Presenting "Fruit of the Womb: The Botanical Classification of Fruit". This was a fun piece I made after a dinnertime conversation about why a tomato is technically a fruit. #fruit #botany #botanicalillustration #scientificart #sciart #illustration #art #plant #floralart #biology

Watch this short clip of Soumya Dutta setting the context of #COP26 (🎥by Ashish Kothari at Western Himalaya Vikalp Sangam) #ClimateAction #ClimateEmergency #COP26Glasgow Local Futures / Economics of Happiness Let India Breathe || #StandWithManipur|| Shrishtee Bajpai Bhoomi College

🚨Around 160 field staffers of Mizoram’s #DampaTigerReserve, have not been paid their salaries since May. Read the article by Hindustan Times here: shorturl.at/djtJ4

20 wetlands spread over an area of 323 hectares have disappeared while 226 new wetlands spread over an area of 3792 hectares have come up in Assam from 2006-07 to 2018-19. #wetlands #Assam

Alarming- 515 wild animals and 1631 birds were killed from 2017-2020 at Yangoupokpi-Lokchao Wildlife sanctuary in #Manipur, a primary study done by researchers from Mizoram reveals. #wildlife #Manipur #Yangoupokpi-Lokchao wildlife sanctuary

Now available at annbot.net: Yama L., Borah D. & Singh R.K. 2022: Staurogyne arunachalensis (Acanthaceae), a new species from Arunachal Pradesh, India

BLACK DAY FOR VULTURE CONSERVATION💔💔 Residents of chhaygaon (assam) wanted to kill stray dogs so they poisoned animal carcasses with pesticides (carbofuran) but what happened after that is way more heartbreaking, cruel and tragic (Images by Prasanna Kalita) (1/16)

Community led #conservation efforts in certain pockets in #Assam is helping the golden langur, one of the endangered primate species, increase its population. Read this story by roopakgoswami to know how! #ConservationSuccess #Biodiversity #Wildlife bit.ly/3KbOkVH

"After being taken for treatment in State Zoo, Guwahati, he died the very next day as he was unable to ingest food." Sign this petition to protect and conserve the last left gibbons. Change.org/SaveTheGibbon APDCL Dipannita Sharma Adil hussain Pooja Bhatt Parimal Suklabaidya

Really want to #SaveSoil ? 170000 hectares of India’s densest forest are in danger! Message us to know more.✉️ P.S.: That is 2.5 times the size of Singapore. Almost.

Elephants loaded in trucks most of them registered in Rajasthan were held held by Adisu youth volunteers at Arunachal Pradesh’s Pasighat Town around 1pm last night. 2 Fortunners were escorting the truck cavalcade. Parveen Kaswan, IFS @elephantjournal wildlifeindia CSEINDIA

🚨 CODE RED for Maharashtra’s food bowl!! Results of a citizen-led study to ascertain air quality in Dahanu reveal high levels of air pollution in Dahanu. Thermal power stations and industrial clusters threaten the eco-fragile area. #AirPollution #mumbai #FoodSecurity

Here’s a story: The inhabitants of Loktak lake – among India’s largest freshwater lakes, home to lakhs of people, mostly from the indigenous Meitei community – have been directed by the government to remove their homestays within 15 days, or they will be destroyed. #Thread

[#Adansonia] #Peliosanthes maheswariana D.Borah, N.Tanaka & Taram, sp. nov. (#Asparagaceae), from Arunachal Pradesh, NE India, and P. sinica new to India ✒️ Dipankar BORAH (Dipankar Borah ), Momang TARAM & Noriyuki TANAKA 🔗 adansonia.com/46/1 #newspecies #botany #botanist

[#Adansonia] Peliosanthes maheswariana D.Borah, N.Tanaka & Taram, sp. nov. (Asparagaceae), from Arunachal Pradesh, NE India, and P. sinica new to 🇮🇳 ✒️ Dipankar Borah et al. 🔗 adansonia.com/46/1 #Asparagaceae #flora #plantgeography #NewSpecies #IAmABotanist #botanist

Respected Honorable Chief Minister of Assam, I wish to bring to your attention that the appointment offered to me by you on May 25, 2023, for the Asst. Prof. has been unjustly withdrawn, despite no fault of mine. I humbly seek justice. Himanta Biswa Sarma Ranoj Pegu

The world’s biggest begonia! RBGE scientists over in Sao Tome have found the extraordinary plant Begonia baccata.