Perched atop the third-highest peak in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, we gazed out over an endless sweep of blue water, flecked with densely forested islets. They teemed with life; their tropical forests sheltered rare species and buffered the frequent tremors that rippled through the region.
What was once a land of bamboo huts evolved into wooden stilt houses, brick homes, and modern steel constructions. Each wave of change pushed the islands further away from the forests that were once revered. And deep within those forests, quiet and unseen, live those to whom the land truly belongs: the indigenous communities of the islands.
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