Silent Valley is one of India's few rainforests. It is deep and virtually impenetrable. So secluded is Silent Valley that there is no written record of any human habitation in its core area.
Silent Valley is one of India's few rainforests. It is deep and virtually impenetrable. So secluded is Silent Valley that there is no written record of any human habitation in its core area.
This wild variety of bean in all its glory. The species diversity of Silent Valley is similar to that of the tropical rainforest of the Barro Colorado island in the panama canal, considered worldwide as a prototype for measuring plant and animal diversity. The Botanical Survey of India noted that the Silent Valley plateau was home to wild relatives of domesticated plants, including cardamon, pepper, turmeric, ginger, cinnamon and beans.
Silent Valley is one of India's few rainforests. It is deep and virtually impenetrable. So secluded is Silent Valley that there is no written record of any human habitation in its core area.
The Lion Tailed Macaque has been classified as “endangered” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. The animal had become the mascot of the Save Silent Valley movement in the 1970s and 80s, with protestors arguing that a hydropower project would destroy its habitat
The Lion Tailed Macaque has been classified as “endangered” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. The animal had become the mascot of the Save Silent Valley movement in the 1970s and 80s, with protestors arguing that a hydropower project would destroy its habitat
The Lion Tailed Macaque has been classified as “endangered” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. The animal had become the mascot of the Save Silent Valley movement in the 1970s and 80s, with protestors arguing that a hydropower project would destroy its habitat
Silent Valley is one of India's few rainforests. It is deep and virtually impenetrable. So secluded is Silent Valley that there is no written record of any human habitation in its core area.
Silent Valley is one of India's few rainforests. It is deep and virtually impenetrable. So secluded is Silent Valley that there is no written record of any human habitation in its core area.
Silent Valley is one of India's few rainforests. It is deep and virtually impenetrable. So secluded is Silent Valley that there is no written record of any human habitation in its core area.
Silent Valley is one of India's few rainforests. It is deep and virtually impenetrable. So secluded is Silent Valley that there is no written record of any human habitation in its core area.
Silent Valley is one of India's few rainforests. It is deep and virtually impenetrable. So secluded is Silent Valley that there is no written record of any human habitation in its core area.
Silent Valley is one of India's few rainforests. It is deep and virtually impenetrable. So secluded is Silent Valley that there is no written record of any human habitation in its core area.
Silent Valley is one of India's few rainforests. It is deep and virtually impenetrable. So secluded is Silent Valley that there is no written record of any human habitation in its core area.
After driving through the buffer zone, one arrives at the gate to the core area. Beyond this lies a forest with an evolutionary age of at least 50 million years
After driving through the buffer zone, one arrives at the gate to the core area. Beyond this lies a forest with an evolutionary age of at least 50 million years
After driving through the buffer zone, one arrives at the gate to the core area. Beyond this lies a forest with an evolutionary age of at least 50 million years