The campaign has come as a lesson on the strength of combined effort: several NGO partners, grassroots groups, and the Forest Department.

“Most of the plants dismissed as weeds are edible and we don’t even know it. We walk past them every day ..."

Forest authorities registered over 35,000 mobile numbers for the pre-warning SMS alert system, apart from several local WhatsApp groups.

A catchy song, a hybrid of rap, folk, Carnatic and Tamil film music. The effort is priceless; the concern is deep.

Apart from exclusive stores, farmers’ markets and stores in small towns have ample supply of these ancient foods.

The only thing that is needed is for different sections of the governments to work together and develop a comprehensive national policy.

"We, as citizens, need to take up the mantle for ensuring cleaner air and healthy surroundings,”

While promoting ecotourism, the villagers try to maintain a balance between conservation, livelihood and convenience

A strong mesh of urban birders will be able to collate data in real time and alert administrators about the health of the environment.