Conservation

“I don’t want rainwater harvesting to be a novel initiative by a few but a regular and common practice that touches each corner of the country", says this incredible man.

With the prize money, Dr Karnad plans to develop ‘SharkWatch’, a citizen-science programme, to record data on shark fishing and landings at major fishing harbours along the Coromandel coast.

It was for her PhD research on the political ecology of markets for biodiversity conservation that first brought Arshiya Bose to coffee farming regions in the Western Ghats.

In 2016, Rita Maker came across a video of women making mats from Walmart shopping bags on the Internet and was immediately inspired.

These folks come from varied backgrounds; there are teachers, businesspeople, students and tea planters, but are bound by the love for native and rare orchids.

Highlighting the cause of nature and wildlife conservation at a global scale, the Lantana elephants are part of a greater initiative to raise funds for conservation and help people and elephants live together more harmoniously.

It all began when Pompayya noticed the scrubby patch of land on the other side of the canal, that bordered his property, lie empty and transform into a general purpose dumping ground.

Costing a maximum of Rs 25,000, the inventors guarantee that the method is a long-time investment, as its life expectancy is 20-25 years!

After the wall was built, in May 2015, a male elephant bashed its head against the wall while trying to break it, finally dying of haemorrhage.

“Trees were his everything. He used to say, trees are my family, my parents, my friends and my world. He did not wish to see the world because for him every tree was a world of its own."