THE Western Ghats rise up behind the coastal belt of northern Karnataka in South India. The sunlight has a purity and density in this upland area that you can almost touch. It etches shadows on the dry dark earth. Here the meaning of...

'THERE are no dead bodies to capture the attention of the world media, no scenes of carnage,' says Pandurang Hegde, Indian activist with the Appiko Forest Movement in Northern Karnataka. He is talking about a joint forestry-management programme funded by Britain's Overseas Development...