I am a writer and wildlife scientist living and working in the Anamalai Hills of the Western Ghats. My research focuses on the ecology, conservation, and ecological restoration of tropical forests and wildlife—especially rainforest plants, birds, and mammals—mainly in the Western Ghats. I write creative nonfiction and essays on nature and conservation for newspapers, magazines, and blogs, and am the author of The Wild Heart of India: Nature and Conservation in the City, the Country, and the Wild. In 2018, I co-authored Pillars of Life: Magnificent Trees of the Western Ghats with Divya Mudappa.
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Ecoregion
East Deccan dry-evergreen forests, Mizoram-Manipur-Kachin rainforests, South Western Ghats moist deciduous forests, South Western Ghats montane rainforests
Expertise
Restoration Practitioner, Naturalist, Scientist, Field biologist, Conservationist
Years of experience
20+ years
T. R. Shankar Raman
Nature Conservation Foundation
Publications
Videos
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A Dream of Trees
This film tells the story of the ecological restoration of degraded tropical rainforests in the Anamalai Hills of the Western Ghats, India. Tropical rainforests are complex ecosystems, home to numerous plants and animals that are intricately connected to each other. This film follows the work of two scientists of the Nature Conservation Foundation, Divya Mudappa and TR Shankar Raman, as they work with their team to restore degraded patches of rainforest in the Anamalai Hills in partnership with tea and coffee plantation companies since 2001. It speaks of the extraordinary values of rainforests and how restoration helps revive forests, bring back wildlife, and pull carbon down from the atmosphere in a time of climate crisis. An instructive story of challenge, limitation, and hope, A Dream of Trees is also an inspiring tale of restoration, of reviving the connections between plants and animals and between people and rainforests in a shared landscape.
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NCF Fixing Fragmented Forests
The video is about the work that NCF is doing on ecological restoration in Valparai, Tamil Nadu.
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NCF Meendum malarum mazhaikadugal
The video is about the work that NCF is doing on ecological restoration in Valparai, Tamil Nadu.