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The Department of Environmental Studies cordially invites you to the First colloquium in the Spring '26 Colloquium Series on Friday, 6 February 2026
Title: "Imagined Ecological Histories threaten India’s most widespread Biome"
Speaker: Dr. Ashish Nerlekar, Ramanujan fellow, IISER Pune
Time: 6:30 - 7:30 PM
Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/96122435289?pwd=AQe00rb1vK4uaooehLJhNdKJprXO4h.1
Abstract: Inaccurate ecological histories lead to ecosystem mismanagement--eventually exaggerating the global biodiversity crisis. Tropical savannas and grasslands are an ideal example to illustrate this problem, where romanticized ideas of a forested past are pervasive among policymakers and conservation biologists, and are causing massive biodiversity losses. In my talk, I will first focus on the much-debated origins of Indian savannas and provide several lines of evidence--ranging from nature descriptions in traditional literature to archival records and fossil plants and animals--that attest the antiquity of India's most widespread biome. Drawing from my past and ongoing field-based research in the savannas of Maharashtra, I will finally focus on the consequences of this misinterpretation for plant and bird communities, and make a case for why accurate ecological histories matter for halting the global biodiversity crisis.
Speaker's Bio: Dr. Ashish Nerlekar is a Ramanujan fellow at IISER Pune and studies the ecology of tropical savannas.
Looking forward to your active participation in the talk.
Warm regards,
Environmental Studies Department
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Speaker's Bio: Dr. Ashish Nerlekar is a Ramanujan fellow at IISER Pune and studies the ecology of tropical savannas.
Looking forward to your active participation in the talk.
Warm regards,
Environmental Studies Department
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