Giant Trees for Climate Change Mitigation in India

Dear Supporter,

We are excited to share the news about our partnership with JungleScapes- a non-profit working on ecological restoration in the Bandipur Tiger Reserve and surrounding region in southern Western Ghats.

Through this partnership , we are especially focusing on scaling up the campaign of saving giant trees in the southern Western Ghats. In the last quarter, AERF team visited the partner organization to understand their work and discuss opportunities to expand the Giant tree campaign. We are of the opinion that partnerships with like minded organizations will play key role in mainstreaming the cause of saving large trees in the Western Ghats. Moreover, considering the sheer expanse of the Western Ghats mountain range, it is imperative to collaborate with other organizations and individuals for spreading the work of conservation. 

During the visit, AERF and JungleScape team identified some 10 large trees in Lokere reserve forest area. The trees have been marked with GPS and survey on social importance of these trees has begun. 

We are sharing pictures of giant trees in Bandipur region and map of these trees. From the map, it will become very clear why we need to push hard for saving the large trees in otherwise ecologically degraded and heavily modified forest landscapes of the Western Ghats.

We are very happy that JungleScapes is keen and committed to saving Giant trees in the southern Western Ghats. 

All this would have been impossible without your continued interest and support to this initiative.

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Thanks and regards

Jayant Sarnaik