Fishermen of Periya Neelankarai village spotted a lone whale shark off the coast for two days over the weekend. Around 4 p.m., a lone whale shark was said to have been swimming around close to the shore. The Marine Mammal Conservation, Stranding and Rescue team from TREE foundation subsequently confirmed that it was indeed a juvenile whale shark. “What makes …
Local residents from Kotagiri and surrounding villages staged a protest at the Longwood Shola in Kotagiri alleging that the Forest Department had cut down Shola trees inside the forest to establish a concrete structure. In a statement, Dilip Srinivas from The Heritage Foundation – Kotagiri, said residents learned that many Shola trees were cut down by the Forest Department. The …
TREE Foundation Founded in 2002 by Chennai-based Supraja Dharini, TREE Foundation’s primary focus is marine conservation. Analysing the socio-economic factors, TREE Foundation established community-based sea turtle conservation programmes to educate and engage marginalised artisanal fishing communities from villages along the east coast of India in Tamil Nadu and subsequently in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha to protect nearly 700 kilometres of …
