Western Ghats – Tribal heritage and ecology
A mountainous region biologists describe as “one of only nine hottest hotspots” in the world while seeking support for listing it as Unesco World Heritage Site. – Raviprasad Kamila in “Support Unesco tag to save Western Ghats (The Hindu, 11 August 2012)
https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Mangalore/article3753612.ece
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In honour of the inheritors and practitioners of unique cultures, their ways of relating to people and the environment: International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples 2019 celebrated in the Western Ghats – Tamil Nadu
International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples celebrated by Kaani indigenous people Nagercoil The International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples was celebrated by Kaani indigenous people at Mookaraikal Tribal settlement in Kanyakumari in the Western Ghats. Addressing the tribal people S Davidson Sargunam, environmental educator said that to create awareness of the needs of … Read more
Protecting and keeping forests connected: Elephant corridors that allow India’s national heritage animal to survive – Karnataka
India has for thousands of years revered and worshipped all natural resources, flora and fauna. And the elephant has a special place in Indian mythology | Read the full article by Dia Mirza in the Times of India >> We now live in an India that has 17% of the world’s population while occupying 2.61% … Read more
India’s first community getting its forest rights recognised: living in the core area of a tiger reserve – Karnataka
Amoolya Rajappa, 5 October 2018 | Read the full report and view more photos here >> The Soligas created history by becoming the first tribal community living in the core area of a tiger reserve in India to get their forest rights recognised. Soligas are an indigenous tribe of Karnataka, inhabiting the peripheral forest areas near … Read more
The Shola Sky Islands in the Western Ghats: Recommendations for conservation and restoration of grasslands (Nilgiri) – Tamil Nadu
Not seeing the grass for the trees: Timber plantations and agriculture shrink tropical montane grassland by two-thirds over four decades in the Palani Hills, a Western Ghats Sky Island PLoS One. 2018; 13(1): e0190003. Published online 2018 Jan 10. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0190003 Abstract | Access the full paper >> Tropical montane habitats, grasslands, in particular, merit urgent conservation attention owing to … Read more