A flash of orange and black in the canopy has marked a major conservation milestone in India’s Western Ghats with the first ever sighting of a Painted Bat (Kerivoula picta) in the Ratnagiri district.
In the north of India’s Western Ghats, almost every village has at least one Sacred Grove, an area of old-growth forest with both cultural and biological significance. Here, in these forests, stand some of the oldest and tallest trees in the region. Our partner, Applied Environmental Research...
Each one of the 13,000 sacred groves in India’s Northwestern Ghats region tells a story of evolution, both in culture and ecology. This is what WLT-partner Applied Environmental Research Foundation (AERF) communicate in their newly published book: Sacred Groves of Ratnagiri. The sacred groves of...
