Previous talks
Coexistence In Practice
A series of online talks about how coexistence plays out in different landscapes, context and across species.
Reinventing nature: Rhinoceros conservation in Kaziranga, 1948-1974
By Biswajit Sarmah
Join Biswajit Sarmah as he takes us through the history of Kaziranga National Park, highlighting the rising cultural value of the rhino among the Assamese elite and the era of ‘total protection’ by the late 1960s.
Biswajit Sarmah is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Moturi Satyanarayana Centre for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Krea University.
Living with bees
By Apoorva BV
Join Apoorva BV as he delves into the intricate world of bees, shedding light on their life-cycle and behaviour. In addition, he talks about the impacts of the decline in bee populations and offer solutions to coexist with these essential pollinators.
A seasoned beekeeper, Apoorva also touches upon the art of beekeeping in urban spaces.
Apoorva is the chairman of The Hive, and the co-founder and director of HoneyDay Bee Farms.
How many tigers are too many tigers?
By Pranav Chanchani
In this episode of our #CoexistenceInPractice series, Pranav Chanchani reviews tiger population projections, caps and calls for culling to control their population. He then intersects these analyses with broader discourses about managing the human-wildlife interface and the system of decentralised forest governance in India. Pranav works with World Wide Fund for Nature - India, where he leads the tiger conservation portfolio.
Lessons in compassion and coexistence with crocodiles
By Simon Pooley
In this talk, Simon draws upon his research on human-crocodilian interactions in southern Africa and Gujarat, to make a case for compassion in conservation science, particularly for those who must share landscapes with potentially dangerous animals. Simon is a long-term member of the IUCN SSC Crocodile Specialist Group, and a founder member of the IUCN SSC Specialist Group on Human-Wildlife Conflict and Coexistence for whom he leads a Working Group on coexistence.
Bicultural diversity and coexistence: A panel discussion
This International Day for Biological Diversity we delved into the concept of biocultural diversity, and how that influences the ways in which communities coexist with nature around them. Our panellists and fellows from our Coexistence Fellowship shared stories from across the country that highlighted the deep connections between biological diversity and cultural diversity.
This panel discussion was organised by the Coexistence Fellowship Programme in partnership with the Coexistence Consortium, British Asian Trust and University of Trans-Disciplinary Health Sciences and Technology.
Coexistence under threat in the Salai forest of Kuno
By Asmita Kabra
The forested landscapes of central India are home to many adivasi communities, each with their own traditional systems of habitat management. In this episode of Coexistence in Practice, Asmita Kabra describes the Sahariya Adivasi community's indigenous tree tenure system, that has withstood more than a century of colonial and postcolonial impulses of territorialisation by the state, and talks about how this system is crumbling under the onslaught of a more pernicious form of fortress conservation which is currently playing out in these forests.