Judgment of the Supreme Court in the matter of In Re: T N Godavarman Thirumalpad Vs Union of India & Others. The Supreme Court said that that the allotment of 11.89 hectare of reserve forest land in Survey No.21 Kondhwa Budruk in district Pune for agriculture purposes on August 28, …
K.S. Sudhi KOCHI: The country needs a network of biosphere reserves for conserving biodiversity and promoting value-added bio-resources, according to Natarajan Ishwaran, UNESCO director of Division of Ecological and Earth Sciences. The Nilgiri, Nanda Devi, Sundarbans, Gulf of Mannar, Pachmarhi, Nokrek and Simlipal reserves have been included in a world …
Mangroves are unique salt tolerant plant community, found in the coastal regions. As a result of unprecedented human exploitable activities and population pressure, the day of mangroves decreases day to day. Agricultural expansion rather than shrimp farming is the major factor responsible for the destruction of tropical mangrove forests in …
This publication includes the proceedings of the 3 day meet on Save Western Ghats at the Keystone Campus, Keystone Foundation, Kotagiri from 18-20 February 2010. The purpose being to highlight the issues and challenges being faced by Western Ghats over decades in the light of its importance as an ecologically …
Coimbatore: Development at the cost of nature will lead to the destruction of Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve leaving a lasting impact on the future of Coimbatore, said C.R. Jayaprakash of Nilgiris Wildlife Environment Association on Tuesday. He was making a presentation on
This report includes 14 case studies from different countries around the world. They provide compelling evidence of the roles that ecosystems play in climate change adaptation through protecting the natural resource base, providing alternative livelihood options, and maintaining resilience to future climate change. BirdLife International
The Greater and Trans Himalayan regions of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh have great potential in terms of wildlife (flora and fauna). This survey was the first ever survey for the snow leopard in Uttarakhand and some of the areas of Himachal Pradesh till date. It confirms the presence of snow …
The United Nations General Assembly has proclaimed 2010 as the International Year of Biodiversity (IYB) to raise awareness about the underlying threats to and the need for biodiversity conservation. As a mega-diverse country and as a Party to the International Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), India had committed itself to …
The authors studied the activity patterns and feeding ecology of Asian Elephants Elephas maximus in deciduous and dry thorn forests of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, southern India. Over 20,000 instantaneous scan samplings on elephants revealed that 60% of the daylight hours were devoted to feeding.
BARIPADA: The Similipal tiger reserve (STR) has been included in the World Network of Biosphere Reserves by UNESCO. The recognition came after Regional Plant Resource Centre(RPRC), Bhubaneswar, joined hands with Similipal Biosphere Reserve authorities to document its varied flora and fauna, other special features and conservation efforts carried out in …
Scientists associated with the Rs 900-crore India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) have termed the Centre's denial of permission for setting up the project at Singara in the Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve (NBR) as a
Kanchenjunga Biosphere Reserve (KBR), the virgin pockets of the forests, in the Sikkim Himalaya, was known earlier as National Park since 1977 covering 1,784 km. The vascular plant diversity of KBR is remarkable having 1580 vascular plants.
KALPETTA: With the season of butterfly migration nearing, nature lovers and experts are a worried lot. Mindless use of pesticides and chemicals for farming in the district causes widespread destruction of the butterfly population, according to environmentalists.
Kerala: Windmills threaten environment in Nilgiri biosphere reserve The windmills of Attapadi in Palakkad district are producing power and generating controversy. With more set to come up in the tribal-dominated area close to the Silent Valley National Park, questions about the eco-friendliness of the project are doing the rounds. Is …
BHUBANESWAR: Timber mafias and poachers were out to plunder forest resources in absence of surveillance teams in the aftermath of naxal attack on government establishments in famous Similipal Biosphere Reserve (SBR) in Mayurbhanj district. Since March 28 this year, Forest Department officials have deserted their duty posts apprehending attack by …
Shillong: Nokrek Biosphere Reserve in West Garo Hills district, which has been added to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) list of Worldwide Network of Biosphere Reserves, eyed for more fund to carry out further research and development programmes on the existence of varieties of flora and …
