R. Veeramani, a worker at a tea factory, holds up a bunch of leaves during the withering process in Nilgiris district, India, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Workers carry sacks of tea leaves before handing over to a contractor at a tea estate in Nilgiris district, India, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Workers pluck tea leaves using cutters at a tea estate in Nilgiris district, India, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Godwin Vasanth Bosco, a naturalist and restoration practitioner, jumps over a stream where he planted native trees 10 years ago, in Nilgiris district, India, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

A worker plucks tea leaves using a cutter at a tea estate in Nilgiris district, India, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Nanjamma, right, part of Adivasi Indigenous community, spends time with children outside her house in Banagudi village, in Nilgiris district, India, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Wali, part of Adivasi Indigenous community, carries water collected from a stream in Banagudi village in Nilgiris district, India, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

The roots of tea plants are visible at a tea estate in Nilgiris district, India, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)