Conserving Western Ghats through a website

[Samraj Sahay]

Ecologically sensitive,
Western Ghats
was declared as an ecological hot-spot in 1988. A large number of
plants, amphibians, birds, reptiles, mammals are endemic to this
region. and it accommodate 2 biosphere
reserves, 14 national parks and several wild life sanctuaries within its boundarie sand several reserve forests. The Western Ghats are
also home to many of the community conservation areas such as the
sacred groves.

Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP) has developed a dedicated interactive website which fascilitates acquiring and uploading all the available relevant material on western ghats and to participate in the discussions. One can send the material in any form such as text files, pdf, databases, images, video-clips, links etc.

Sharing of the individuals knowledge base on this area through this could be one of the several ways of conserving this ecological hot-spot.

Follow the link below:

http://www.westernghatsindia.org/home