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From The Hindu:

Margaret Lowman inhabits a space where few tread — tree canopies. Hema Vijay talks to the environmental activist who says India’s forests hold great potential for eco-tourism.

Strapped in a cord with a harness, she swings herself to land upon branches about 200 feet above the ground — in the heart of a dense rain forest. No, it is not adventure sports that this woman is into, but a science adventure. For 32 years now, Dr. Margaret Lowman aka ‘Canopy’ Meg has been straddling the tree tops of rain forests in Africa, Australia, Asia and the Amazon basin, to research on wildlife inhabiting tree tops.

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