Jair Bolsonaro gets a Brazilian

A Jaguar gives Jair Bolsonaro a Brazilian wax. From my column with The Hindu BLink.

Brazil Elections and the Amazon

Brazil just voted for a far-right fascist, racist and homophobic climate science denier as its President. Socio-political ramifications aside, scientists and environmentalists are now fearing the worst for the Amazon Basin, as the new President has had a history of being a logging lobbyist. Let's hope that the Tropical Trump does not trump the original Trump in stupidity. 

Oil Palm Monoculture in North East India

After causing complete annihilation in several tropical countries like Indonesia and Malaysia, palm oil is all set to crush India, starting with the North East. The comic appears in my Sunday column with Mid-Day today.

More reading on the issue here-

http://www.conservationindia.org/articles/oil-palm-should-not-be-expanded-in-arunachal-pradesh

http://www.arunachaltimes.in/an-inclusive-oil-palm-policy-for-people-and-biodiversity/

http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/mizoram-bamboozled-by-land-use-policy/article6005950.ece

Clearance Man

Our Environment Minister, in and as... Clearance Man! The comic strip appears in my Sunday column with Mid-Day.

Uttarakhand Burning- A National Emergency

The forests of Uttarakhand have been set on fire by the timber mafia (report here). A nexus of timber black marketers and villagers has been unearthed. Please spread the word and request immediate intervention by the government. Follow updates from Uttarakhand on this Facebook page.

You can download a high resolution image here-

Malabar Trogons

Malabar Trogons are one of the three species of trogons found in India. The name 'trogon' means 'nibbling' in Greek , referring to the birds' habit of gnawing at tree barks to excavate holes for nesting. The birds are sexually dimorphic and monogamous, and are unique in the entire animal kingdom in having a heterodactyle foot arrangement! Heavily dependent on rainforests, trogons face a constant threat from logging and habitat encroachment.

The comic appears in my column in The Hindu Business Line's BLink today.

A caricature of a Malabar Trogon pair is available as prints, t-shirts and merchandise on my store here (orders for prints of the comic and the caricature within India can also be placed by emailing me on rohanchakcartoonist@gmail.com)

The Malabar Trogon caricature.