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A friendly-looking yellow-footed green pigeon sits on a branch in Assam, India. They eat mainly fruit and are especially fond of figs

Photograph: Anuwar Hazarika/NurPhoto/Shutterstock

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Des insectes de première importance ont massivement diminué en Asie de l'Est, selon une étude

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Insects that play a key role in East Asia's ecosystems declined sharply over the past two decades, according to new research — a trend also seen elsewhere.

  Essential insects in East Asia have declined massively, study finds By Meaghan Tobin

February 3, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. EST

    [Image] A dragonfly sits on a twig in a garden in the northeastern state of Assam, India. (Anuwar Hazarika/NurPhoto/Getty Images)

-------NDÉTraduction La piéride du chou, la pyrale du maïs et d'autres insectes phytophages essentiels aux écosystèmes ont considérablement diminué en Asie de l'Est au cours des deux dernières décennies, tout comme les libellules et autres insectes prédateurs qui les mangent, selon une étude publiée vendredi dans la revue Science Advances.

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  Long-term insect censuses capture progressive loss of ecosystem functioning in East Asia | Science Advances, 03.02.2023 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ade9341

  Insects provide critical ecosystem services such as biological pest control, in which natural enemies (NE) regulate the populations of crop-feeding herbivores (H). While H-NE dynamics are routinely studied at small spatiotemporal scales, multiyear assessments over entire agrolandscapes are rare.

  Here, we draw on 18-year radar and searchlight trapping datasets (2003–2020) from eastern Asia to

(i) assess temporal population trends of 98 airborne insect species and

(ii) characterize the associated H-NE interplay.

  Although NE consistently constrain interseasonal H population growth, their summer abundance declined by 19.3% over time and prominent agricultural pests abandoned their equilibrium state.

  Within food webs composed of 124 bitrophic couplets, NE abundance annually fell by 0.7% and network connectance dropped markedly.

  Our research unveils how a progressive decline in insect numbers debilitates H trophic regulation and ecosystem stability at a macroscale, carrying implications for food security and (agro)ecological resilience during times of global environmental change.

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Authorities believe a series of lightening strikes during a severe thunderstorm may have killed these elephants.

A woman offers prayers for one of the 18 elephants found dead in Assam, India. Anuwar Ali Hazarika / Barcroft Media via Getty Images

From Parimal Suklabaidya@ParimalSuklaba1, official Twitter handle of the Minister of  Excise, Forest & Environment and Fisheries, Government of Assam. “Visited the elephants' death incident spot near Bamuni Pahar, Nagaon to assess on-the-spot scenario and pay my tributes to the Nature’s precious assets today. An enquiry committee headed by an AFS Officer & a team of veterinarians has been instituted.”

Excerpt from this story from EcoWatch:

Authorities in India are investigating after at least 18 Asian elephants died mysteriously in a protected area in the northeastern state of Assam.

Authorities believe a lightning strike is to blame for the deaths which mark the first time in 20 years that so many elephants have died in Assam at once, as BBC News reported.

"Deeply pained by the death of 18 elephants last night due to massive thunderstorm under Kothiatoli Range in Nagaon," Assam Minister of Excise, Forest & Environment and Fisheries Parimal Suklabaidya tweeted in response to the deaths.

The mystery began Thursday when villagers found 14 elephants dead in the Kundoli reserve forest, as Al Jazeera reported. The bodies of four additional elephants were found scattered around the foothills of the reserve, local wildlife official MK Yadava said. Five of the elephants killed were calves, wildlife official Jayanta Goswami told The AP.

The deaths followed lightning strikes late Wednesday, and a local forest ranger said he had seen burnt trees in the area, according to Al Jazeera. Veterinarians on the scene also said that lightning was the likely cause of death, The AP reported.

However, not all wildlife advocates agree, and officials say they are conducting an autopsy to make sure.

Conservationist Soumyadeep Datt, who works for the organization Nature's Beckon, said that the images posted on social media made him think it was unlikely that the elephants were killed by lightning.

"Poisoning could be behind the death of the elephants," Datta told AFP news agency, as Al Jazeera reported. "We have to wait for the autopsy report, which the forest department will do soon."

In a later tweet, Suklabaidya said that a committee had been formed to look into the deaths, and that it would submit a detailed report within 15 days.

Asian elephants are considered an endangered species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List. There are an estimated 48,323 to 51,680 of these animals in the wild, and around 6,000 of them live in Assam, according to The AP. Sometimes, the animals come out of the forest for food, and this can lead to conflict between humans and animals. Conservationists have urged the government to take steps to prevent people from encroaching on the elephants' habitat, and to create wildlife corridors so that the animals can pass safely between forested areas.

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Please Donate! Re: Assam Floods 2020

Over 5.6 million people have been affected by this year’s annual floods in Assam.

Image: Anuwar Hazarika/Reuters

It’s no joke. 30 districts. Homes submerged. Documents lost. People displaced, injured, or dead. Crops destroyed. During a pandemic. Alongside an outbreak of Japanese encephalitis. No mainstream press coverage. 

With the state and central administrations failing to come up with either short or long term solutions, a lot of relief work has fallen onto ordinary people. Here is a document containing a list of organizations you can donate to. 

Personal note: Please donate to the ones highlighted in yellow!

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Research Highlights: Scientists Discovered Low Genetic Diversity Among Modern Rhinoceroses

Research Highlights: Scientists Discovered Low Genetic Diversity Among Modern Rhinoceroses

Related Posts: By PaleoMatt – Own work based on Rodrigo J De Marco 26Isabella Yathin S Krishnappa Anuwar ali hazarika, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=103428205 Scientists Discovered Low Genetic Diversity Among Modern Rhinoceroses August 25, 2021 The relationships among rhinoceros species and the time they diverged have been a question by evolutionary…

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18 elefantes são achados mortos na Índia; raio pode ter sido a causa

Animais foram encontrados na reserva florestal de Kandali, no nordeste do país. Uma investigação sobre a causa das mortes foi aberta. Mulher ao lado das carcaças de elefantes encontrados mortos na Índia. Eles possivelmente morreram por causa de um raio, no sopé da reserva Kundoli, em 14 de maio de 2021. Anuwar Hazarika/Reuters Ao menos 18 elefantes foram encontrados mortos no estado de Assam, no nordeste da Índia, anunciaram autoridades locais nesta sexta-feira (14). Uma investigação sobre a causa das mortes foi aberta, e acredita-se que os animais podem ter sido vítimas de um raio. O ministro das Florestas de Assam, Parimal Suklabaidya, expressou seu profundo pesar pela morte dos animais e disse que eles podem ter sido mortos por um raio que atingiu a reserva florestal de Kandali, no distrito de Nagaon, na noite de quarta-feira (12). “É muito doloroso ver elefantes morrerem assim. Mas temos que esperar pelo relatório post-mortem para saber a causa exata”, disse Suklabaidya à imprensa no local da tragédia, que fica a cerca de 150 km a sudeste de Guwahati, a capital do estado. Carcaças de elefantes que, segundo autoridades florestais, possivelmente morreram por causa de um raio no nordeste da Índia em 14 de maio de 2021 Anuwar Hazarika/Reuters Homem usa machado para remover a tromba de um elefante que morreu possivelmente por um raio no sopé da reserva Kundoli, no distrito de Nagaon, no estado de Assam, na Índia, em 14 de maio de 2021 Anuwar Hazarika/Reuters O primeiro-ministro de Assam, Himanta Biswa Sarma, disse em comunicado estar preocupado com a morte de “tantos elefantes”. Cerca de 30 mil elefantes vivem na Índia, cerca de 60% da população de elefantes selvagens da Ásia. VÍDEOS: as últimas notícias internacionais

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9 More People Die in Flood-related Incidents in Assam, Toll Rises to 85; Over 33 Lakh Hit by Deluge

9 More People Die in Flood-related Incidents in Assam, Toll Rises to 85; Over 33 Lakh Hit by Deluge

{A partially} submerged home is seen on the flood-affected Mayong village in Morigaon district, in the northeastern state of Assam. REUTERS/Anuwar Hazarika – RC2XIH9MATOZ

Three individuals died in Dibrugarh district, two every in Tinsukia and Barpeta, whereas one every in Biswanath and Golaghat districts, in accordance to the day by day flood bulletin of the Assam State Disaster Management…

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1.200 muertos en India, Nepal y  Bangladesh por inundaciones a causa de los monzones. Foto (Assam, India): Anuwar Hazarika/Reuters

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A herd of elephants appear to chuckle as they gather near a rice field in Assam, India.

Photograph: Anuwar Hazarika/NurPhoto/Shutterstock

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A monkey collects honey from a Simolu flower on the top of a silk cotton tree in the Kaziranga National Park in Assam, India

Photograph: Anuwar Hazarika/Barcroft Images

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Bomdila,

India A novice monk yawns as he listens to teachings by the Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama in Arunachal Pradesh state Photograph: Anuwar Hazarika/Reuters

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Week in pictures: 6-12 July 2019

Week in pictures: 6-12 July 2019

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Our selection of some of the most striking news photographs taken around the world this week.

Image copyright Anuwar Hazarika / Reuters

Image caption A makeshift raft is used to navigate past submerged houses in a flood-affected village in Karbi Anglong district, in the north-eastern state of Assam, India.

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#Bing 'Students light oil lamps to celebrate Diwali in Guwahati, India (© Anuwar Hazarika/Reuters) November 07, 2018 at 03:30AM'

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Floods kill dozens, displace more than a million in India, Bangladesh

DHAKA/GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) – Flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains in South Asia have killed dozens of people and displaced more than a million, most in northeast India and Bangladesh, authorities said on Tuesday.

A man uses a makeshift bamboo bridge to cross a flooded area at a village in Nagaon district, in the northeastern state of Assam, India, June 19, 2018. REUTERS/Anuwar Hazarika

The Brahmaputra river, which flows from the Himalayas down to India and then through Bangladesh, has burst its banks, swamping more than 1,500 villages in India’s Assam state in the past week.

“The flood situation remains critical,” Assam’s Water Resources Minister Keshab Mahanta told Reuters, referring to at least 10 of the state’s 32 districts.

“The weather office is forecasting more rain and thundershowers in the next 48 hours,” Mahanta said, adding that the state was on maximum alert and the army had put helicopters on standby, in case they were needed for rescues.

The floods have killed nearly 20 people and displaced about 800,000 in the Indian states of Assam, Tripura and Manipur.

A man carries his goat as he wades through a flooded area at a village in Nagaon district, in the northeastern state of Assam, India, June 19, 2018. REUTERS/Anuwar Hazarika

The water level in the Brahmaputra is expected to rise until the end of the week and then level off, in the absence of more heavy rain, India’s Central Water Commission said.

Downstream in Bangladesh, 11 people have been killed and more than 250,000 have been displaced or affected by the flooding, officials there said.

Last week, landslides and other mishaps triggered by rains killed at least 12 people in southeast Bangladesh, including two Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar living in camps near the border.

The camps, thrown up after an estimated 700,000 Rohingyas fled from a Myanmar military crackdown on insurgents that began last August, are believed to be particularly vulnerable to storms in the rainy season, which has just begun.

Reporting by Serajul Quadir and Zarir Hussain; Writing by Malini Menon

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Floods kill dozens, displace more than a million in India, Bangladesh

DHAKA/GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) – Flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains in South Asia have killed dozens of people and displaced more than a million, most in northeast India and Bangladesh, authorities said on Tuesday.

A man uses a makeshift bamboo bridge to cross a flooded area at a village in Nagaon district, in the northeastern state of Assam, India, June 19, 2018. REUTERS/Anuwar Hazarika

The Brahmaputra river, which flows from the Himalayas down to India and then through Bangladesh, has burst its banks, swamping more than 1,500 villages in India’s Assam state in the past week.

“The flood situation remains critical,” Assam’s Water Resources Minister Keshab Mahanta told Reuters, referring to at least 10 of the state’s 32 districts.

“The weather office is forecasting more rain and thundershowers in the next 48 hours,” Mahanta said, adding that the state was on maximum alert and the army had put helicopters on standby, in case they were needed for rescues.

The floods have killed nearly 20 people and displaced about 800,000 in the Indian states of Assam, Tripura and Manipur.

A man carries his goat as he wades through a flooded area at a village in Nagaon district, in the northeastern state of Assam, India, June 19, 2018. REUTERS/Anuwar Hazarika

The water level in the Brahmaputra is expected to rise until the end of the week and then level off, in the absence of more heavy rain, India’s Central Water Commission said.

Downstream in Bangladesh, 11 people have been killed and more than 250,000 have been displaced or affected by the flooding, officials there said.

Last week, landslides and other mishaps triggered by rains killed at least 12 people in southeast Bangladesh, including two Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar living in camps near the border.

The camps, thrown up after an estimated 700,000 Rohingyas fled from a Myanmar military crackdown on insurgents that began last August, are believed to be particularly vulnerable to storms in the rainy season, which has just begun.

Reporting by Serajul Quadir and Zarir Hussain; Writing by Malini Menon

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Floods kill dozens, displace more than a million in India, Bangladesh

DHAKA/GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) – Flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains in South Asia have killed dozens of people and displaced more than a million, most in northeast India and Bangladesh, authorities said on Tuesday.

A man uses a makeshift bamboo bridge to cross a flooded area at a village in Nagaon district, in the northeastern state of Assam, India, June 19, 2018. REUTERS/Anuwar Hazarika

The Brahmaputra river, which flows from the Himalayas down to India and then through Bangladesh, has burst its banks, swamping more than 1,500 villages in India’s Assam state in the past week.

“The flood situation remains critical,” Assam’s Water Resources Minister Keshab Mahanta told Reuters, referring to at least 10 of the state’s 32 districts.

“The weather office is forecasting more rain and thundershowers in the next 48 hours,” Mahanta said, adding that the state was on maximum alert and the army had put helicopters on standby, in case they were needed for rescues.

The floods have killed nearly 20 people and displaced about 800,000 in the Indian states of Assam, Tripura and Manipur.

A man carries his goat as he wades through a flooded area at a village in Nagaon district, in the northeastern state of Assam, India, June 19, 2018. REUTERS/Anuwar Hazarika

The water level in the Brahmaputra is expected to rise until the end of the week and then level off, in the absence of more heavy rain, India’s Central Water Commission said.

Downstream in Bangladesh, 11 people have been killed and more than 250,000 have been displaced or affected by the flooding, officials there said.

Last week, landslides and other mishaps triggered by rains killed at least 12 people in southeast Bangladesh, including two Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar living in camps near the border.

The camps, thrown up after an estimated 700,000 Rohingyas fled from a Myanmar military crackdown on insurgents that began last August, are believed to be particularly vulnerable to storms in the rainy season, which has just begun.

Reporting by Serajul Quadir and Zarir Hussain; Writing by Malini Menon

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