Area is a major biodiversity hotspot
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/protest-brewing-over-granite-quarrying
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/hindu-thiruvananthapuram
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kerala
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wayanad
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/granite
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mining
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biodiversity-hotspots
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ecology