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

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

Report prepared at the invitation of Prof. Madhav Gadgil, Chairman, Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India

T.V. Ramachandra ¹

M D Subash Chandran ²

Harish R. Bhat ³

Sumesh Dudani

G. R. Rao

M. Boominathan

Vishnu Mukri

S. Bharath

¹ Member, Western Ghats Task Force, Government of Karnataka
² Member, Karnataka Biodiversity Board, Government of Karnataka
³ Hon. Wildlife Warden, Bangalore District, Vice Chairman, Asima Pratishtana, Bangalore

Content
Executive Summary	Gundia River Basin – Introduction
Section 1- Land use dynamics	Section 2 – Eco sensitive region
Section 3 - Elephant Reserve and part of elephant corridor	Section 4 – Human – animal conflicts
Section 5 - Valuation of Ecosystem services and goods	Section 6 – Ecosystem people’s perspective
Section 7 - References	Acknowledgement

	CES Technical Report 122 September 2010 Energy & Wetland Research Group, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore - 560012, INDIA
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