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. 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. Ecology Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories
In southern India’s tea country, small but mighty efforts are brewing to bring back native forests
