Gana Kedlaya
@ganak.bsky.social
Environment reporter. Wildlife-human interactions. Sharing #bookreviews #longreads #🤘🏾music. Hooked on indigenous knowledge & elephants.
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A walk in the forest & some wonderful interactions...
September 16, 2025 at 3:59 PM
A walk in the forest & some wonderful interactions...
How can non-elite and more-than-colonial environmentalisms offer an alternative narrative to the competing ideologies, agents and institutions shaping human–nature relationships? 👇🏾
🌎New #OA paper in Geo🌍
'Challenging elite environmentalism: Stories from Brazil and India' by @ritodhi.bsky.social & Aline Carrara
doi.org/10.1002/geo2... #geosky #geo
'Challenging elite environmentalism: Stories from Brazil and India' by @ritodhi.bsky.social & Aline Carrara
doi.org/10.1002/geo2... #geosky #geo
August 19, 2025 at 6:23 AM
How can non-elite and more-than-colonial environmentalisms offer an alternative narrative to the competing ideologies, agents and institutions shaping human–nature relationships? 👇🏾
Monsoons are a personal favorite, always.
August 13, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Monsoons are a personal favorite, always.
Why everyone should read the fantastic The Empire of AI by @karenhao.bsky.social
A brief review 👇🏾
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#bookreview #openai
A brief review 👇🏾
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#bookreview #openai
BOOK REVIEWS
BOOKS 2025 The Empire of AI – Karen Hao One of the finest tech journalists, Karen Hao, has been covering the world of artificial intelligence even before it became “business”. Wha…
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August 8, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Why everyone should read the fantastic The Empire of AI by @karenhao.bsky.social
A brief review 👇🏾
eletellnow.wordpress.com/long-forms/
#bookreview #openai
A brief review 👇🏾
eletellnow.wordpress.com/long-forms/
#bookreview #openai
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I've been talking about this for years but the fossil fuel industry has five key narratives, they haven't changed much in decades, and they just shift between them/combine them depending on what is happening in the world. Made a quick and dirty flow chart to illustrate it:
July 1, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I've been talking about this for years but the fossil fuel industry has five key narratives, they haven't changed much in decades, and they just shift between them/combine them depending on what is happening in the world. Made a quick and dirty flow chart to illustrate it:
A simple change... Misleading interpretations.
Notice how most headlines lately have been replacing capture, translocation with rescue?!
Notice how most headlines lately have been replacing capture, translocation with rescue?!
March 24, 2025 at 6:59 AM
A simple change... Misleading interpretations.
Notice how most headlines lately have been replacing capture, translocation with rescue?!
Notice how most headlines lately have been replacing capture, translocation with rescue?!
Wildlife institute WII is one among others that pushed for environment clearances for Nicobar project & now stands to get crores of rupees in mitigation/ monitoring funding. Sharing my findings on one such WII research paper that further shed light on need for research integrity 👇🏾
March 19, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Wildlife institute WII is one among others that pushed for environment clearances for Nicobar project & now stands to get crores of rupees in mitigation/ monitoring funding. Sharing my findings on one such WII research paper that further shed light on need for research integrity 👇🏾
March 19, 2025 at 6:29 AM
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A new study highlights the urgent need to integrate chimpanzee cultural preservation with conservation.
It documents the loss of a socially-learned behavior — a mating signal — among a group of chimps following the poaching of all of the male members.
Once lost, behaviors take years to reemerge.
It documents the loss of a socially-learned behavior — a mating signal — among a group of chimps following the poaching of all of the male members.
Once lost, behaviors take years to reemerge.
When a chimp community lost its males, it also lost part of its love language
Male chimpanzees in Côte d’Ivoire’s Taï National Park use distinct “auditory gestures” to attract females. However, researchers have found that when the males die, these behaviors can disappear with t...
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March 12, 2025 at 5:58 AM
A new study highlights the urgent need to integrate chimpanzee cultural preservation with conservation.
It documents the loss of a socially-learned behavior — a mating signal — among a group of chimps following the poaching of all of the male members.
Once lost, behaviors take years to reemerge.
It documents the loss of a socially-learned behavior — a mating signal — among a group of chimps following the poaching of all of the male members.
Once lost, behaviors take years to reemerge.
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More evidence on the relative ineffectiveness of current snake anti-venom that possibly is better suited for S. Indian regions cos of heterogeneity in venom composition across the 4 Indian venomous snakes
Story in Research Matters: buff.ly/E7Ec3y2
Story in Research Matters: buff.ly/E7Ec3y2
March 5, 2025 at 7:48 AM
More evidence on the relative ineffectiveness of current snake anti-venom that possibly is better suited for S. Indian regions cos of heterogeneity in venom composition across the 4 Indian venomous snakes
Story in Research Matters: buff.ly/E7Ec3y2
Story in Research Matters: buff.ly/E7Ec3y2
Nepal's rhino census conducted in an interval of every five years now faces an uncertain future with the suspension of USAID, one of the major donors for the project, by the Donald Trump administration.
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March 4, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Nepal's rhino census conducted in an interval of every five years now faces an uncertain future with the suspension of USAID, one of the major donors for the project, by the Donald Trump administration.
www.business-standard.com/world-news/n...
www.business-standard.com/world-news/n...
There goes village commons - to benefit the corporate under the guise of greening...
www.downtoearth.org.in/forests/priv...
www.downtoearth.org.in/forests/priv...
Private entities to gain access to state-owned degraded forests for afforestation
Private entities may soon be granted access to degraded forests in Madhya Pradesh for afforestation projects, with the opportunity to earn carbon credits. A dra
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March 4, 2025 at 2:55 PM
There goes village commons - to benefit the corporate under the guise of greening...
www.downtoearth.org.in/forests/priv...
www.downtoearth.org.in/forests/priv...
We need to replace/make words like experts & greens in news articles more inclusive & diverse: Their excessive usage, singular references (scientists/conservationists) have created social monoculturalism (limiting it to one section of people).
Like, forest dwellers don't know better?!
Like, forest dwellers don't know better?!
March 1, 2025 at 10:55 AM
We need to replace/make words like experts & greens in news articles more inclusive & diverse: Their excessive usage, singular references (scientists/conservationists) have created social monoculturalism (limiting it to one section of people).
Like, forest dwellers don't know better?!
Like, forest dwellers don't know better?!
Also, tech solutions that are expensive & remain short-term & more reactive in addressing challenges on ground... 👇🏾
www.thehindu.com/news/nationa...
www.thehindu.com/news/nationa...
IIIT Kottayam develops drones for tranquillising elephants in distress
A drone lab here has developed an advanced hexacopter-based tranquilliser-firing drone
www.thehindu.com
February 27, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Also, tech solutions that are expensive & remain short-term & more reactive in addressing challenges on ground... 👇🏾
www.thehindu.com/news/nationa...
www.thehindu.com/news/nationa...
This year, over 6 people died & 25 injured in processions from elephants that were highly stressed. Unfortunately, it looks like unshakable truths (such as the reality and impact of many of our customs) are of no consequence in the face of inherited beliefs.
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Local elephants can be brought from other states: Stay for High Court order
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has stayed the Kerala High Court order that had banned the transportation of local elephants from other states to Kerala.
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February 27, 2025 at 12:50 PM
This year, over 6 people died & 25 injured in processions from elephants that were highly stressed. Unfortunately, it looks like unshakable truths (such as the reality and impact of many of our customs) are of no consequence in the face of inherited beliefs.
keralakaumudi.com/en/news/mobi...
keralakaumudi.com/en/news/mobi...
Definitely worrisome
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First evidence of transovarial transmission of Kyasanur Forest disease virus in Haemaphysalis and Rhipicephalus ticks in the wild - Parasites & Vectors
Background Kyasanur forest disease virus (KFDV) is a tick-borne flavivirus causing debilitating and potentially fatal disease in people in the Western Ghats region of India. The transmission cycle is ...
parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com
February 15, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Definitely worrisome
parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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Adani-related energy news from India is always fascinating.
"The Indian government relaxed national security protocols along the Pakistan border to make way for a renewable energy park, a project ultimately handed to one of India’s richest men, Gautam Adani"
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
"The Indian government relaxed national security protocols along the Pakistan border to make way for a renewable energy park, a project ultimately handed to one of India’s richest men, Gautam Adani"
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
Tycoon profited after India relaxed border security rules for energy park
Exclusive: Military experts raise concerns over change to protocols on Pakistan border to allow project that was handed to billionaire Gautam Adani
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Adani-related energy news from India is always fascinating.
"The Indian government relaxed national security protocols along the Pakistan border to make way for a renewable energy park, a project ultimately handed to one of India’s richest men, Gautam Adani"
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
"The Indian government relaxed national security protocols along the Pakistan border to make way for a renewable energy park, a project ultimately handed to one of India’s richest men, Gautam Adani"
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
"In rendering this sky into English, into a language of distance and abstraction, did I preserve its unbearable weight—or did I risk reducing it, smoothing its jagged edges for those who will never be beneath its destruction?"
Do read 👇🏾
Do read 👇🏾
Don't miss this beautiful, thoughtful essay by translator-scholar @AlaaQAlQaisi.
Translating the Unseen: Gaza’s Sky and Anne Carson’s Vision
arablit.org/2025/02/10/t...
Translating the Unseen: Gaza’s Sky and Anne Carson’s Vision
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Translating the Unseen: Gaza’s Sky and Anne Carson’s Vision
Translating the Unseen: Gaza’s Sky and Anne Carson’s Vision By Alaa Alqaisi It began with an email from Dr. James Heaney, a professor of English and Irish studies at Carlow University, …
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February 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
"In rendering this sky into English, into a language of distance and abstraction, did I preserve its unbearable weight—or did I risk reducing it, smoothing its jagged edges for those who will never be beneath its destruction?"
Do read 👇🏾
Do read 👇🏾
February 10, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Scientists have confirmed the presence of the Asian small-clawed otter in Nepal for the first time in more than 185 years. The last confirmed sighting was in 1839, followed by occasional unconfirmed reports.
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World’s smallest otter makes comeback in Nepal after 185 years
KATHMANDU — Scientists have for the first time in 185 years confirmed the presence of the Asian small-clawed otter in Nepal, thrilling conservationists and researchers looking for clues to its existen...
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February 5, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Scientists have confirmed the presence of the Asian small-clawed otter in Nepal for the first time in more than 185 years. The last confirmed sighting was in 1839, followed by occasional unconfirmed reports.
news.mongabay.com/2025/02/worl...
news.mongabay.com/2025/02/worl...
New Zealand's Mount Taranaki, sacred to the Maori, has been accorded legal rights as a living person.
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New Zealand's Mount Taranaki gets same legal rights as a person
The aim is to address injustices of colonisation, including confiscating land from local tribes.
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January 31, 2025 at 9:47 AM
New Zealand's Mount Taranaki, sacred to the Maori, has been accorded legal rights as a living person.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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