By Abhilasha Baruah Aaranyak, supported by the International Elephant Foundation, is undertaking targeted habitat management within Khalingduar Reserve Forest, Dhansiri Forest Division, Udalguri to improve habitat conditions for elephants over the long term. A two-hectare area has been selected as…
Draw Kaziranga’s Eco-Sensitive Zone based on ecology, law and people’s needs The move towards notifying the long-pending Eco-Sensitive Zone (ESZ) around Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve should be appropriate, scientifically determined and legally compliant. The purpose of such a…
Madhumita Borthakur Email : madhumita@aaranyak.org (The author is an official at Aaranyak’s Geospatial Technology and Applications Division) In recent years, the integration of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing (RS) & GPS technologies has revolutionized the way forest officials…
By Anushka Saikia Every Sunday morning, before the bustle of the Jeypore weekly market begins, 49-year-old Madhuri Das carefully arranges glass jars filled with mango, bamboo shoot, elephant apple, and king chilli (Bhut Jolokia) pickles on a small wooden table.…
By Anushka Saikia One of my earliest childhood memories is of sitting beside my mother during evening prayers. At an age when words still stumbled out imperfectly, I remember interrupting a hymn to ask, “Who is Garuda?” My mother explained…
By Dr. Partha Jyoti Das Aaranyak World Environment Day, June 5, 2026 “Solutions to the climate crisis are within reach, but in order to capture them, we must take urgent action today across every level of society.” – Al Gore,…
By Dr. Leons Mathew Abraham, Project Officer, Threatened Species Recovery Programme, Aaranyak The story of migration began long before human civilisation - carved into the memory of Earth itself during the Great Ice Age, when advancing glaciers forced birds into…
Dr. Partha J Das Director and Head, 'Water, Climate & Hazard Division', Aaranyak The Earth Day (ED), a day celebrated worldwide on April 22 last to think, discuss and act for the wellness of our mother earth and the flora…