Biodiversity, Ecology and Socio-Economic Aspects of Gundia River Basin in the context of proposed Mega Hydro Electric Power Project
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Weblinks:

  1. The Indian Wildlife Protection Act (1972) - http://envfor.nic.in/legis/wildlife/wildlife1.html
  1. The Wildlife (Protection) Amendment Act, 2002 - http://envfor.nic.in/legis/wildlife/wild_act_02.pdf
  1. The Indian Forest Act (1927) - http://envfor.nic.in/legis/forest/forest4.html
  1. The Forest (Conservation) Act (1980) - http://envfor.nic.in/legis/forest/forest2.html
  1. The Environment Protection Act (1986) - http://envfor.nic.in/legis/env/env1.html
  1. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species - http://www.iucnredlist.org/
  1. Wildlife Trust of India - http://www.wildlifetrustofindia.org/
  1. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) - http://www.cites.org/
  1. Energy and Wetlands Research Group - http://wgbis.ces.iisc.ernet.in/energy
  1. Sahyadri – Western Ghats Biodiversity Information System - http://ces.iisc.ernet.in/biodiversity
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