Bio-Diversity of Western Ghats
From the know your series we will be letting you know about Western Ghats and its diversity.
The Western Ghats are internationally recognized as a region of immense global importance for the conservation of biological diversity, besides having areas of high geological, cultural and aesthetic values. It is an UNESCO World Heritage Site. The ecosystems of the Western Ghats include the tropical wet evergreen forests, the montane evergreen forests, moist deciduous forests, etc. There are over 4,000 species of angiosperms (1500 endemic), 332 species of butterflies (37 endemic), 288 species of fishes (116 endemic), 156 species of amphibians (94 endemic), 225 species of Reptiles (97 endemic), 508 species of birds (19 endemic) and 137 species of mammals (14 endemic) reported from Western Ghats.
In conserving this reach diversity of ecosystems Government of India has taken prominent steps .A large number of protected areas comprising national parks, wildlife sanctuaries, tiger reserves and
elephant reserves have been established to provide stringent protection to both flora and fauna. Nearly 10% of the total area of Western Ghats is currently covered under the Protected Area category.
The largest Protected Area in Western Ghats is the Bandipur National Park in Karnataka, The Silent Valley National Park in Kerala and the Kudremukh National Park in Karnataka are among the important tracts of
virgin tropical evergreen forests in India, serving as the home to a healthy population of the globally threatened fauna.
One can find more details about western ghats in the following wiki docs : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Ghats
From the know your series we will be letting you know about Western Ghats and its diversity.
The Western Ghats are internationally recognized as a region of immense global importance for the conservation of biological diversity, besides having areas of high geological, cultural and aesthetic values. It is an UNESCO World Heritage Site. The ecosystems of the Western Ghats include the tropical wet evergreen forests, the montane evergreen forests, moist deciduous forests, etc. There are over 4,000 species of angiosperms (1500 endemic), 332 species of butterflies (37 endemic), 288 species of fishes (116 endemic), 156 species of amphibians (94 endemic), 225 species of Reptiles (97 endemic), 508 species of birds (19 endemic) and 137 species of mammals (14 endemic) reported from Western Ghats.
In conserving this reach diversity of ecosystems Government of India has taken prominent steps .A large number of protected areas comprising national parks, wildlife sanctuaries, tiger reserves and
elephant reserves have been established to provide stringent protection to both flora and fauna. Nearly 10% of the total area of Western Ghats is currently covered under the Protected Area category.
The largest Protected Area in Western Ghats is the Bandipur National Park in Karnataka, The Silent Valley National Park in Kerala and the Kudremukh National Park in Karnataka are among the important tracts of
virgin tropical evergreen forests in India, serving as the home to a healthy population of the globally threatened fauna.
One can find more details about western ghats in the following wiki docs : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Ghats
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