Naturalists and wetland conservationists recommend positive attitude of local communities towards wetland values and conservation, writes Medini Baruah.
The sponges, spanning 15 sq kms, were found on top of extinct underwater mountains. They were feeding on fossilised remains of a tube worm ecosystem from thousands of years ago.
The fate of insects is entwined with that of people and other vertebrates. Scientists warn that their decline is undermining ecosystems on which many lives depend.
Rechin La was a tactical success and a strategic warning. It exposed a system where political leaders seek control without defining boundaries, leaving commanders to assume strategic responsibility.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
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