Articles

Year Citation
2020 Shanker, K. (2020) A good decade for wildlife. Fountain Ink.
2020 Shanker, K. 2020. Archana Bali: Conservation’s most winsome warrior. Current Conservation
2020 Shanker, K. and A. Bali (2020) Throwing shade at the wrong tree. Current Conservation
2020 Shanker, K. 2020. A half century of sea turtle conservation in India. RoundGlass Sustain.
2020 Shanker, K. 2020. Island fever: A lifelong obsession with the Andaman and Nicobar Islads. RoundGlass Sustain.
2020 Shanker, K. 2020. The blue mountains: love and longing for the shola grasslands. RoundGlass Sustain.
2020 Khot, I. and Srinivasan, K. 2020. Trapped between lockdown and mega development plans, India’s fishworkers left to fend for themselves. Scroll.
2020 Das, B.S. 2020. The Shore Scene: How Coastal Regulation Zones Can Help India’s Fishers Reclaim Coastal Commons. The Bastion.
2020 Venugopal, V. 2020. The Shore Scene: The Heavy Toll of COVID-19 on India’s Fishers. The Bastion.
2020 Bansal, M. and Gupta, T. 2020. Treasure or Trash? When Unwanted Fish Sustain Livelihoods. RoundGlass Sustain.
2019 Jojan, A. and Venugopal, V. 2019. Biodiversity Act : Draft ABS Guidelines Helps Businesses By Diluting Sharing Of Benefits With Local Communities. Live Law.
2019 Shanker, K. 2019. Sensing Change: How Sound, Light and Smell Can Affect Plants and Animals. The Wire.
2019 Jaini, M. 2019. Of lobsters, larvae, trials and tribulations. Current Conservation.
2019 Byravan, S. and A. Sridhar. 2019. Buried in the sands. The Hindu.
2019 Jaini, M. (2019) The Lesser-known Lobster Fisheries of the Andaman Islands. The Lobster Newsletter.
2019 Sridhar, A. (2019) The privacy of environmental crimes. Moneycontrol.com. 
2019 Shanker, K. (2019) Turtles, torches, naps on a beach: The life of a nocturnal ecologist. The Mint.
2018 Muralidharan, M. and K. Shanker. 2018. Crocodiles need management not PR. The Wire.
2018 Shanker, K. 2018. Science meets journalism: from balled fists to handshakes to high fives. Confluence.
2018 Shanker, K. and M.A. Oommen. 2018. Engaging Communities in Resource Monitoring: The Political Ecology of Science as the Language of Power. Radical Ecological Democracy.
2018 Shanker, K. and M. Muralidharan. 2018. For conservation to work, we need to rescue crocodiles from animal rights. The Wire.
2018 Shanker, K. and S. Krishnan. 2018. Aging ungraciously: the bane of academia. The Scroll.
2018 Sharma, D., S. Bijoor, and M. Ramesh. 2018. Development in Andaman and Nicobar Islands – for tourism or by tourism? Andaman Chronicle.
2018 Oommen, M.A. 2018. Endangered enemies: culture, history and human-wildlife conflict. White Horse Press
2018 Oommen, M.A. 2018. Book review. Jairam Ramesh. Indira Gandhi: A Life in Nature. History and Sociology of South Asia 12(1): 1-4
2018 Oommen, M.A and M. Ramnath. 2018. Woodsmoke and Leaf cups: Autobiographical Footnotes on the Anthropology of the Durwa. Seminar, February 2018
2018 Shanker, K. 2018. Rethinking conservation: Cancer, communalism, climate change are more linked than you’d think. Scroll September 2018
2018 Shanker, K. 2018. Science meets journalism: from balled fists to handshakes to high fives. Confluence
2018 Shanker, K and M.A. Oommen. 2018. Engaging Communities in Resource Monitoring: The Political Ecology of Science as the Language of Power. Radical Ecological Democracy October 2018
2018 Manoharakrishnan, M., and K. Shanker. 2018. Crocodiles Need Management, Not PR. The Wire
2018 Manoharakrishnan, M., and K. Shanker. 2018. For Conservation to Work, We Need to Rescue Crocodiles From Animal Rights. The Wire
2018 Swaminathan, A. 2018.Tracking a Hundred-Million old Giant. Bombay Natural History Society, Hornbill Magazine. Hornbill April-June 2018. Hornbill
2018  Rao, C. 2018. Serpents of the sea. Bombay Natural History Society, Hornbill Magazine. Hornbill April-June 2018. Hornbill
2018 Ramesh, M. and K. Shanker. 2018. From fishes to flagship: the making of a marine icon. Seminar 702: 37-40.
2018 Sridhar, A. and N. Namboothri. 2018. We may see other Sterlite-like protests against polluting industries. Hindustan Times.
2018 Sridhar, A. and U. Mistry. 25 May 2018. Women divers of Rameswaram. Frontline.
2018 Sridhar, A. and U Mistry. 30  March 2018. A Journey with the Sacred Chank. Frontline.
2018 Sridhar, A. and U Mistry. 02 March 2018. Amphibious Lives – a photo essay on free diving in the Palk Bay. Frontline.
2018 Adams, M., A. Sridhar, and M.A Oommen, 2017. Contested Cultures an Introduction. Seminar 702. p 14-17 (February 2018 issue).
2018 Sridhar, A. 2018. Hunting-gathering lives with molluscs. Seminar No 702. p 45-49 (February 2018 issue).
2017 Oommen M.A ‘Human-wildlife conflict: the new wildlife action plan is an inclusive start to a long journey’ – The Hindustan Times, 2017.
2017 How the liberal left lost its way. The Wire, December 2017.
2017 Jaini, M., S. Advani, K. Shanker, M.A. Oommen and N. Namboothri . 2017. Worlds apart: How history, culture, infrastructure and export markets shape fisheries in India’s oceanic islands. Environmental Conservation 45: 41-48.
2017 Shanker, K., S. Krishnan and M. Manuel . 2017. Deconstructing the south: the politics of conservation in India. In: The anthropology of Conservation NGOs: rethinking the boundaries (Eds. P.B. Larsen and D. Brockington), pp. 267-273. Palgrave.
2017 Buscher, B. R. Fletcher, D. Brockington, C. Sandbrook, W.M. Adams, L. Campbell, C. Corson, W. Dressler, R. Duffy, N. Gray, G. Holmes, A. Kelly, E. Lunstrum, M. Ramutsindela and K. Shanker . 2017. Half Earth or Whole Earth: radical ideas for conservation and their implications. Oryx.
2017 Shanker, K., M.A. Oommen and N. Rai. 2017. Changing natures: a democratic and dynamic approach to biodiversity conservation. In:India Futures (Eds. A. Kothari and K.J. Joy). Kalpavriksh.
2017 Shanker, K. and M. Muralidharan. 2017. Do olive ridley turtles migrate en-masse along the east coast of India ? Indian Ocean Turtle Newsletter 25: 2-3.
2017 Sridhar, A. 2017. Historicizing Mutinies against Nature. Seminar 690. p 59-62 (February 2017 issue).
2017 Shanker,K. 2017. How the liberal left lost its way. The Wire.
2017 Shanker, K. and M.A. Oomen. 2017. Hunting for solutions. The Hindu.
2017 Sridhar, A. and N. Namboothri.  2017. Wildlife Action Plan: More work ahead from a marine conservation perspective. Hindustan Times.
2017 Rao, C. 2017. How Life turned a full circle for snakes that call the ocean their home. The Wire.
2016 New plans instead of new pills. 2016. The Hindu
2016 Arthur, R., V. Patankar and N. Namboothri. 2016. Living with change: local responses to global impacts in India’s oceanic coral reefs. Current Conservation 10.2: 6-10.
2016 Muralidharan, R. and A. Sridhar. 2016. Turning Turtle. The Hindu.
2016 Ramesh, M. and M. Muralidharan. August 2016. Turning Turtle (Tamil version). The Hindu.
2016 Sridhar, A. and Creasy, M. 2016. Life on the wave of knowledge: Integrating fishers’ lore and scientific study, Current Conservation (Kids) 10.2.
2016 Shanker, K. August 2016. New plans instead of new pills. The Hindu.
2015 Namboothri, N., A. Swaminathan and K. Shanker. 2015. Olive ridley mass nesting at Cuthbert Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, Middle Andaman Island. Indian Ocean Turtle Newsletter 21: 7-9.
2015 Rasquinha, D. and A. Sridhar. 2015. Make-believe development, the promises of Tadri: Mirage or reality? India Together.
2015 Sridhar, A. 2015. Marine parks in India – a case for maritime environmentalism. Current Conservation 9.2, p 23-30.
2014 Namboothri, N. June.  2014. Into the Deep Blue. Facets of Geography Series. Teacher Plus Magazine.
2013 Shanker, K. and M.H. Godfrey. 2013. A deep diving olive ridley in the Bay of Bengal. Indian Ocean Turtle Newsletter 18: 16-17.
2013 Shanker, K. 2013. Leatherback turtles on the mainland coast of India. Indian Ocean Turtle Newsletter 17: 15-17.
2012  Shankar , K and M.A. Oommen. 2012.Great Nicobar: at a crossroads. The Hindu.
2012 Oommen, M.A. 2012.  ‘Islands in Peril: Develop and Perish? Great Nicobar Island’ – The Hindu.
2012 Shanker, K. and N. Namboothri. 2012. Sea turtle surveys and research in the Andamans and Nicobar Islands. Indian Ocean Turtle Newsletter 16: 1-3.
2012 Namboothri, N., A. Swaminathan and K. Shanker. 2012. A compilation of data from Satish Bhaskar’s sea turtle surveys of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Indian Ocean Turtle Newsletter 16: 4-13.
2012 Shanker, K. and Schauble, C. 2012. How it all started. Indian Ocean Turtle Newsletter 15: 1.
2012 Shanker, K. and M. A. Oommen. 2012. Great Nicobar: at a crossroads…The Hindu.
2012 Sridhar, A. 2012. Tug-O-War: a review of the documentary film Shifting Undercurrents on women seaweed harvesters for Samudra. 
2011 Fatima, E., H. Andrews, S. John & K. Shanker. 2011.  Status of Marine Turtles in Cuthbert Bay, Middle Andaman Islands. Marine Turtle Newsletter 130: 6-9
2011 Swaminathan, A., N. Namboothri and K. Shanker. 2011. Post-tsunami status of leatherback turtles on Little Andaman Island. Indian Ocean Turtle Newsletter 14: 5-9.
2011 Shanker,K.  2011. Icons of marine conservation. Down to Earth.
2011 Shanker, K., N. Namboothri and A. Swaminathan. 2011. Voyage of the leatherback turtle. The Hindu.
2010 Shanker, K. and V.Menon.  (2010) Mammals of India . Quarterly Review of Biology 85: 238.
2010 Shanker, K. and R. Arthur. 2010. Olive and Green: Shades of conflict between turtles and fishers in India. Current Conservation 4(4).
2010 Sridhar A. 2010.Challenging the Tourism Juggernaut. Infochange.
2010 Sridhar A. 2010. Eminent Domain, Absolute Doubt: Crusade for Goa’s Comunidades. Infochange.
2010 Shanker, K. and M. A. Oommen. February 2010. Shrewd Alliances. Sanctuary Asia.
2010 Sridhar, A. 2010. The Unfairness of Doing Good. Infochange.
2010 Sridhar, A. 2010. CRZ Notification 1991 – 2010: Anti-people? Anti-Environment? Or Anti-climax?. Infochange.
2010 Namboothri, N. and K. Shanker. 2010. Corals or Cola – Between the devil and the deep blue sea. Current Conservation 4.1: 18-20.
2010 Rodriguez, S. and A. Sridhar. April 2010. Challenges of Marine Management, Coastal Communities Issue of Agenda. Infochange.
2010 Shanker, K. and A. Sridhar. April 2010. Conservation beyond penalties and punishment. Coastal Communities Issue of Agenda. Infochange.
2010 Sridhar, A. 2010.Fishy Goings On… Kriti Diary 2010.
2010 Sridhar, A. 2010. India’s coasts and seas. Agenda.
2010 Sridhar A. 2010. Harbouring trouble: The impact of ports on commons. Infochange.
2009 Shanker, K. 2009. Ridleys in Orissa: Another reply to Mohanty Hejmadi. Marine Turtle Newsletter 126: 20.
2009 Lenin et al. 2009. Editorial: The IUCN’s new clothes: an update on the Dhamra – turtle saga. Marine Turtle Newsletter 126: 2-5.
2009 Shanker, K., J. Lenin and Fernandez. 2009. Peeling the onion: the politics of conservation and corporations at a sea turtle nesting beach.Survey of the Environment 2009: 96-99
2009 Shanker, K. et al. 2009. A little learning …: the price of ignoring politics and history. Marine Turtle Newsletter 124: 3-5.
2009 From Mysteries of Clearance to Myths of Compliance – A review of ‘Calling the Bluff’ by Kanchi Kohli and Manju Menon featured in Civil Society, D-Sector and Down To Earth 2009.
2009 Shanker, K. 2009. Turtle Boys. Current Conservation 3(1).
2009 Lenin, J., A. Fernandes, A. Sridhar, B.C. Choudhury, J. Frazier, S. Gopal, A. Hamid, S. Kloff, B. Mohanty, B. Pandav, S. Rodriguez, B. Tripathy, R. Whitaker, S. Worah, B. Wright and K. Shanker. 2009. The IUCN’s new clothes: an update on the Dhamra – turtle saga. Marine Turtle Newsletter 126: 2-5.
2009 Shanker, K., B.C. Choudhury, A. Fernandes, S. Gopal, A. Hamid, C. Kar, S. Kumar, J. Lenin, B. Mohanty, B. Pandav, S. Rodriguez, A. Sridhar, W. Sunderraj, B. Tripathy, R. Whitaker, S. Worah and B. Wright. 2009. A Little Learning… The Price of Ignoring Politics and History. Marine Turtle Newsletter 124: 3-5.
2008 Rodriguez, S. 2008. Push Out Fisherfolk, Make Room For Water Sports?. Tehelka Magazine 5(5).
2008 Rodriguez, S. 2008. Road To Perdition. Tehelka Magazine 5(8).
2008 Rodriguez, S. 9 May 2008. A Mockery of Science, Conservation and Environmental Laws (Op-ed piece). The Hindu.
2008 Rodriguez, S. and A Sridhar. 2008. Dhamra Port :How environmental regulatory failure fuels corporate irreverence. Indian Ocean Turtle Newsletter 8: 21-24.