What animals are protected within the reserve?
For three years MacDougall removed the invasive grasses from plots he outlined within the reserve.
Environmentalists had long criticized the government for granting logging rights within the reserve.
Already, many were moving to Xade, a settlement within the reserve where a borehole had been drilled years before.
They had logging rights to okoume stands near the reserve, and after cutting those, were pressing the government for the right to log within the reserve.
The real joy-bringers were the hummingbirds, sporadic companions within the reserve but constant ones just outside it, where sugar-water feeders were set up.
Before Camisea became operational in 2004 – and ever since – indigenous and environmental groups have lobbied international lenders to prohibit further expansion within the reserve.
Dr. Sinha's permit to conduct work within the reserve was revoked by the wildlife manager of Karnataka, along with those of around 40 other scientists, she writes.
Along with those of around 40 other scientists, Dr. Sinha's permit to conduct work within the reserve was revoked by the wildlife manager of Karnataka State.
Possibly as many as 60 people who made their living by hunting elected to stay within the reserve but were threatened by antipoaching measures.
Even the white tailed sea eagles that are seen within the reserve are there because they were reintroduced by humans - the whole reserve managed so that people can take pride in their natural heritage.
