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Graffiti in Kochi, Kerala, depicts the whale shark (Rhincodon typus), the world’s largest fish, found along the coastline of India but still poorly studied. In Kerala, sightings and landings reported by fishermen led to the Save the Whale Shark Campaign (2022) with fishermen and fisheries departments. Globally, the IUCN lists the whale shark as endangered, […]
Two years ago, a Karam tree branch from another district was planted in the SAMS office premises along the Shyamnagar-Munshiganj road, but it did not survive. Credit: Rafiqul Islam Montu/IPS by Rafiful Islam Montu (Satkhira, Bangladesh) Tuesday December 9, 2025 Inter-Press Office SATKHIRA, Bangladesh, Dec 9 (IPS) – A dried karam tree branch stands on […]
Amitabh Behar speaks to IPS at ICSW2025 in Bangkok, Thailand. Credit: Zofeen by Zofeen Ebrahim (Bangkok) Sunday November 2, 2025 Inter-Press Office BANGKOK, Nov 2 (IPS) – Speaking to IPS on the sidelines of International Civil Society Week in Bangkok (1-5 November), Amitabh Behar, Executive Director of Oxfam International and a passionate advocate for human […]
Dr. Salanieta Kitolelei, from the Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine, Dr. Simon Salopuka, Taumako Native Knowledge Institution – Tiki and Leilani Duffy, Conservation International Samoa in a discussion about weaving ancestral knowledge with Ocean Science Ocean Ocean Ocean Conference. Credit: Sera Sefeti/IPS By Sera Sefeti (Honiara, Solomon Islands)) Friday, October 3, 2025 Inter Press Service […]
