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Jan 3, 2026, 9:08 AM

Fear of Snakes Questions Mangrove Restoration

While walking through a small mangrove plantation site in coastal Odisha, I expected to hear pride stories regarding mangrove plantation success from the nearby village. Numerous species of Avicennia, Exocaria, Rhizophora, Bruguiera, and others were flourishing in the mangrove...

Aug 13, 2025, 9:17 PM

Mangroves: Silent Wall Between Us and Disaster

Imagine this: You are one of Columbus’s crew, stepping onto unknown shores, thinking you’re bound for India and instead finding the New World. Your eyes fall upon bizarre trees with spider-like roots sprouting from the water. These mangroves are...

Jun 3, 2023, 1:46 PM

Each And Every Mangrove Plant Is Important

As in Hindi, 'Har Ek Dost Zaruri Hota Hai' (each and every friend is important), in the same way, each and every mangrove plant is very important, particularly to conserve the mangrove biodiversity in Gujarat state of India. How?...

Aug 17, 2019, 7:49 PM

Besharam: Unscrupulous Ecological Disaster

The meaning of ‘Besharam’ in Hindi and few Indian languages is shameless or unashamed or unscrupulous. But if it is used as a name for a plant then it becomes little funny and makes curious to people to know...

Jan 14, 2019, 9:00 PM

Food With Insects: Idea To Reality

Generally if we are eating something and see the insects in that, we certainly feel disgusting. But now no need of such feeling. Because the insects as human food is not just idea now as there are startup projects...

Jan 7, 2019, 3:58 PM

Can Insects Feed The Upcoming Human Generations?

Insects are one of the rising source of animal protein may feed to future generations with better benefits than common animal protein sources. Major part of agricultural land throughout the world, is already under the cultivation with focus of meat...

Mar 9, 2018, 4:08 PM

Can seaweed have a place in Indian cuisine?

The rising population of India required more and more food and seaweed can be such alternative which can feed India. But is it easy to add seaweed in the traditional Indian cuisine? In many East-Asian and Southeast-Asian countries such as...

Mar 4, 2018, 2:55 AM

Would you like fish curry?

Although India is rich with the availability of freshwater fishes, currently suffering due to may problems such as water pollution, deforestation, habitat loss etc. But in few areas there is one more threat to native fish biodiversity, the invasion...

May 28, 2017, 8:36 AM

Corn poppy: Most attractive weed

The unwanted plants at unwanted place and unwanted time are called as weeds. They grow in the cultivated plants or crop, make competition with them and become responsible for hate of farmers. But still few weeds are very attractive,...

May 11, 2017, 12:45 AM

The Common Milkweed Is Becoming More And More Common

In the central Europe, particularly Hungary the forest means the forest cultivation of native and non-native trees species in various patches. The native plant is generally the poplar and non-native is pines, both have economic importance. With this, there...

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About Me

Dr. Kapilkumar is an Indian ecologist with proven expertise and a strong interest in the sustainability of blue carbon ecosystems (BCEs). With environmental research experience in Japan, Israel, and Hungary, he studied journalism at Pune University, India. Kapilkumar is interested in addressing the challenges relating to climate change by using the fields of journalism and environment together.