Biodiversity

Achieving 2010 biodiversity target: Indias contributions

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.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2010
Ministry of Environment and Forests
Tags:
Wetlands, Mangroves, Corals, Joint Forest Management (JFM), Sacred Groves, Protected Area Conservation, Biosphere Reserves, Biodiversity, Genetic Resources, Biodiversity Conservation, Invasive Alien Species, India, National Lake Conservation Plan (NLCP)
Wildlife

Feeding ecology of the Asian elephant Elephas Maximus Linnaeus in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, Southern India

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.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2010
N. Baskaran, M. Balasubramanian, S. Swaminathan & et al
Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society
107
1
3-13
Tags:
Elephant, Nilgiri, Biosphere Reserves, Grasses, Biomass, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala
Wildlife

Unesco includes Similipal in biosphere reserve

BARIPADA: The Similipal tiger reserve (STR) has been included in the World Network of Biosphere Reserves by UNESCO.

Publication Date: 
04/12/2009
New Indian Express (Bhubaneswar)
Tags:
Wildlife, Simlipal NP, Biosphere Reserves, UNESCO, Orissa (Odisha)
Environment

Nilgiri observatory denial a setback: Scientists

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

Publication Date: 
24/11/2009
Pioneer (New Delhi)
Tags:
Environment, Deforestation, Trees, Wildlife, Biosphere Reserves, Science And Technology, Research Agencies, Scientists, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF)
Biodiversity

Diversity of vascular plants of Kanchenjunga Biosphere Reserve, Sikkim and its conservation

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.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2009
D. Maity, G. G. Maiti
Indian Forester
135
10
1416
Tags:
Kanchanjunga, Biosphere Reserves, Sikkim, Flora, Biodiversity
Wildlife

The elephant and the neutrino

Conservationists challenge physics observatory in Indian wildlife reserve.

Publication Date: 
24/09/2009
Killugudi Jayaraman
Nature
461
7263
459
Tags:
Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Nilgiri, Wildlife, Elephant, Tiger, Biosphere Reserves, Science And Technology, Physical Science, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), India
Pesticides And Toxins

Pesticides spell doom for butterflies

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.

Publication Date: 
02/09/2009
New Indian Express (Kochi)
Tags:
Nilgiri, Pesticides, Pesticide Use, Butterflies, Biosphere Reserves, Kerala
Energy

Trouble in the winds

Kerala: Windmills threaten environment in Nilgiri biosphere reserve

Publication Date: 
02/08/2009
Tarsh Thekaekara
Week (Kochi)
Tags:
Nilgiri, Wind Energy, Silent Valley NP, Biosphere Reserves, Kerala, Palakkad (D)
Forests

Poachers, timber mafia plundering Orissa biosphere reserve

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.

Publication Date: 
27/07/2009
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Forest Resources, Timber Smuggling, Simlipal NP, Biosphere Reserves, Poaching, Orissa (Odisha), Mayurbhanj, Naxalites
Forests

Nokrek Biosphere Reserve needs more devp fund

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 fauna.

Publication Date: 
24/07/2009
Shillong Times (Shillong)
Tags:
Nokrek NP, Biosphere Reserves, UNESCO, Meghalaya, West Garo Hills

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