Tag: biodiversity conservation India

During the monsoon, Maharashtra’s rocky plateaus change dramatically. Rainwater gathers in shallow depressions, seasonal flowers begin to appear, and among them grow some plants small enough to be easily missed….

But what exactly is here? Lalbagh holds plants, birds, pollinators, mature trees, water bodies, soil life and geological heritage that cannot simply be recreated elsewhere. Photo Credit : Sriroopa Dutta

In many parts of India, entering a forest once meant entering the home of a deity. It also meant stepping onto land where a tree could not be cut, an…