M.Yuvan

Intertidal was born this week - after 4 years, several campaigns, numerous walks and notebooks. It is available everywhere where books are available. Just feeling profoundly grateful.

madraswanderer.blogspot.com/2025/09/day-72… #BookRecommendations #BookReview #naturewritings #wainwrightprize @Yuvan_aves

Huge congratulations to our author Yuvan Aves 🌿 Intertidal has been awarded Highly Commended in the prestigious Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing. #BloomsburyIndia #WainwrightPrize2025 #NatureWriting @Yuvan_aves

Intertidal by Yuvan Aves chronicles marshes turning into concrete, flood plains & habitats being lost, writes Mandira Nayar in The Tribune @thetribunechd #SpectrumTheTribune #Variety @mandira_nayar @BloomsburyIndia tribuneindia.com/news/features/…

1/n The @AdaniOnline ‘Great land Grab’ in Chandrapur Maharashtra. Investigation for @frontline with @ameytirodkar Thanks @frontline_india & @vaishnaroy 
#AdaniLandGrab #Maharashtra #Adani

Huge congratulations to our author Yuvan Aves for making publishing history as the first South Asian writer to be shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing, for his extraordinary debut Intertidal!

Modi has lowered Income Tax on Corporate Sector by ₹1 Lakh Crore — and recoups this by forcing Poorest 2/3rds of India pay for this — through GST.

@CMDA_Official Thank you very much!

@Yuvan_aves Sir, We have forwarded your complaint to our concerned division for early action.

Dangers of @CMDA_Official giving wetlands for real estate. Construction by Lyra builders for a 17 storey building in Velachery makes a massive crack on the road. Cracks are appearing on walls/pillars of nearby apartments. Reasons- greed, underground settlement and waterflows.

@phokarlsson @RobGMacfarlane

"It is rare for people to come into themselves if no one is excited and curious about their core, their potential."

This week, @TN_Plan has published an important report titled "Urban Growth and Thermal Stress: A Decadal Assessment of Built-up Area and Climate Interactions in Tamil Nadu". This was the first time a block-level #heatexposure assessment was done and studied different heat drivers like urbanisation, loss of forest cover and wetlands are altering microclimates. Some disturbing, yet fascinating details have come out. Out of 389 blocks studied, 94 blocks have witnessed a steep rise in heat over the past 40 years, while 64 blocks currently suffer from temperatures well above the state average. Particularly vulnerable are 25 blocks — including those in #Chennai, #Karur, and #Ramanathapuram — which fall into both categories, making them high-risk zones for future climate and health. Between 1985 and 2015, #TamilNadu witnessed unprecedented expansion in built-up areas, particularly in districts like Chennai, #Coimbatore, #Tiruppur, and #Chengalpattu. For instance, S.S. Kulam block in Coimbatore more than doubled its built-up area from 62 sq km to 137 sq km — surpassing even Chennai, which expanded from 86 sq km to 131 sq km during the same period. More worryingly, when built-up area is analysed relative to a block’s total geographical area, the percentage of land classified as “built” has jumped alarmingly. In Chennai, this rose from 48% to 74% in just three decades, while St. Thomas Malai in Chengalpattu posted a 44% rise, the highest relative growth recorded. Full story: newindianexpress.com/xplore/2025/Ju… @NewIndianXpress @supriyasahuias @CMOTamilnadu @mkstalin @UN @UNEP @UNFCCC @SudhaRamenIFS @WBG_Climate @tnclimatechange @RamsarConv @moefcc @AntoJoseph @santwana99 @ChennaiRains @UpdatesChennai @praddy06 @TNGeography

Congratulations to our author Yuvan Aves on being longlisted for the Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing—arguably the most prestigious award for nature writing in the UK, and perhaps globally. Yuvan is the first Indian, and possibly the only South Asian, to ever be nominated! Fingers crossed for the shortlist!

And fabulous to see @Yuvan_aves' stirring and wise Intertidal on the longlist of the Wainwright Prize, alongside other favourites from Chloe Dalton's Raising Hare to Richard Mabey's The Accidental Garden. wainwrightprize.com/longlist-2025/

Today is Mohammed’s funeral; he was murdered by an Israeli drone strike yesterday. This man was nothing but a shining example of humanity, doing his part to support the environment.

. @GazaFFlotilla was in full accordance with maritime, humanitarian and international law carrying important aid to Gaza and they’ve been kidnapped! The lies that Israel spewed on not blocking aid to Gaza is on full display now more than ever! #FreeTheMadleen12

SOS! the volunteers on 'Madleen' have been kidnapped by Israeli forces. Rima Hassan is a French citizen. Pressure the foreign ministries and help us keep them safe! E: alertes.cdc@diplomatie.gouv.fr & courrier.scec@diplomatie.gouv.fr X : @FranceDiplo_EN & @francediplo & @jnbarot FB : @France Diplomatie & @Jean-Noël Barot IG : @francediplo & @jeannoelbarot #AllEyesOnMadleen

Greta Thunberg has been kidnapped by lsrael. #Madleen

While #Madleen must be released immediately, every Mediterranean port should send boats with aid, solidarity, and humanity to Gaza. They shall sail together—united, they will be unstoppable. #BreakingTheSiege is a legal duty for states, and a moral imperative for all of us.

Chennai condemns the murders of Adivasi environmental defenders in Chhattisgarh by the Centre, in the name of Naxal encounters, to clear paths for corporates to acquire coal blocks in old growth forest.

How many know that #Kochi shipwreck had happened inside “Malabar Upwelling Region”, which regarded as one of the world’s most biodiversity rich areas for commercial fishes. So, the current major plastic #nurdlespill will be having devastating impact on fishermen livelihood as these primary microplastics will undergo rapid sea weathering and become almost invisible and enter every marine organism and the food web. A recent study on impact of these plastic debris on marine life post Sri Lanka disaster in 2021 showed reduction in fish catch and mortality to other marine life. So, the devastation has just begun. @NewIndianXpress @CMOTamilnadu @CMOKerala @Chief_Secy_TN @supriyasahuias @Tnpcbofficial @tnsdma @IndiaCoastGuard @moefcc @EIA_News @fidra @theGEF @UpdatesChennai @ChennaiRains @FisheriesGoI @SeafoodWatch @MPEDACOCHIN @ICAR_CMFRI @MoesNiot @Ncscm_Moefcc @shipmin_india

Yesterday @Chief_Secy_TN held a high-level meeting and it was decided to conduct a short-term impact assessment study and drone survey in the affected areas in #Kanniyakumari due to plastic nurdle spill, an environmental disaster which still unfolding after a Liberian commercial vessel suck off Kochi coast in #Kerala. @NewIndianXpress @CMOTamilnadu @CMOKerala @supriyasahuias @Ncscm_Moefcc @MVR_NCCR @MoesNiot @moefcc @EIA_News @tnsdma @IndiaCoastGuard @ChennaiRains @UpdatesChennai #pollution