Shreya Dasgupta
Shreya Dasgupta is a science and environmental writer based in Bangalore, India. She has written for BBC Earth, New Scientist, Ensia, Smithsonian.com, The Scientist, The Guardian (Environment Blog), Nature India, The Caravan, and others. Shreya has been writing for Mongabay since 2013, and joined as a full-time staff writer in September 2015. She reports on forests, wildlife, oceans and climate change.
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