CSAT 2014 Study Note -1

High Level Working Group (HLWG)  report on Western Ghats

The Working Group was constituted to advise the Government on the recommendations of an earlier report – that of the eminent ecologist Madhav Gadgil-led Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP). The WGEEP had recommended that the entire Western Ghats should be declared as an ecologically sensitive area; had suggested three levels of categorization where regulatory measures for protection would be imposed and had recommended the establishment of the Western Ghats Ecology Authority for management.

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Nokrek Biosphere Reserve Flora and Fauna

Important points about Nokrek Biosphere Reserve Flora and Fauna

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