Pune: The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) recently shortlisted the Western Ghats for inclusion in the World Heritage list, taking this biodiversity rich area a step closer to protection from landuse change and other developmental activities.
The 39 serial sites in the Unesco shortlist include four sites in Maharashtra (Sahyadri)
Forested landscape is not meant for the animals only birds also inhabit the forest. Many components of the environment, including vegetation structure, plant species composition and vegetation stratification affect the distribution of bird species.
