GOA’S GREATEST PROTECTORS: In 1999 under the aegis of Goa governor, Lt General Jacl Farj Rafael Jacob, Richard D’Souza worked assiduously in his capacity as chief conservator of forests to collate data manifesting that the state’s famed Western Ghats were home to some of the rarest species of flora and fauna in the in the world. In one swift and well-timed stroke thereafter, thereafter, Jacob notified the Mhadei and Netravali sanctuaries, giving Goa the honour of having the single largest protected natural corridor