CES Technical Report 128,   June 2012 ¦ Citation ¦ Contact ¦  PDF  ¦  HOME  ¦ TRAGEDY OF THE KAN SACRED FORESTS OF SHIMOGA DISTRICT: NEED FOR URGENT POLICY INTERVENTIONS FOR CONSERVATION (CASE STUDIES OF KURNIMAKKI-HALMAHISHI AND KULLUNDI KANS OF THIRTHAHALLI) T.V. Ramachandra1,2      M.D.Subash Chandran1,3      Ananth Ashisar4      G.R. Rao1      Bharath Settur1       Bharath H. Aithal1      Sreekanth Naik1      Prakash N. Mesta1 1Energy & Wetlands Research Group, CES, IISc. 2Member, Western Ghats Task Force. 3Member, Karnataka Biodiversity Board. 4Chairman, Western Ghats Task Force   Home   Summary Section 1 Section 2 References Annexure Study carried out for Vriksha Laksha' Andolan, Sagar Taluk, Shimoga Western Ghats Task Force, Government of Karnataka CES Technical Report 128 June 2012 Energy & Wetland Research Group, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore - 560012, INDIA Web: http://ces.iisc.ernet.in/energy/ http://ces.iisc.ernet.in/biodiversity Email: cestvr@ces.iisc.ernet.in, energy@ces.iisc.ernet.in E-mail     |     Sahyadri     |     ENVIS     |     GRASS     |     Energy     |     CES     |     CST     |     CiSTUP     |     IISc     |     E-mail

Dr. 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
Web: http://ces.iisc.ernet.in/energy

M.D.Subash Chandran
Energy & Wetlands Research Group, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore – 560 012, INDIA.
E-mail: mds@ces.iisc.ernet.in

Ananth Ashisar
Chairman, Western Ghats Task Force
E-mail: 1 ashisar@gmail.com

G.R. Rao
Energy & Wetlands Research Group, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore – 560 012, INDIA.
E-mail: grrao@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

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

Sreekanth Naik
Energy & Wetlands Research Group, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore – 560 012, INDIA.

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

Citation: T.V. Ramachandra, M.D. Subash Chandran, Ananth Ashisar, G.R. Rao, Bharath Settur, Bharath H. Aithal, Sreekanth Naik and Prakash N. Mesta, 2012. Tragedy of the Kan Sacred Forests of Shimoga District: Need for Urgent Policy Interventions for Conservation., CES Technical Report : 128, Energy & Wetlands Research Group, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012. doi:http://wgbis.ces.iisc.ernet.in/biodiversity/pubs/ces_tr/TR128/index.htm

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	Dr. T.V. Ramachandra Energy & Wetlands Research Group, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore – 560 012, INDIA. Tel : 91-80-23600985 / 22932506 / 22933099 Fax : 91-80-23601428 / 23600085 / 23600683 [CES-TVR] E-mail : cestvr@ces.iisc.ernet.in, energy@ces.iisc.ernet.in,    Web : http://wgbis.ces.iisc.ernet.in/energy