7. COMPLETED SPONSORED RESEARCH PROJECTS

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Sl.         Title               Funding Agency      Amount Sanctioned   
No.                                                    (in lakhs)
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I.   BASIC RESEARCH
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1.  Quantitative Ethology and   Department of           3.80
    Sociobiology of Indian      Science and
    wasps                       Technology, N.Delhi

2.  Status report on the        Ministry of             1.68
    Nilgiris Biosphere          Environment and
    Reserve                     Forests, N.Delhi

3.  Queen determiantion         Indian National         0.30
    in the social wasp          Science Academy
    Ropalidia marginata

4.  Distributed Information     Ministry of            11.00
    Centre on Western Ghats     Environment and 
    and Biological Diversity    Forests, N.Delhi
                                                                 
5.  Kinship in social wasps     Department of Science   7.88
                                and Technology, N.Delhi

6.  Ecology and Cultural        Indira Gandhi National  0.67
    Heritage : The Indian       Centre for Arts, 
    mosiac                      N.Delhi

7.  Distributed Information     Ministry of             2.00                                
    Centre on Western Ghats     Environment and                  
    and Biological Diversity    Forests, N.Delhi                 
                                                                 
8.  Determinance of social      Council for             1.23
    dominance in the wasp       Scientific and
    Ropalidia marginata         Industrial research    

9.  Cultural evolution          Department of Science   2.42
    of ecological prudence      and Technology, Govt.
                                of India

10. Analysis of People of       Anthropological         0.86
    India Data                  Survey of India

11. Human use of different      Jawaharlal Nehru        0.30
    plant species of the        Centre for Advanced
    Western Ghats               Scientific Research

12. Human ecological niches     Ministry of           *Block Grant       
                                Environment                    
                                & Forests,                     
                                Government                     
                                of India.    

13. Status   of   vegetation      -do-                 -do-
    cover

14. Analysis of biotas            -do-                 -do-

15. Biological diversity in       -do-                 -do-
    Western Ghats              

16. Population of larger          -do-                 -do-
    mammals                                                  

17. Bird   communities    in      -do-                 -do-
    natural and man-modified 
    habitats:  The   factors 
    influencing their  local 
    diversity

18. Movement   pattern    of      -do-                 -do-
    Dholes   in    Mudumalai 
    Wildlife Sanctuary

19. Leaf flushing phenology       -do-                 -do-

20. Phenology of tree             -do-                 -do-
    species of tropical 
    moist forests of Uttara 
    Kannada District, 
    Karnataka, India.

21. Forests in Indian             -do-                 -do-
    History


22. Conservation  flora of        -do-                 -do-
    Western Ghats                                          

23. Patterns of geographical      -do-                 -do-
    distribution and 
    diversity  of birds  and 
    amphibians on the 
    Western Ghats                                            
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II. ACTION RESEARCH
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24. Autecology of indegenous    Department of Ecology   2.00
    plant species appropriate   and Environment, Govt.
    for revegetation of         of Karnataka
    Karnataka Western Ghats

25. Study group on firewood     Planning Commission,    0.37
    and fodder                  Govt. of India


26. Environmental impact on     Department of Ecology   1.70
    forest based industries     and Environment, Govt.
    on the evergreen forests    of Karnataka
    of North Kanara district

27. Preparation of a report     Ministry of             0.29
    on demarcation of areas     Environment and
    of the various zones of     forests, Govt. of
    the proposed Nilgiri        India
    biosphere reserve

28. High powered committee      -do-                    0.30
    on forest conservation,      
    ecological security and
    developmental aspirations

29. Management of coastal       Times Research          1.66
    ecosystem of the Uttara     Foundation
    Kannada district

30. National Mission on         National Wastelands     0.73
    Wastelands Development      Development Board

31. Guidelines for Microlevel   National Mission        0.94
    Planning for Integrated     on Wasteland 
    Development of Wastelands   Development and
                                Ministry of 
                                Environment and
                                Forests, Govt. of
                                India

32. Ecosystems audit           Ministry of             Block Grant       
                               Environment                    
                               & Forests,                        
                               Government                     
                               of  India.   

33. Common property              -do-                  -do-
    resources                                                   

34. Poor man's dilemma           -do-                  -do-

35. Choice of nature             -do-                  -do-                  
    reserves                    

36. Traditions of conser-        -do-                  -do-
    vation

37. Potential  for  fuelwood     -do-                  -do-
    savings through improved 
    cookstoves

38. Ecological  aspects   of     -do-                  -do-
    livestock management  in 
    Western Ghats

39. Energy  efficiencies  of     -do-                  -do-
    end-use  devices  in  an 
    electro-metallurgical 
    industry : A critical
    study
                                  
40. Documenting ecodevelop-      -do-                  -do-
    ment methodology

41. Restoring India's forest     -do-                  -do-
    cover:    The     policy 
    options                                                
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III. NETWORKING
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42. Development of              Ministry of             1.35
    environmental education     Human Resource
    programme package for       Development
    schools and colleges        Govt. of India
    for three ecological
    zones of Karnataka

43. Locale specific             Centre for              0.85
    environment education       Environmental
    programme                   Education Ahmedabad
                                (HRD)
                                             
44. Locale specific             Centre for              1.35
    environment education       Environmental
    programme                   Education Ahmedabad
                                (HRD)

45. Holistic resource           Ministry of            Block Grant
    planning                    Environment  
                                & Forests,   
                                Government   
                                of  India.                              

46. Choice and diffusion  of      -do-                 -do-
    innovations.                                             

47. Organizing ecodevelop-        -do-                 -do-
    ment                                                    
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