# Kannur man saves rare mangrove from extinction 2026-08-18T07:24:14+00:00 | India | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Fisherman Parayil Rajan, known as Kandal Rajan, has spent over 40 years protecting Kannur's mangroves. His latest focus is the rare Kannampotti variety (Excoecaria agallocha), which he fears will vanish from the district. Rajan has collected seeds from scattered locations and raised them in a nursery at his home in Thavam. The nursery has produced more than 2,000 seedlings. Rajan says the variety now survives only in a handful of spots in the Kannur region. His work has turned one plant into a stock of 2,000, giving the rare mangrove a chance to survive. The Hindu reports that Rajan's conservation mission continues as he monitors the seedlings and works to restore the mangrove's presence in the local tidal landscape. ## Coverage - thehindu.com This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Kannur, mangroves, Parayil Rajan Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/kannur-man-saves-rare-mangrove-from-extinction/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/kannur-man-saves-rare-mangrove-from-extinction/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/