Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya

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Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya is a freelance journalist based in Assam, Northeast India. His articles have appeared on Eurasia Review, The Assam Tribune, The Telegraph, www.youthkiawaaz.com and several Assamese language newspapers and magazines. His broad interest lies in environmental humanities and Southeast Asian political developments.

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India’s yak herders face the end of ancient tradition in warming Himalayas

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya 17 Jan 2020

At India’s Assam Zoo, decades of experience lead to rhino-breeding success

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya 16 Oct 2019

Death on the Brahmaputra: The rhino, the rangers, and the usual suspects

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya 28 Aug 2019

For India’s imperiled apes, thinking locally matters

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya 23 May 2019

Invasive plants a fast-growing threat to India’s rhinos

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya 18 Mar 2019

A map of Biacou (also spelled Beacou) made by residents of the village shows the location of various protected sites. Click here to enlarge. Image courtesy of RFLP/Sergio Pedroco.

Timor-Leste: With sacrifice and ceremony, tribe sets eco rules

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya 8 Nov 2018

Fishing boats in Timor-Leste. Image by Jennifer King/WorldFish.

Timor-Leste: Q&A with a Maubere fisherman on reviving depleted fisheries

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya 31 Oct 2018

Maubere elders in the village of Suco Fatumea draft tara bandu regulations to protect local forests and water sources. Image by Egrilio Ferreira Vincente.

Timor-Leste: Maubere tribes revive customary law to protect the ocean

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya 26 Oct 2018

In a rhino stronghold, indigenous wood-carvers cut through stereotypes

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya 10 Oct 2018

Can India’s ‘People’s Forest’ also serve as a haven for rhinos?

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya 10 May 2018

Biofuel project near India’s rhino heartland sparks protests

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya 22 Nov 2017

Three rhinos killed in 48 hours in India’s Kaziranga National Park

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya 6 Nov 2017

Flood hits India’s Kaziranga National Park, killing four rhinos

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya 24 Jul 2017

The women who live alongside rhinos in India

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya 30 Jun 2017

India’s Manas National Park illustrates the human dimension of rhino conservation

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya 13 Feb 2017

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Mining activities threaten honey production in the Caatinga biome

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