Grasslands and open forests (open natural ecosystems or ONEs) have been considered ‘wastelands’ since colonial times and targeted for restoration through tree planting. In this study, we use paleo-records to understand if Central India has a history of ONEs, and we find that the sites in our study region were often savanna in the last ten thousand years. This does upend the current understanding of the forests as a close canopy system that have recently been degraded into bec

1. How did your journey begin? - What drew you to conservation work and when did you start? I have had a deep connection with the ...

1. How did your journey begin? - What drew you to conservation work and when did you start? After completing my college education, I...

1. How did your journey begin? - What drew you to conservation work and when did you start? Growing up in the suburban area of Amravati...

Around 60-80% of India's population relies on plant-based medicines for primary healthcare despite the availability of modern treatments....

Biomass burning is a global environmental concern that leads to loss of vegetation, pollution and health hazards. Therefore, it is...