Sahyadri Conservation Series: 20 ENVIS Technical Report: 50,  November 2012 Conservation and Management of Mangroves in Uttara Kannada, Central Western Ghats Subash Chandran M.D.         Ramachandra T.V.         Joshi N.V.         Prakash N. Mesta         Bharath Settur         Vishnu D. Mukri Energy and Wetlands Research Group, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore – 560012, India. *Corresponding author: cestvr@ces.iisc.ernet.in Home Page l Contents l Summary l Chapter 1 l Chapter 2 l Chapter 3 l References l Citation l Contact l PDF l HOME C O N T E N T S   PAGE NO.   Contents i   Executive Summary iv Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION 1   Importance of Mangroves 2   Mangroves – Global scenario 11   Distribution of Mangroves in India  12   Mangrove Scenario in Karnataka 14   Mangrove Scenario in Uttara Kannada District  15   Forest Administration 17   Methods adopted 18       Chapter 2. IDENTIFICATION OF MANGROVES 19 I. True mangroves 19 II. Mangrove associates 23       Chapter 3. MANGROVES OF HONAVAR FOREST DIVISION 30 3.1 ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION FOR MANGROVES 30   Introduction 32   Honavar Forest Division: Salient Features 32   Mangrove area distribution and suitable areas for planting 32 3.2 ESTUARY-WISE MANGROVE SITUATION IN HONAVAR FOREST DIVISION 39   Estuary and creek-wise mangrove areas and potential areas 39   Mangroves in relation to salinity 41 A. MANGROVES OF GANGAVALI ESTUARY 41   Waterscape/landscape elements 42   Mangroves and potential mangrove areas: village-wise distribution 42   Mangrove associates 50   Some notable mangrove localities 50   Remote sensing applications 52 B. MANGROVES OF AGHANASHINI ESTUARY 55   Introduction 56   Mangrove areas and potential areas for planting 56   Site-wise presence of mangroves and associates 59   Notable localities studied for mangroves 61   Applications  remote sensing for mangrove studies in Aghnashini 65 C. MANGROVES OF SHARAVATHI -BADGANI estuarine complex 69   Salinity decline in Sharavathi 70   Details of mangroves and associates: site-wise 71   Locality-wise details: Sharavathi 72   Factors affecting mangrove community 74   Badgani estuary 74   Remote sensing for mangrove species/land cover-land-use prospecting 75 D. MANGROVES OF VENKTAPUR RIVER 78 E. ALVEKODI CREEK 84 3.3 MANGROVE SITUATION: RANGEWISE 86   Mangroves of Bhatkal forest range 86   Mangroves of Manki Range 89   Mangroves of Honavar Range 92   Mangroves of Kumta Forest Range 97   Mangroves of Katgal Forest Range 100   Mangroves of Hiregutti Forest Range 102 Annexure-I Location and Area (ha) of mangrove patches in Bhatkal Range 106 Annexure-II Location and Area (ha) of mangrove patches in Manki Range 112 Annexure-III Location and Area (ha) of mangrove patches in Honavar Range 113 Annexure-IV Location and Area (ha) of mangrove patches in Kumta Range 125 Annexure-V Location and Area (ha) of mangrove patches in Katgal Range 137 Annexure-VI Location and Area (ha) of mangrove patches in Hiregutti Range 141 Annexure-VII Availability of potential Area (ha) for Mangrove planting inBhatkal Range 148 Annexure-VIII Availability of potential Area (ha) for Mangrove planting inManki Range 149 Annexure-IX Availability of potential Area (ha) for Mangrove planting inHonavar Range 150 Annexure-X Availability of potential Area (ha) for Mangrove planting in Kumta Range 154 Annexure-XI Availability of potential Area (ha) for Mangrove planting inKatgal Range 156 Annexure-XII Availability of potential Area (ha) for Mangrove planting inHiregutti Range 157   REFERENCES 158   BACK   «   TOP   »   NEXT

T.V. Ramachandra
Centre for Sustainable Technologies,
Centre for infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation and Urban Planning (CiSTUP),
Energy & Wetlands Research Group, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore – 560 012, INDIA.
E-mail : cestvr@ces.iisc.ernet.in
Tel: 91-080-22933099/23600985, Fax: 91-080-23601428/23600085
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Subash Chandran M.D
Energy & Wetlands Research Group, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore – 560 012, INDIA.
E-mail: mds@ces.iisc.ernet.in

Joshi N.V.
Energy & Wetlands Research Group, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore – 560 012, INDIA.
E-mail: nvjoshi@ces.iisc.ernet.in

Prakash N. Mesta
Energy & Wetlands Research Group, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore – 560 012, INDIA.
E-mail: prakash_honavar@ces.iisc.ernet.in

Bharath Settur
Energy & Wetlands Research Group, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore – 560 012, INDIA.
E-mail: settur@ces.iisc.ernet.in

Vishnu D. Mukri
Energy & Wetlands Research Group, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore – 560 012, INDIA.
E-mail: vishnumukri@gmail.com

Citation: Subash Chandran M.D, Ramachandra. T.V, Joshi N.V., Prakash N. Mesta, Bharath Settur and Vishnu D. Mukri, 2012. Conservation and Management of Mangroves in Uttara Kannada, Central Western Ghats., Sahyadri Conservation Series 20, ENVIS Technical Report : 50, November 2012, Energy & Wetlands Research Group, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012.

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