India grasslands protection

Conservationists in India are working on an atlas of the country's grasslands, as part of a wider push to protect the ecosystem. Grasslands are a major carbon sink, but are currently classed as wasteland by the government, meaning they are the first to be converted for other uses. Abi Vanak, advisor to the Grasslands Trust and the director of the Centre for Policy Design at the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, spoke with Host Carolyn Beeler.