Sandhya Sekar

Programme Director @mongabayindia
Formerly: PhD scholar, freelance science journalist.
#scicomm #environment #conservation
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[Sandhya Sekar @SekarSandhya]

It's today, folks!
See you there.
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[Mongabay India @MongabayIndia]

Fantastic Beasts, Story Secrets, and a Surprisingly Useful Pizza - Building stories from the ingredients around you 🦈🍕

What makes a compelling wildlife or environmental story? Sometimes, the answer lies in looking at familiar things from an entirely new perspective.

[Sandhya Sekar @SekarSandhya]

Looking forward to being part of this interesting conversation today!
@MongabayIndia

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The oceans offer new opportunities for discovery and understanding their roles in shaping our lives in many ways. Join us this evening at 7 PM IST in a discussion with Divya Panicker and Sandhya Sekar on how the oceans shape us.

[Sandhya Sekar @SekarSandhya]

@Radiolab So.. the episode called Baby Shark?
Any parents out there singing the TUNE?
And the question this brings out: how did that song succeed so much?? Kids are not scared eh?

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Water flooded a rat-hole mine in the Dima Hasao district of Assam, earlier this month, trapping several miners inside. This incident is one of the biggest mining disasters in Assam, reports @nabarun_guha45
@nehu_shg
https://t.co/afNi32w49s

[Sandhya Sekar @SekarSandhya]

Really enjoyed reading about @tseringangmo2 -- more power to you!
Great story by @priyankash96 and @saumshinde.

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Over 11,000 feet asl in the Himalayas, 6 teams competed in the Climate Cup - a football tournament aiming to increase awareness about #ClimateChange through #sports.
@tseringangmo2 @1LadakhFC @GokulamKeralaFC @NEUtdFC
✒️@priyankash96 @saumshinde
https://t.co/EFec1E9fw9

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"All sports that are played outdoors are currently and will be threatened by increasing temperatures and heat waves," says sportswriter and researcher @Davidsgoldblatt.

Story by @priyankash96 and @saumshinde.
https://t.co/EFec1E9NlH

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Honoured to annouce that @MongabayIndia was presented the @greenaccord International Media Award.
"..celebrates the media’s commitment to raising public awareness of the most urgent ecological problems of our time and promoting a more sustainable future"
https://t.co/ceKzMnRa9T

[Sandhya Sekar @SekarSandhya]

The story of the tender coconut waste:
Biodegradable? Yes.
But, easily biodegradable? Not really.
What can be done? Read on to find out.

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The cost and space constraint of tender coconut waste processing technologies and lack of government support, discourages entrepreneurs from investing in the processing of a single item. Story by @ravleen.
https://t.co/uPITF19XHD

[Sandhya Sekar @SekarSandhya]

Found this conversation between @GopiWarrier and @Shweta__dalmia, on the Climapreneur Show, really thought-provoking.
@Shweta__dalmia -- kudos on the insightful questions and the "Game of States" :-)
#environment #journalism #India

[Mongabay India @MongabayIndia]

Listen to @GopiWarrier, Managing Editor at Mongabay-India, as he talks about his 37 year journey as an environment journalist on The Climapreneur Show, with Shweta Dalmia.

Starting from the difficulties of carving a new niche called environment journalism amidst other beats, to the importance of strategic communication and media outreach by institutions to amplifying environmental narratives, and ending with a "game" that showcases the environmental side of select Indian states with examples from his work and Mongabay-India's, the long interview is sure to inspire and inform.

https://t.co/WxvGraNnaz

[Sandhya Sekar @SekarSandhya]

By 2050, the Indian Ocean could even reach a permanent heatwave situation, show models by @RockSea @iitmpune. The number of heatwave days could go up from 20 days / year, to 220-250 days per year.
#heatwave #mitigation #extremeweather @GopiWarrier expands further:

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🥵 Extreme weather events will become more frequent and more intense in India, requiring deep, bipartisan introspection and action. Do you think this is likely to happen? 🧵#LokSabhaElections2024

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Areas with high rates of deforestation and forest fragmentation make hostpots for disease outbreaks. A #onehealth approach is needed for mitigation, reports @ArathimenonM

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1/6 - A study conducted by the @iiscbangalore in 2020 revealed significant transformations in the forests of the Western Ghats over the past three decades, marked by the fragmentation of contiguous native forests into smaller parcels of land.

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Remembering my first encounter with this amazing species, when travelling with @Jahnavijoshi2 and @ShrekDeodhar in Kerala back in 2007.
#lizard #agamid #kangaroolizard

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Agasthyama edge is the new kangaroo lizard spotted in Kerala. It took a decade for the researchers to ascertain the identity of the new species since it was similar in size, shape and has many features of Agasthyagama beddomii. Story by @arathimenonM.

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A little known disease endemic to #India, which blows up as a local epidemic once a year during summer.
#KyasanurForestDisease #OneHealth #ticks

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Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD), a tick-borne illness caused by a virus, remains a significant concern in the Malenadu regions of Karnataka and is spreading to neighbouring states along the Western Ghats.

The disease has a fatality rate estimated between 3% to 15%, as against dengue's 2.6% fatality. The disease outbreak tends to peak during the summer season, disappearing with the onset of monsoons.

This year, deficient rainfall and intense heat in southern states, conditions conducive to the proliferation of ticks, provides additional risks of a KFD outbreak.

Until now the virus causing KFD has remained relatively undisturbed, likely circulating within the Malenadu forests from an earlier period. What has changed?

Stay tuned for more details! A detailed report on KFD will be published on Mongabay-India, this Friday.

Reporting by Arathi Menon (@ArathimenonM).

📸: A man shows a tick collected from near his house by Abhishek N. Chinnappa.

[Sandhya Sekar @SekarSandhya]

It's been a great run, and here's to many more!
I love the feeling that all the women on the team look up at each other, and look to each other for more motivation :-)
#IWD24 #inter

[Mongabay India @MongabayIndia]

Meet the Women of Mongabay-India

This #InternationalWomensDay , we decided to turn the lens inward and highlight some of our team members, who have been working to reach stories that matter to you.

Our team is co-led by a woman, and at each stage of the complex workflow, the women have taken work (and life) related challenges heads-on and made it an even greater place to work in. Read on to know more!

[Sandhya Sekar @SekarSandhya]

A dose of inspiration for all of us!
#InternationalWomensDay #WomenInScience #WomensDay #womeninthewild #IWD

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Meet India's inspiring 'Women in the WIld' #IWD2024

India has seen many pioneering women biologists who have explored and help resolved key issues of biodiversity and wildlife. Let’s meet some of them today!
(1/8)

#InternationalWomensDay

[Sandhya Sekar @SekarSandhya]

At the #ifrc2024 for two days of thought and discussion and laughter!
@ILSS_Official @anuprasa

[Gopi Warrier @GopiWarrier]

A generation of young Indians are not aware of the dramatic environmental impact of the economic reforms initiated by P.V. Narasimha Rao (#BharatRatnaAward).

Listen to @MongabayIndia podcast on Spotify: https://t.co/seCTHSEL7c Apple Podcasts: https://t.co/c4u0A5aFXV

[Sandhya Sekar @SekarSandhya]

Join @GopiWarrier as he takes us back to the 1991 economic reforms and looks at its impact of the Indian middle class, and the environment.
@MongabayIndia
Environomy - on Feb 9, wherever you get your podcasts.
https://t.co/z5PcGQ4Mzp

[INSEE @INSEE_22]

Reflecting on an enriching day of discussions at the Twelfth Biennial Conference of INSEE. Our workshop with the @MongabayIndia provided valuable insights on the intersection of journalism and research. #INSEE2024 #MongabayIndia #EcologicalEconomics #SustainableDevelopment #Clima

[Sandhya Sekar @SekarSandhya]

A book featuring many researchers I've had the pleasure to interact with :) and their "other halves".

[Mongabay India @MongabayIndia]

A new anthology, More Than Just Footnotes: Field Assistants in Wildlife Research and Conservation, pays tribute to the field assistants of Arunachal Pradesh, whose presence and work has made it possible for scientists to explore and study its biodiversity.
https://t.co/DRxOqVN6f5