The Western Ghats are one of the world's biodiversity hotspots. But this region has been facing the brunt of deforestation and climate change, for the last few decades.
An all-female rainforest force in Kerala is battling to protect one of the region's last enclaves of biodiversity. At Gurukula Botanical Sanctuary in Periya, a group of 27 women act as guardians of the rare ferns, tree-hugging mosses and thousands of other plants that may otherwise be lost forever.
