Kalasamala, Edayilakkad Kavu to be declared biodiversity heritage sites | Thiruvananthapuram News

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala State Biodiversity Board (KSBB) is gearing up to declare two more sites — Kalasamala in Thrissur and Edayilakkad Kavu in Kasaragod — as biodiversity heritage sites.The board had declared around 57 hectares of mangroves in Ashramam in Kollam as state’s first biodiversity heritage site in 2019.Kalasamala and Edayilakkad Kavu sites have been identified…

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3-day operation planned to drive elephants out of Virajpet plantations | Mysuru News

Elephants camping in sacred grove area are entering plantations Madikeri: Deputy conservator of forests (Virajpet division) Taseen Banu said the forest department will soon conduct a three-day operation to drive wild elephants back into the forest, as herds have been entering coffee plantations in Byrambada and Kannangala gram panchayat areas of Virajpet taluk and destroying…

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