In southern India's tea country, small but mighty efforts are brewing to bring back native forests
by Sibi Arasu

The Associated Press    Translate This Article
25 November 2024

On 25 November 2024 The Associated Press reported: Scattered groves of native trees, flowers and the occasional prehistoric burial ground are squeezed between hundreds of thousands of tea shrubs in southern India's Nilgiris region -- a gateway to a time before colonization and the commercial growing of tea that reshaped the country's mountain landscapes. ...The teams bringing back the forests -- home to more than 600 native plants and 150 animal species found only here --know that they still need to work around their neighbors. Global Good News service views this news as a sign of rising positivity in the field of science, documenting the growth of life-supporting, evolutionary trends.

Bosco [Godwin Vasanth Bosco, a Nilgiris-based naturalist and restoration practitioner] said the plants and trees have an 'incredible capacity to provide for life' across the nearly 2,000 acres his organization works to restore. The native trees maintain the microclimate underneath them by providing nutrients to the soil. That helps saplings and small plants grow even during hot, dry summers.

...Officials of Tamil Nadu state, of which the Nilgiris district is a part, earmarked $24 million earlier this year to encourage farmers to shift away from chemical-laden fertilizers to help preserve soil health. The state's forest department officials also announced plans last year to plant nearly 60,000 native trees in the region.

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