Waraich Avneet Kaur Amarjit Harvinder

LA4003

The Forbidden Forest

Himalayan Moist Alpine Forest, Perpetual Snow Region 
Govindham Forest, Nanda Devi National Park, Garhwal Ranges


The project looks at the idea of expanding and acknowledging the forest from within and beyond, in both a physical and metaphorical manner. 
From the stories of the dark dense forests came the concept of ‘forbidden’ as a boundary which should not be crossed. 
This was translated into the idea of identifying the Inconspicuous Edges of these Himalayan Alpine forests and its systems which in turn define the fragile ecoregions which should remain unhindered.  

While climbing this steep way up, one crosses many such boundaries of the Forbidden Forest. In doing so, the traveler will be able to see some markers as indicator species along these inconspicuous edges. 
The pause is where one can recognize these specific trees, lichens growing on their barks, flowering shrubs, grasses, and mosses that mark the edge systems of the forbidden forest, making the boundaries ‘conspicuous’ to an uninitiated traveler. 

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Charcoal Sketches of Govindham Forest, Greater Himalayas

Forest Narrative | Up the Lofty Forest 3050m to 4200m above mean sea level

About the Govindham Forest, Nanda Devi National Park, Greater Himalayas

Extent of the forest | Habitat ranges of the Keystone species studied

The Tale of the Forbidden Forest

Inconspicuous Edges of the Garhwal Ranges

Inconspicuous Edges | Habitats of the Snow Leopard and the Musk Deer

Inconspicuous Edges | The Snowline and Barren Rocky Terrain

Inconspicuous Edges | Alpine Meadows and Alpine Scrublands

Points of Pause | Thresholds to the Forbidden Forest

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