(May 28, 2020) ವಿಸ್ಮಯಲೋಕದ ನಾವಿಕರು...(ಭಯ, ಕುತೂಹಲ, ಹಾಸ್ಯ)ದಂಡಕಾರಣ್ಯದ ಸುತ್ತ ಚಲಿಸುವ ಹೆಜ್ಜೆಗಳು...ಲೇಖಕರು – ಸತೀಶ ಗ. ನಾಗಠಾಣಬೆಳಗಿನ ಹೊತ್ತು ತಂಪಾಗಿ ಬೀಸುತ್ತಿರುವ ಗಾಳಿ ಮತ್ತು ದಟ್ಟವಾಗಿ ಕವಿದಿದ್ದ ಮೋಡಗಳು ನೆಲಕ್ಕೆ ತಾಗಿದಂತಾಗಿತ್ತು. ದಟ್ಟ ಕಾಡು ಕಿಕ್ಕಿರಿದು ತುಂಬಿದ ಬೃಹತ್ ಮರಗಳ ಸಾಲುಗಳ ಮಧ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದು ಅಂಕು-ಡೊಂಕಾದ ಮಣ್ಣಿನ ರಸ್ತೆ ಬಹಳ ದೂರದವರೆಗೆ ಹಾದು ಹೋಗುತ್ತಿತ್ತು. ಗುಡ್ಡಗಾಡುಗಳಿಂದ ಆವರಿಸಿದ ಕಣಿವೆಗಳ ಸುತ್ತ ಚಿಕ್ಕ-ಚಿಕ್ಕ ನೀರಿನ ಜಲಪಾತಗಳನ್ನು ತನ್ನ ಒಡಲೊಳಗೆ ಧುಮ್ಮಿಕ್ಕಿ ಹರಿಯುವ ಇಳಿಜಾರುಗಳಿಂದ ಕೂಡಿದ ಆಳವಾದ ತಗ್ಗು ಪ್ರದೇಶ ಅದಾಗಿತ್ತು. ಸಮರೋಪಾದಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಚಲಿಸುವ ಮಣ್ಣಿನ ರಸ್ತೆ ತನ...

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(May 21, 2020) A message from Dr. Nigel Collar, Chairman of the IUCN Bustard Specialist Group to the WCS event at CMS, February 2020.Dr. Nigel Collar with other experts at the Desert National Park. Photo courtesy: H S Sathya Chandra SagarThousands of species are coming to the end of their lives in our current extinction crisis. Many of them can be saved with relative ease (if global warming does not take away their habitat), because they have restricted ranges in which reserves can be establishe...

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(May 19, 2020) By Jisha JacobOn July 5th 1841, 500 people took an excursion from Leicester to Loughborough on a chartered train. Thomas Cook had marshalled one of the first organized tourism packages ever, kick-starting the era of modern tourism. Little did he know that he had pioneered a global industry. Over the century, the travel and tourism industry has grown immensely. Today it has spread out into various niche areas; rural, medical, cultural and heritage tourism being few of the many. Globally, the indu...

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(May 15, 2020) In recent days, I have taken to reading a book that has opened my eyes to much of my city Bangalore’s ecological history. Nature in the City: Bengaluru in the Past, Present and Future, authored by Harini Nagendra, ecologist and Professor of Sustainability at Azim Premji University explores urban green spaces in the city, including parks, slums, streets and lakes.However, what stayed with me was a chapter on home gardens, and their role in supporting much of a city’s biodiversity.Phot...

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