Edition 13.1
[June '24]
Editorial. Tourism
Under the Lens Conservation: Plastics in the Nilgiris. Dr Vaithyanathan Kannan.
Natural Historians of the NBR. Edhkwehlynawd Botanical Refuge. Ramneek S Pannu
Research Initiatives in the NBR. Nilgiri Large Burrowing Spider. A Abinesh & N Moinudheen
Natural History Notes. Twisted Trees. Ajay Ludra
Species Focus. The Elusive Nilgiri Marten. Madhu Ahluwalia
Special thanks go out to Ms Anandha Karthik of Wellington, for her breath-taking artwork that have been done for almost all the articles; especially the one on the Nilgiri Marten.
Edition 12.2 [December '23]
Editorial. Ecology and Forestry
Under the Lens Conservation: Potential Wild Ornamental Tree Melia dubia. S Jeevith, M Palaniswami, J Manjunath.
Under the Lens Conservation. Verdant Symphony of the Nilgiri Herbs. Shiny Mariam Rehel
Under the Lens Linkages. Living Pharmacopea: Unveiling the Secrets of the Nilgiri Forests. Dr G Divya Bharathi
Research Initiatives in the NBR. The ‘Exotic’ Conundrum in the Nilgiris. Vaibhav Ramani
Natural Historians of the NBR. Bhanumathi Manohar.
Natural History Notes. Sylvan Symphony. Dr Vaithyanathan Kannan
NNHS Diary
Species Focus. Impatiens campanulata (Bellflower Balsam)
Edition 12.1
[June '23]
Editorial. Development and Conservation
Under the Lens Conservation: The Scourge of Human Civilisational Development on Environment and Ecology. Ammer Kaur Pannu.
Under the Lens Conservation. Can we Revive our Landscape. Ajay Ludra
Under the Lens Linkages. Effects of Global Warming?: Peacocks in the Nilgiris. Samantha Iyanna, Ajay Ludra
Research Initiatives in the NBR. Listening to what Nature and it’s people have to Say. Krishna Anujan
Natural Historians of the NBR. Forest and Farms: A Nostalgic Note from Bellu Amma. Bhavya George.
Nature Notes. Curated by Samantha Iyanna and N Moinudheen. Composition by Ajay Ludra
NNHS Diary
Species Focus. Peninsular rock agama (Psammophilus dorsalis)
December 2019 NNHS Newsletter 8.2
This edition of the Newsletter brings you stories of ‘ creepy crawlies ‘ a collection of stories from spiders and honey bees from the NBR. We bring an article from the Keystone Foundation and their action research initiative called the Conservation Agreements, where local farmers
June 2019 NNHS Newsletter 8.1
We are pleased to bring this edition which is a mixed bag of natural history tales from the Nilgiris. We have articles about all creatures great and small in this edition – from moths, butterflies, fish, gaur to fungi … we have quite a diversity.
December 2016 NNHS Newsletter 7.2
This edition of the newsletter has several bits and pieces of natural history news from the Nilgiri Biosphere. We start with a photo essay on the medicinal plants used by the Irula people of Pillur valley. Notes on the sighting of the Black Stork in
June 2016 NNHS Newsletter 7.1
This edition of the newsletter is focused on a special region of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve: The Pillur Valley. This area of evergreen forests, elephants, streams, mountains has been special to us since we have worked for a number of years to understand the people
December 2015 NNHS Newsletter 6.2
Welcome to the twelfth issue of the Newsletter of the Nilgiri Natural History Society. The past few months have witnessed incessant and record-shattering showers across the coast of Tamil Nadu, bringing life almost to a standstill and wreaking havoc. The Nilgiris received a fair share
June 2015 NNHS Newsletter 6.1
This issue focuses on Interactions between humans and nature, and a wide gamut of associated factors and role players, as well as some of the more charismatic species from around the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve (NBR). Read more to find out. Download
December 2014 NNHS Newsletter 5.2
Though only five years since the birth of NNHS we have filled a yawning gap in outreach, conservation education for all kinds of stakeholders – the village youth, the students in Ooty, the auto driver, the common man, the concerned citizen, the researcher and the
June 2014 NNHS Newsletter 5.1
Welcome to this monsoon edition of the NNHS newsletter. Our area of focus in this issue, the Coonoor valley has been the most vocal of these places, this summer. Coonoor has been a fast growing town and has evolved into a veritable melting pot of
