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Mapping ecologically sensitive, significant and salient areas of Western Ghats: Proposed protocols and methodology by Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel of the MoEF - An article from Current Science
This article in Current Science proposes protocols and methodology for mapping ecologically sensitive areas (ESAs) along the Western Ghats
B R Ramesh
Care Earth Trust
C S Jha
Deccan Regional Station
Institute Francais de Pondicherry
K A Subramanian
K N Ganeshaiah
Madhav Gadgil
M S R Murthy
National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA)
R J Ranjit Daniels
Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History
S Narendra Prasad
University of Agricultural Sciences Bangalore
Zoological Survey of India
Posted on 02 Feb, 2011 08:11 PM

The Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP) of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India (GOI) had been asked to identify ESAs along the Western Ghats, and to suggest how to manage them. The concept of ESAs has been extensively discussed in the literature. Several ESAs have been set up in India over the last 22 years under the Environment Protection Act, 1986, and a GOI committee under the chairmanship of Pranob Sen has proposed certain criteria for identification of ESAs.

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