When we discuss urban nature, we often forget about real natural habitats. In Bengaluru, widely called the Garden City, most talks about urban nature focus on landscaped parks, roadside trees, and manicured gardens; in other words, artificial ecosystems designed for looks and human comfort. As lay citizens, we usually notice only such nature as we see around our homes, workplaces or other areas we generally pass by. While these places do have some ecological value, they mostly support a few highly adaptable species. This has strong negative implications for native flora and fauna that depend on open scrublands, grasslands, rocky…
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Shivaani Arunprasad is an environmental science and sustainability undergraduate student at Azim Premji University. Passionate about biodiversity, especially plants, and conservation efforts, she is interested in understanding and working with environmental data. Her main interests lie in protecting the night sky from light pollution and in working towards the understanding of the ecological impacts of light pollution.