the beginning of the dummy book (pencil outlines)

Size: single page A3

Double spread A2

text: Agumbe is a small village located in the Shimoga district, Karnataka. And in Agumbe, Romululous Whithaker and herpetologist had created a wildlife research centre in 2005:  The Agumbe Rainforest Research Station, which is now field based conservation and research organization which is situated in the central Western Ghats. The Western Ghats being one of the biodiversity hotspots of our country. What is most fascinating of Agumbe Rainforest Reserch Station is their methodology of conducting these researches. They believe very strongly that the best form of research, is to observe the specie in its natural habitat without disturbing them. ARRS is home to many passionate scientists who are taking efforts in conserving and educating, it is also a brilliant place for apprentice to start up and get hands on experience.

Google map of grasslands.
text: And in the middle of the dense forest, there are patches of land that empty with lesser flora, and more open grounds. These unique patches of lands are known as grasslands, Grasslands, why is it described as  ‘grass’ ’lands’ is for the simple reason that the land is filled with grass. Aren’t there other places in the world that are also filled with grass? Like your next door neighbours backyard, or the local parks or even the bloody forest for that matter. So why is this particular land termed as the grasslands?

First and foremost, it was not humanly planted into the soil or intentionally cultivated, like our parks. This is wild grass that had spread across on its own leaving ways for trenches and ponds, giving birth to shrubs and small trees that are scattered around the open space unlike forests, which has trees and large ones growing in abundance. With everything together and compact unlike the grasslands, which is like a vast surface area of empty land, you may find some spots that are bursting with flora, like mini ecosystems of different kinds of trees sprouting from the ground, strategically laid across this vast land, just enough to say, that yes it’s a legit fact that the grasslands are erupting with biodiversity and the same time large open grounds filled with nothingness.




-Detailed Lapwing, with charcoal drawing with lapwing silhouettes sitting on the ground. with text explaining ground nesting bird and why they use the grasslands
-endemic specie.
-relationship with grasslands: camouflage

Predators found 

  - grassland vs rainforest
predators highlighted.