conservation success

Only 230 people live in Pormawlai — but their efforts are making the clouded leopard’s return possible, one forest at a time.

In Kerala’s Western Ghats, 20 local women are restoring a rainforest from the roots up. At Gurukula Botanical Sanctuary, they’ve nurtured over 2,000 native plant species and brought back birds, frogs, and even signs of tigers — with no formal training, only care.