IUCN Pronouns for Threatened Species

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) categorises species into the following labels:

DD: Data deficient

LC: Least Concern

NT: Near-threatened

Vu: Vulnerable

En: Endangered

Cr: Critically endangered

EW: Extinct in the Wild

Ex: Extinct

NE: Not evaluated

The cartoon appears in my column with Roundglass Sustain. The entire archive of Green Huour comics published on Roundglass is on https://roundglasssustain.com/green-humour

In case you’re wondering where you’ve seen that moose before, it’s this comic on COP 27 and Biodiversity COP15!

Keystone Species Awards

Did you know that the total biomass of the Antarctic Krill, at 379000000 tonnes, is the largest animal biomass of any species on earth? And it is this tiny organism that sustains the entire continent of Antarctica (as well as other landmasses in the Southern Ocean).

I first came to know of this astonishing piece of trivia when I illustrated a panoramic habitat representation of the Antarctic Peninsula for Save Our Seas Foundation . Read more about how all life on Antarctica, right from tiny petrels to gigantic Humpback Whales, link back to the Antarctic Krill in the food web, on the article accompanying the illustration.

That’s one organism that ‘kreally’ deserves an award (and the limelight!)

The comic is a part of my ongoing collaboration with Europe’s leading news channel DW for their social media page. 

Ganga Cruises and the Gangetic Dolphin

Dredging and noise pollution associated with the newly launched luxury cruises in the Ganga are expected to make the already critical situation for Gangetic Dolphins a lot worse. Endangered and threatened by pollution and habitat loss, the Gangetic Dolphin is India's National Aquatic Animal.

Cartoon from my column with The Hindu Sunday Magazine.

Climate Change and Island Nations

As a rising Pacific Ocean advances over the island nation of Fiji, hapless residents have taken to barricading their shorelines with rubber tyres in the hope to buy time. Here’s a cartoon inspired by this, available royalty free for publishers via my Cartoonstock gallery.

In other news, you can now receive Green Humour cartoons straight into your email, by joining my Substack here. 

Sholas and the Sholakili

The Sholas, montane grassland-forests of the Western Ghats are an endangered ecosystem. The Sholakili tells you why. Comic from my column with The Hindu Sunday Magazine. 

Life Lessons from Leeches

Dedicated to my wife Rithika who absolutely adores leeches! From my column with Roundglass Sustain (which later also appeared in The Hindu Sunday Magazine).

May your New Year be like the Golden Oriole

The Golden Oriole wishes all of you a bright new year! Comic from my column with The Hindu Sunday Magazine.

Prints of the comic are available as new year gifts on my Happywagon (for Indian orders) and Redbubble (for international orders) webstores