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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

Agharkar Research Institute

B R Ramesh

Care Earth Trust

C S Jha

Deccan Regional Station

Institute Francais de Pondicherry

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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