Nature awareness program at Calicut

Yesterday I visited the exhibition on nature organized by Kerala Forestry Dept. The program was very informative . Indeed it was a wonderful effort.

Community Reserve Forest at Kadalundi

A wise decision from Kerala Govt to protect the mangroves in kadalundi by declaring it as community reserve.

The Paradise of Mangroves in Kerala

The Guardian of Land - Mangrove

Fish caught in the net - Scene from kolavipalam

Hope of the tomorrow...Scene from Kolavipalam

Peoples' movement that will save the mangroves.

Mangroves are forests' less-understood, poor cousins. If forests are getting a bad deal you can imagine what mangroves are going through. In a state like Kerala where backwaters run through bursting human habitats, mangroves have been cherished for long, though lately they have been considered dispensable impediments in the way of economic development. But now there is hope. A group of enthusiastic, lay naturalists have risen to the task and the tenacious family of flora called mangroves is gamely fighting back. Some of newly legislated state laws of course will help, but it is the peoples' movement that will save the mangroves.