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Vijay Jayaraj is a Research Associate at the CO2 Coalition, Arlington, VA and a contributor to CFACT. He holds a master’s degree in environmental sciences from the University of East Anglia, UK, and resides in India.

Boats of steel: Resilience of tsunami-ravaged fishing communities in southern India

It was just a normal tropical sunrise for many of the villages in the Southern coast of India. Many fishing communities along the coast of Tamil Nadu did not know what they would face that day. On December 26, 2004, a devastating Tsunami in the Indian Ocean stuck the villages along India’s eastern coast. More than 10,000 lives were lost that day in India. Those who escaped the Tsunami faced their worst nightmare. The tsunami destroyed homes, fishing boats, and entire village infrastructure. 154,000 houses were damaged or destroyed. The financial damage was around US$ 1 billion. The fishing communities in [...]

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|2021-09-06T22:24:35-04:00September 9th, 2021|Comments Off

International elephant day: Gentle giants making a comeback!

Almost completely absent from the media are the success stories of elephant conservation.

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Vijay Raj Jayaraj

|2021-08-13T10:19:13-04:00August 13th, 2021|Comments Off

South Americans need economic reform before they become the next Cuba or Venezuela

Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina are all in an ideal position to make a transition to a capitalistic economy and they must not wait for things to get worse.

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Vijay Raj Jayaraj

|2021-07-15T08:30:55-04:00July 16th, 2021|Comments Off

The fascinating Pacific Salmon and how aquaculture ensures the salmon supply

Salmon aquaculture is the fastest growing food production system in the world.

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Vijay Raj Jayaraj

|2021-06-12T12:14:28-04:00June 22nd, 2021|Comments Off

Protecting wildlife while enriching local communities

Across the globe, many conservation programs have strategically tied up with the local communities, thus providing a win-win situation for both the wildlife and the people who live nearby their habitat.

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Vijay Raj Jayaraj

|2021-06-16T12:24:48-04:00June 17th, 2021|Comments Off

Free-market agriculture is essential for 600 million farmers in India

Contrary to popular opinion, many sections of farmers in India advocate for a free-market system where they are allowed to sell their produce at their own prices.

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Vijay Raj Jayaraj

|2021-06-12T12:03:11-04:00June 12th, 2021|Comments Off

India shuns organic farming, achieves record crop production

Each with over 1.3 billion hungry mouths to feed, both India and China have adopted agricultural policies which guarantee sustained growth.

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Vijay Raj Jayaraj

|2021-06-01T16:58:41-04:00June 2nd, 2021|Comments Off

When wildlife and the economy flourish together: A case from India

India has grown economically stronger and saved many of its species through effective, data-driven conservative programs.

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Vijay Raj Jayaraj

|2021-05-18T14:05:03-04:00May 12th, 2021|Comments Off

How palm trees reduce hurricane damage and generate income for the poor

Rooted, flexible, useful.

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Vijay Raj Jayaraj

|2021-04-26T12:48:03-04:00April 27th, 2021|Comments Off

The long snouted Indian crocodile: Gharial conservation success

Double good news! Conservation success... and they eat only fish.

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Vijay Raj Jayaraj

|2024-01-29T11:59:32-05:00April 15th, 2021|Comments Off

India’s GMO pause is a big step backward

Biotechnology experts believe that this decision signals a big blow to the prospects of GM crop use in India, at least for the foreseeable future and have expressed grave concern for the advancement of crop technology in India.

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Vijay Raj Jayaraj

|2021-03-26T09:03:17-04:00April 2nd, 2021|Comments Off

The media art of climate cult persuasion

We must make pledge to inspect climate news that comes our way and critically evaluate it.

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Vijay Raj Jayaraj

|2021-03-26T10:43:08-04:00March 31st, 2021|Comments Off

Can we build back better for birds?

Birds now face a threat that is much bigger than DDT or any of the threats they’ve encountered since the Industrial revolution: Wind Turbines.

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Vijay Raj Jayaraj

|2021-04-05T07:30:32-04:00March 26th, 2021|Comments Off

Biden’s renewables push in a fossil fuel world

President Biden has declared war on Fossil fuels. He is also pushing for an end to international funding for fossil fuels in foreign countries. But do these ambitious plans to curb fossil use and reduce emissions make any sense when the majority of world’s primary energy is still derived from fossil fuels? And how do we reconcile this with the fact that major economies are embracing fossil fuels at a record rate? Banished by Biden: Energy Future of America and the World President Biden has signed more executive orders in the first month (28) than any other in the past, with [...]

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Vijay Raj Jayaraj

|2021-02-26T11:47:14-05:00March 1st, 2021|Comments Off

Don’t fall for the media’s crafty coverage of cold weather

During cold weather events, seldom does the media analyze why these events contradict their predictions of milder Winters.

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Vijay Raj Jayaraj

|2021-02-25T11:00:47-05:00February 27th, 2021|Comments Off