Aatreyee Dhar, Author at BehanBox

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Aatreyee Dhar

Aatreyee Dhar is an independent journalist based in Guwahati with a keen interest on agriculture, conservation and climate change.

Uncategorized14 Nov 2025

Why Meghalaya’s Women Seed-Guardians Are Resisting Commercial Hybridisation

A women-led community seed bank in rural Meghalaya is using traditional knowledge of seed preservation to prevent the extinction of local strains of climate-resilient seeds

Gender and Climate25 Jul 2025

How Arunachal’s Women Healers Are Conserving Rare, Endangered Plants

Traditional Adi healing practices are based on the use of medicinal herbs but climate change is driving these plants to extinction. Here is how a few women healers are making a difference

Climate and Environment30 Aug 2023

How Assam’s Human-Elephant Conflict Is Impacting Women’s Physical And Mental Health

When entire fields and homes are flattened by elephant movement, it is the women, as primary caregivers, who deal with acute anxiety and deprivation