ATREE's mission is to promote socially just environmental conservation and sustainable development by generating rigorous interdisciplinary knowledge that engages actively with academia, policy makers, practitioners, activists, students and wider public audiences.

Research Highlights

Living with lantana

Lantana camara, the invasive plant species from South America, is now widespread in India. It was brought to India as an ornamental and hedge plant about 2 centuries ago, but quickly escaped from cultivation, spreading across forests, fields, and fallow...

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Academy Matters

Doctoral research sans boundaries

October and November 2009 were rich harvests in global perspectives for ATREE’s Ph D programme. Professor Darley Kjosavik of NORAGRIC, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, lectured on Theories of Development, Gender and Development, Interdisciplinary Research and Research Ethics...

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DNA Club monitors bar-headed geese

Kaggalipura Lake in the Tirumakudalu Narasipura taluk is one of the few places in Karnataka where bar-headed geese visit. This lake is two kms from Government High School...

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Watershed services of tropical forests: from hydrology to economic valuation to integrated analysis

‘Watershed services’ provided by forest ecosystems are receiving increasing attention in the research and policy arena. Changes in forest cover in tropical regions take many different forms...

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Policy & Outreach

Wetlands (Conservation and Management) Rules, 2009

The Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) has recently published a draft Wetlands (Conservation and Management) Rules, 2009 and was made available for public comments. ATREE’s Wetland conservation team has done a detailed analysis of the same and the suggestions were submitted to the ministry.

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Workshop on inland fisheries bill

With the objective of combining the existing bills related to Inland fisheries, Government of Kerala has recently notified a draft, 'Kerala Inland Fishery Bill (2010)'. Fisheries experts and traditional fishermen of the inland fisheries sector are apprehensive about the Bill.

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