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SOCIO ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ON INHABITANTS OF WESTERN GHATS WITH REFERNCE TO TAMILNADU
Abstract
The aspect of biodiversity, without significant resource use changes, the trajectory toward further ecosystem collapse and continued extinctions will likely continue in most of the forests and it would be significantly effected in countries where the environmental regulations were not implemented with a serious concern. Both endogenous and exogenous actions and policies are undoubtedly driving these global environmental problems . Regardless of the cause of this crisis, these people may have little choice than to employ resource use practices that compromise ecosystem integrity and biodiversity. Therefore, conservation practitioners must understand the development context to conserve biodiversity effectively. In order to better comprehend the state of conservation and development there are several important questions that must be addressed: The development and conservation contexts? , Areas of high biodiversity concern the development community? and Socio-economic situation of concern to conservation? . The Western Ghats, extending along the west coast of India, covers an area of 180,000 square kilometers .The Western Ghats comprises the major portion of the Western Ghats and Sri Lanka Hotspot, one of 34 global biodiversity hotspots for conservation and one of the two on the Indian subcontinent. The area is extraordinarily rich in biodiversity. Although the total area is less than 6 percent of the land area of India, the Western Ghats contains more than 30 percent of all plant, fish, herpetofauna, bird, and mammal species found in India. Like other hotspots, the Western Ghats has a high proportion of endemic species. The region also has a spectacular assemblage of large mammals and is home to several nationally significant wildlife sanctuaries, tiger reserves, and national parks. The Western Ghats contains numerous medicinal plants and
Abstract
The aspect of biodiversity, without significant resource use changes, the trajectory toward further ecosystem collapse and continued extinctions will likely continue in most of the forests and it would be significantly effected in countries where the environmental regulations were not implemented with a serious concern. Both endogenous and exogenous actions and policies are undoubtedly driving these global environmental problems . Regardless of the cause of this crisis, these people may have little choice than to employ resource use practices that compromise ecosystem integrity and biodiversity. Therefore, conservation practitioners must understand the development context to conserve biodiversity effectively. In order to better comprehend the state of conservation and development there are several important questions that must be addressed: The development and conservation contexts? , Areas of high biodiversity concern the development community? and Socio-economic situation of concern to conservation? . The Western Ghats, extending along the west coast of India, covers an area of 180,000 square kilometers .The Western Ghats comprises the major portion of the Western Ghats and Sri Lanka Hotspot, one of 34 global biodiversity hotspots for conservation and one of the two on the Indian subcontinent. The area is extraordinarily rich in biodiversity. Although the total area is less than 6 percent of the land area of India, the Western Ghats contains more than 30 percent of all plant, fish, herpetofauna, bird, and mammal species found in India. Like other hotspots, the Western Ghats has a high proportion of endemic species. The region also has a spectacular assemblage of large mammals and is home to several nationally significant wildlife sanctuaries, tiger reserves, and national parks. The Western Ghats contains numerous medicinal plants and
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