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Tigers once roamed Mewar. There’s every reason to bring them back Ecologists call it a keystone species, which is a polite way of saying its presence matters to things that have no obvious connection to tigers Written by:Arefa Tehsin There is also the question of what a tiger does to a landscape once it is... Continue Reading →
How (not) to save the mountains And yet, the basics remain this: If you fence a rocky patch, protect it from grazing, woodcutting and illegal mining, the vegetation belonging to that land will return by itself. It always does Written by:Arefa Tehsin An aerial view of Aravalli Range (Express Photo) The Aravalli is old. Older... Continue Reading →
Beyond the Hunt: The Maneater of Udaipur By Arefa Tehsin Oct 28, 2024 07:44 PM IST Conservation comes with difficult choices. To kill a maneater is conservation to its core. Two leopards near a village in Haryana. (HT Photo) On a balmy evening in the Aravalli hills, Suraj, a five-year-old girl, stood washing her hands... Continue Reading →
Monday, Apr 29, 2024 JOURNALISM OF COURAGE When villagers kill a leopard: The need for co-existence Practical and easy measures can be taken by the forest authorities to ease this conflict Written by Raza H Tehsin, Arefa TehsinApril 24, 2024 13:48 IST There is much to learn from a leopard. To tread silently and merge... Continue Reading →
Ashoka University's Archives' team from Delhi to collect Dr. Raza H. Tehsin's lifetime of works in wildlife research and conservation - his fieldnotes, diaries, correspondences, research papers, audio visuals, press cuttings, books - to archive and digitise them for scholars and naturalists worldwide for posterity. Dr. Tehsin's works suggested to Ashoka University by Dr. MK... Continue Reading →
How a researcher found a snow trout near Thar desert – and why it’s vital to study it further This biological puzzle could be the key to deepen our geological understanding of the region. The fish that Raza Tehsin found in Rajasthan in 1987. | Arefa Tehsin In the summer of 1987, the naturalist Raza... Continue Reading →
“Steed of the Jungle God” by Raza H. Tehsin with Arefa Tehsin Wildlife conservationist Raza H. Tehsin’s Steed of the Jungle God: Thrilling Experiences in the Wild is a collection of essays written along with his daughter, Arefa Tehsin, which recount his days in the jungles of Rajasthan. It has been illustrated splendidly by Sumit Sakula and... Continue Reading →
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