Harikrishnan S

Amphibian Recovery Project - Munnar, Kerala, India
Herpetologist & Ecologist. PhD (Wildlife Science)

[The Kaipullai @thekaipullai]

I think there exists a high powered committee of babus, whose only job is to find newer and newer ways to harass the citizens in the most painful manner possible and then recommend them to the Govt.

[IndiaToday @IndiaToday]

#EXCLUSIVE | Have you raised these issues of illegalities taking place on the ground with @RahulGandhi, @PinarayiVijayan and @NarendraModi?
Hear out ecologist Madhav Gadgil's response.

#WayanadDisaster #KeralaLandslide #WayanadLandslides #NewsToday | @SardesaiRajdeep

[Rishika Pardikar @rishpardikar]

🚨Exclusive: Modi govt shut down almost 200 district weather advisory units providing crucial services to farmers after @NITIAayog misrepresented their role & sought privatisation of services. Based on internal finance ministry documents #RTI https://t.co/cmuQrpgw1n

[Rishika Pardikar @rishpardikar]

FAO defines forest as "lands of more than 0.5 hectares with a tree canopy cover of more than 10%". This allows countries like India to claim increase in forest cover for the most ridiculous of reasons even while chopping down primary and secondary forests https://t.co/nA6osrsT7J

[Navin Kabra @NGKabra]

Who are Indians descended from? Aryans from Europe? Dravidians who've been "here" forever? The Indus valley civilization?

A controversial question for 150+ years, but now we have DNA evidence that answers these questions with a high degree of certainty.

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[Harikrishnan S @aringodar]

Travancore anchal

[Rishika Pardikar @rishpardikar]

🚨 Karnataka forest dept opposes iron ore mining in #Sandur forests pushed by @hd_kumaraswamy in one of his first moves as steel minister. The forest dept had unanimously opposed it earlier too when BJP was in power in Karnataka. An exclusive interview: https://t.co/rMV0tL46V4

[Kanika @DalRotiForLife]

Hi @PrimeVideoIN @PrimeVideo

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Sincerely,
A frustrated subscriber

[Pankaj Sekhsaria @pankajsekh]

Union Tribal Affairs Minister promises to look into Great Nicobar clearances - The Hindu https://t.co/zErz3FxBx9

[Rishika Pardikar @rishpardikar]

One of those rare cases where the forest department and the forest minister actually take a stance against forest diversion. It is rare even when the company involved has a track-record of violations of the law (Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Ltd in this case)
https://t.co/Gers9BD3Hi

[Manish Chandi @manishchandi]

This poem on the residents of Great Nicobar Island & recent headlines surrounding them. Written from the point of the view of the Nicobar Megapode – a threatened bird endemic to the island and indigenous Shompen and the Great Nicobarese languishing @ Cbay

https://t.co/ohmC1PfHsb

[Harikrishnan S @aringodar]

Found a couple of these Brown fish owls last night.
#munnar #wildlife #owl #westernghats #biodiversity #fieldbiology

[Kajol Srinivasan @LOLrakshak]

India Institute of Theology has fined students 1.2 lakhs. It's weird how hurt sentiments are soothed with hard cash.

[Harikrishnan S @aringodar]

Only because they consider monoculture tree plantations also as "forest cover".

[Global Conservation Solutions @_GCS_]

Thanks to #conservation efforts, #India's #forests have steadily increased over the past 15 years, providing important #habitat for numerous species!

#conservationoptimism #LetNatureThrive

https://t.co/LVCmV4Bps8

[Harikrishnan S @aringodar]

Suspend Clearances, Conduct Impartial Review of Great Nicobar Island Mega-Project: Congress https://t.co/e0nawg5iyx

[Pankaj Sekhsaria @pankajsekh]

‘Anything we do in Andamans has to be done with great care and sensitivity: from the B'lore release on 9 June with @samar11 @ChampacaBooks @vaishnaroy @frontline_india @aathiperinchery; For more info & to get copies, pls write to me at [email protected] https://t.co/H7RPHhtumz

[Manish Chandi @manishchandi]

Very few people have acknowledged the Shompen. A Letter to the President of India: Who will stand up for 229 Shompens (PVTG) and 27,168 Nicobarese in Great Nicobar Island, whose interests stand ignored by a “Mega Infra Project”? https://t.co/smZoDwPOvg via @countercurrents

[Mohammed Zubair @zoo_bear]

Veena George is a Health Minister of Kerala. She has every right to be on the ground in Kuwait. What position do you hold Mr. @RajeevRC_X ? 😏

[Rishika Pardikar @rishpardikar]

Andaman & Nicobar administration rushes land acquisition for an international airport that is part of NITI Aayog's mega project. Residents & local panchayat demand engagement on social impact assessment (SIA) & a proper public hearing. For @thenewsminute
https://t.co/rAbhjDXI2W

[Aathira Perinchery @aathiperinchery]

@pankajsekh talks about the Great Nicobar Island, what’s special about it (including biodiversity & tectonics), and why you should buy this book. Very honoured that one of my stories for @TheWireScience is also part of The Great Nicobar Betrayal.