Linear infrastructure

Linear Infrastructure Fragments One Of The Last Homes Of India’s Threatened Ape Species – The Western Hoolock Gibbon

By Dr. Oishimaya Sen NagPosted on April 7, 2024April 8, 2024Posted in Wildlife ConservationTagged hollongapar gibbon sanctuary, hoolock gibbon, Linear infrastructure

It was a beautiful, calm spring morning in February. Lush tea gardens carpeted the landscape on either side of the road through which the car was passing. I was travelling from Jorhat town towards the Hollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary in the Jorhat District of Assam to set my eyes on a highly threatened species – the […]

Addressing The Impact Of Linear Infrastructure On Wildlife: An Interview With Conservationist Kishor Rithe

By Dr. Oishimaya Sen NagPosted on February 2, 2024February 2, 2024Posted in Wildlife ConservationTagged Linear infrastructure, roadkills

In recent times, heart-wrenching photos of wild animals, dead or dying on highways and railway tracks in India, have flooded social media. These pictures portray the stark reality – the massive issue of the country’s growing appetite for linear infrastructure and its catastrophic consequences on wildlife. Linear infrastructure refers to railways, highways, canals, pipelines, electric […]