Researchers have developed a novel deep-learning architecture that generates high-quality synthetic images of rare land covers to eliminate bias and drastically improve the accuracy of environmental monitoring systems.
A new open-source satellite tool has revealed the critical ecological and economic importance of India’s Open Natural Ecosystems, challenging the colonial-era classification of these biodiversity hotspots as unproductive wastelands.
A new study reveals that while older shepherds in India revere wolves as sacred guardians, the younger generation increasingly views them as financial liabilities, posing a new challenge for wildlife conservation.
The strictly carnivorous Pallid and Montagu's Harriers are confirmed to be crucial secondary seed dispersers in India, rescuing viable seeds from the digestive tracts of their prey and playing an important role in maintaining the biodiversity of threatened grassland ecosystems.
Tropical savannas, replete with large expanses of grasslands, are often misclassified as wastelands.
Scientists used mathematical models and satellite data to understand how seed dispersal from forest trees helps in maintaining the savanna–forest boundaries.