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22 stories for “Brahmaputra”
Clear filtersHimalaya Diwas, observed on September 9, draws attention to the Himalayan ecosystem and the need to conserve it. It was first declared in Uttarakhand in 2015 to promote conservation, sustainable development and community...
Majuli in Assam and Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh have built community-driven systems for rural waste management. In Majuli, waste is collected in 19 of 20 panchayats, sorted at Central Material Collection Facilities and s...
The Rangpur-Sivasagar Historical Ensemble in Assam has entered UNESCO's World Heritage Tentative List, with India's dossier filed under cultural criteria (iii) and (iv). It includes Rang Ghar, Talatal Ghar, the Namdang S...
The Smew (Mergellus albellus), a rare migratory duck, has been recorded for the first time at Laokhowa Wildlife Sanctuary in Assam. It is a small diving duck of the family Anatidae that breeds in northern Eurasia and mov...
The Mising, Assam's second-largest plains tribe, drew attention on the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples (9 August) for their age-old ways of coping with floods. They live mainly along the Brahmaputra a...
IntroductionIn a deeply structural and highly massive ecological crisis, a proposed 1,200 MW hydroelectric project on the Lohit River in Arunachal Pradesh strictly and forcefully threatens the absolute survival of the Cr...
IntroductionIn a deeply structural and highly massive triumph for entomological research, scientists from the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE) strictly and officially discovered two new so...
IntroductionIn a deeply structural and highly massive triumph for Indian entomological research, field biologists strictly and officially discovered two completely new solitary bee species—Elaphropoda triangulata and Hab...
IntroductionIn a deeply structural and highly massive intervention to aggressively halt biodiversity collapse, the National CAMPA (Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority) strictly and officiall...
IntroductionIn a deeply structural and highly massive taxonomic breakthrough, biological researchers strictly and officially confirmed that the Himalayan pangolin (Manis aurita) is a distinct, extant species, separating...
IntroductionIn a deeply structural and highly massive geographical hazard event, a massive landslide formed a temporary natural dam across the Siji River in Arunachal Pradesh, strictly and officially raising downstream f...
Wildlife Inventory Extensions: Tree-Climbing Diurnal Mesopredator Identified Within Brahmaputra Floodplain GrasslandsIn a vital milestone for subcontinental conservation biology and mammalian distribution tracking, the Y...
