Tagged: conservation
Article · Estates & Terroir
The Elephant's Road Runs Through the Garden
Assam's tea estates were planted across the old migration routes of the region's elephants, and the gardens are now among the deadliest places in the state for both species to meet. Here is the toll, and what some estates are doing to reopen the road.
Article · History
The Wild Tea Still Standing in Assam's Forests
Camellia assamica grows wild today in forest tracts along the Assam-Arunachal-Nagaland border, no garden, no planting record. Here is where it stands, who keeps finding it, and why even a genuine wild tree cannot fully settle the question of what "wild" means here.