The Forgotten Forest

Bannerghata Nation Park (BNP) is situated at the northernmost tip of the Eastern Ghats in peninsular India. It is a highly fragmented and linear tract of forest contiguous to its south towards sparsely covered protected area networks belonging to the adjoining state of Tamilnadu as well as other reserves in Karnataka. According to Avinash Krishnan, the senior researcher at Arocha, the Bannerghata National Park is largely absent from the collective consciousness of the people of Bangalore. Leaving what he describes as the ‘forgotten forest’, and it’s creatures to it’s inevitable state of conflict.