Rapid assessment of sacred groves: a biodiversity assessment tool for ground level practitioners
Sacred groves in the Western Ghats are culturally preserved patches of forests that are rich in diversity owing to protection by several generations of local people, providing excellent examples of community based conservation. Sacred groves harbour local populations, preserve genetic resources and...
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| author | Shivam Trivedi Erach Bharucha Rahul Mungikar |
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| description | Sacred groves in the Western Ghats are culturally preserved patches of forests that are rich in diversity owing to protection by several generations of local people, providing excellent examples of community based conservation. Sacred groves harbour local populations, preserve genetic resources and serve as reference sites and corridors between protected areas. They are considered to be cornerstones of biodiversity conservation, but are insufficient in scale and number to significantly address many aspects of the management of landscapes and biodiversity. We studied 13 sacred groves in Pune District that are at present outside the protected areas of the northern Western Ghats, where we employed a simple and rapid biodiversity assessment technique that can be replicated by frontline foresters, local residents and Biodiversity Management Committees (BMCs). Integrating these sacred sites into the conservation network through local support can improve the efficiency for the existing protected area network in this ecologically fragile region. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-22d311ed5747433982a78063a0d930d92022-12-22T01:16:06ZengWildlife Information Liaison Development SocietyJournal of Threatened Taxa0974-78930974-79072018-02-01102112621127010.11609/jott.3412.10.2.11262-112703412Rapid assessment of sacred groves: a biodiversity assessment tool for ground level practitionersShivam Trivedi0Erach Bharucha1Rahul Mungikar2Research Scholar, Bharati Vidyapeeth Institute of Environment Education and Research, Bharati Vidyapeeth University, Dhankawadi, Pune, Maharashtra 411043, IndiaDirector, Bharati Vidyapeeth Institute of Environment Education and Research, Bharati Vidyapeeth University, Dhankawadi, Pune, Maharashtra 411043, IndiaSenior Research Consultant, Bombay Natural History Society, Hornbill House, Dr. Salim Ali Chowk, Opposite Lion Gate, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Road, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400001, IndiaSacred groves in the Western Ghats are culturally preserved patches of forests that are rich in diversity owing to protection by several generations of local people, providing excellent examples of community based conservation. Sacred groves harbour local populations, preserve genetic resources and serve as reference sites and corridors between protected areas. They are considered to be cornerstones of biodiversity conservation, but are insufficient in scale and number to significantly address many aspects of the management of landscapes and biodiversity. We studied 13 sacred groves in Pune District that are at present outside the protected areas of the northern Western Ghats, where we employed a simple and rapid biodiversity assessment technique that can be replicated by frontline foresters, local residents and Biodiversity Management Committees (BMCs). Integrating these sacred sites into the conservation network through local support can improve the efficiency for the existing protected area network in this ecologically fragile region.https://www.threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/3412hotspecksprioritisationrapid assessment techniquesacred groveswestern ghats. |
| spellingShingle | Shivam Trivedi Erach Bharucha Rahul Mungikar Rapid assessment of sacred groves: a biodiversity assessment tool for ground level practitioners Journal of Threatened Taxa hotspecks prioritisation rapid assessment technique sacred groves western ghats. |
| title | Rapid assessment of sacred groves: a biodiversity assessment tool for ground level practitioners |
| title_full | Rapid assessment of sacred groves: a biodiversity assessment tool for ground level practitioners |
| title_fullStr | Rapid assessment of sacred groves: a biodiversity assessment tool for ground level practitioners |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rapid assessment of sacred groves: a biodiversity assessment tool for ground level practitioners |
| title_short | Rapid assessment of sacred groves: a biodiversity assessment tool for ground level practitioners |
| title_sort | rapid assessment of sacred groves a biodiversity assessment tool for ground level practitioners |
| topic | hotspecks prioritisation rapid assessment technique sacred groves western ghats. |
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