Protected status stripped. In 2021, large swathes of land and coastal area, including portions of the Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve and Galathea Bay, were stripped of their protected status to ...

According to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the Great Nicobar Island houses more than 650 species of plants, as well as 1,800 species of mammals, birds, reptiles ...

The project will result in the loss of about 900,000 trees from 15 percent or 130 square kilometres of the prime evergreen tropical forest. This forest is home to 650 species of terrestrial flora and ...