Flora and Fauna-A first hand perspective

A talk on the Flora and Fauna of the Nilgiris took place at the Bee museum on July 25th . The speaker, Ramneek Singh took the audience through a series of photographs of rare and endemic orchids, flowering plants and also some of the fauna present in the Nilgiris. The changing landscape of the Nilgiris was the overriding topic of the day. A lot of emphasis was placed on the detrimental effects of invasive plant species like Acacia and Eucalyptus.The event had a good turnout of about fifty participants.