Unregulated Tourism, Fires, Encroachments Pose Threat
It was in July 2012, when the Western Ghats made it to the world heritage list and a cluster of 39 sites here were crowned among the world’s eight “hottest hotspots” of biological diversity. A year on, the prestigious tag seems to have had little impact on the way the state treats these ecologically sensitive areas.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/impact-unesco-tag-western-ghats-hard-find
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/ananya-dutta
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/samrat-phadnis
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/times-india-pune-0
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/maharashtra
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/western-ghats
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biodiversity-hotspots
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mining
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-fires
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-encroachments
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/koyna
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/unesco
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/radhanagari-sa
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tiger-reserves
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/national-tiger-conservation-authority
[16] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/environment
