INSANE: Nilgiri | Vintage Vibes

The World's Largest Asian Elephant Population Lives HereThe Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, spanning Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Kerala, holds an estimated 6,000 to 8,000 Asian elephants, the single largest population of the species anywhere on earth. That number sounds like a conservation success. The reality is more complicated. Asian elephants (Elephas…

The canopy that was never cutMost of India's forests have been cleared at least once, for timber, agriculture, or infrastructure, and then allowed to regrow. Silent Valley was not. The Kunthipuzha river valley in the Nilgiri hills of Kerala contains one of the last remaining stretches of primary tropical rainforest…

Kerala's bird species face high risk of survival, with 20 species listed as of highest conservation priority. Nilgiri Flycatcher, Northern pintail, Nilgiri wood pigeon, Eurasian oystercatcher, Great knot, Malabar grey hornbill, and Black-capped kingfisher are among the species facing the most threat. Red-headed vulture, White-rumped vulture, Kashmir flycatcher and Nilgiri…

research team appointed for project nilgiri tahr

‘Project Nilgiri Tahr’ has come at a time when the population has started declining in parts of the highly fragmented range