name and a description.

But the process goes beyond simply “discovering” a species. It involves careful exploration, collecting specimens, documenting and analysing their traits, comparing them with other known organisms and finally describing them in scientific detail.

This work forms the foundation for understanding biodiversity, from how species evolve and interact with ecosystems to how we conserve them.

On this International Day of Biological Diversity, we asked our scientists why this process remains so important.

Here’s what they had to say.

Every species we know today in the web of biodiversity first entered science through a name and a description.

But the process goes beyond simply “discovering” a species. It involves careful exploration, collecting specimens, documenting and analysing their traits, comparing them with other known organisms and finally describing them in scientific detail.

This work forms the foundation for understanding biodiversity, from how species evolve and interact with ecosystems to how we conserve them.

On this International Day of Biological Diversity, we asked our scientists why this process remains so important.

Here’s what they had to say.

Cockroaches may be pests in houses but they come there because of how we keep our spaces: garbage-filled and messy. In nature, where most of these insects are found, they play a crucial role in nutrient cycling in ecosystems.

Read the article featuring Priyadarsanan Dharma Rajan, Senior Fellow at ATREE, through the link in bio.

Hearty congratulations to Soumya Swaminathan, eminent physician-scientist and board member of ATREE, on being elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) – one of the world’s most prestigious honours in science.

With this remarkable achievement, she creates history alongside her late father, M. S. Swaminathan, who was elected FRS in 1973.

She is only the second Indian woman scientist to be elected to the Royal Society in its 365-year history.

Read more about her historic achievement using the link in the bio.