G. Areendran

WWF India · IGCMC

Habitat fragmentation is a major factor in biodiversity loss and forest degradation around the globe. In this case, wildlife corridors are the most crucial landscape elements since they play a pivotal role in maintaining the ecosystem's balance in various habitats that the impacted species prefer. Linear infrastructure development, urban sprawl, an...

Habitat fragmentation is a major factor in biodiversity loss and forest degradation around the globe. In this case, wildlife corridors are the most crucial landscape elements since they play a pivotal role in maintaining the ecosystem's balance in various habitats that the impacted species prefer. Linear infrastructure development, urban sprawl, an...

Non-governmental organizations for environmental conservation have a significant interest in monitoring conservation-related media and getting timely updates about infrastructure construction projects as they may cause massive impact to key conservation areas. Such monitoring, however, is difficult and time-consuming. We introduce NewsPanda, a tool...

Non-governmental organizations for environmental conservation have a significant interest in monitoring conservation-related media and getting timely updates about infrastructure construction projects as they may cause massive impact to key conservation areas. Such monitoring, however, is difficult and time-consuming. We introduce NewsPanda, a tool...

Abstract The snow leopard (Panthera uncia) and blue sheep (Pseudois nayaur) are the inhabitants of remote areas at higher altitudes with extreme geographic and climatic conditions. The habitats of these least‐studied species are crucial for sustaining the Himalayan ecosystem. We employed the Maximum Entropy (MaxEnt) species distribution model to pr...

Fragmentation has now emerged as a major global problem, with anthropogenic activities regarded as one of the main causes, primarily for affecting the habitat suitability. Habitat suitability is influenced by several elements, the most significant of which are the structural components of land use and topography. With the aid of remote sensing and...

Mangrove forests being the abode of diverse fauna and flora are vital for healthy coastal ecosystems. These forests act as a carbon sequester and protection shield against floods, storms, and cyclones. The mangroves of the Sundarban Biosphere Reserve (SBR), being one of the most dynamic and productive ecosystems in the world are in constant degrada...

Musk deer (Moschus chrysogaster) is considered Endangered by International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and is under Schedule-I of the Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, because of its illicit hunting for musk as well as habitat loss. The present study aims to analyze the present distribution pattern of Musk Deer in the Himalayan re...

Asan Conservation Reserve formed as a result of the construction of Asan Barrage in Dehradun district of Uttarakhand has been declared as the first Ramsar site of Uttarakhand in 2020. The poster depicts changes that have occurred in a buffer of 10 km around the reserve in the past 10 years, from 2011 to 2021 through land use-land cover assessment b...

Visitation patterns across protected areas of Uttarakhand, India reflect a unique amalgamation of natural, cultural and religious aspects of vulnerable mountain tourism destinations. These aspects act as predictors in determining visitation rates and identifying destination specific tourism models. Using the mixed methods approach based on field su...

Coastal wetlands as the potential ecosystems, provide a wide range of benefits counting from ecosystem services to livelihood opportunities. Wetlands are continuously being degraded throughout the world especially in coastal ecosystems due to intensifying pressure on these resources and changing global climatic patterns. The wetlands in Sundarban B...

This study used MaxEnt model to determine the potential distribution of M. longifolia, B. lanzan, E. officinalis, T. bellirica, T. chebula and S. urens under current climatic conditions and subsequently map the their potential future distribution under four representative concentration pathways for 2050 and 2080 in the Madhya Pradesh, India. The re...

The agricultural land suitability analysis is a way of assessing the suitability of cropland. The aim of this study is to assess the suitability of lands for agriculture in Nalanda district of Bihar. The land suitability assessment was performed using the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) method. The parameters like soil texture, soil pH, slope de...

The Asia-Pacific region has been experiencing rapid development in the past 30 years, and issues relating to sustainable development will become increasingly important in the coming decades. This comprehensive overview presents sustainable development from the perspectives of Asia and the Pacific, with contributions from more than 70 leading intern...

Kalyan-Dombivli is a twin city in a municipal corporation, with its headquarters located in Kalyan in Thane district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Besides carrying the impression of a rich cultural heritage and societal vibrance, the historic significance of the city which dates back to the British era is particularly enthralling. Due to its...

India is known to have a vivid array of forests from the rainforests in Kerala to the alpine pastures in Ladakh and the desert pastures in Rajasthan to the evergreen forests situated in the north-east. Numerous parameters determine the type of forest such as climate, soil type, elevation and topography. Forests are categorized into diverse types ba...

Increasing global population pressure and related proliferations in demands for resources which eventually resulted in sensitive pressure on regions covering valued biodiversity. Human–wildlife conflict is one of the most common issues in conservation, encircling a huge diversity of circumstances and species. However, reasons of conflict are freque...

Information regarding species distributions in context to the spatiotemporal scale is indispensable for ecology and evolution as well as in conservation biology. Models on species allocations are commonly used in the assessment of conservation issues that not only include evaluation of probable management actions. Along with this, knowledge of habi...

Rapid urbanization is often responsible for the degradation of urban eco-environmental quality (UEQ), which comprised of ecological, environmental, and anthropogenic components. Hence, frequently monitoring and tracking UEQ for sustainable cities and communities is recommendable. The present study, attempted to compare UEQ of three rapidly growing...

Wildlife corridors are one of the most important components of a landscape as they play the pivotal role of balancing the ecosystem at multiple habitats preferred by the species concerned. Fragmentation, habitat loss and encroachment by human beings are some of the few reasons behind these dreadful destruction of these habitats of Asian elephants i...

Kaziranga National Park (KNP) in Assam, India, is a protected area of global prominence as it provides habitat to the largest population of the Indian Rhinoceros in the world and is also special as it has a diverse human population from different cultures surrounding the national park. Conservation and management of the park is becoming very comple...

In this study, we have investigated rainfall induced landslide susceptibility of the Uttarkashi district of India through the developmentof different novel GIS based soft computing approaches namely Bagging-MLPC, Dagging-MLPC, Decorate-MLPC which are a combination Multi-layer Perceptron Neural Network Classifier (MLPC) and Bagging, Dagging, and Dec...

Habitat suitability is an illustrious mission to conserve the ecosystems and its components. Human wildlife conflicts have increased tremendously due to habitat fragmentation; reason being human encroachment for their own use or for commercial purpose like forest products and unsustainable development programs leading to major decline in Biodiversi...

India has been historically susceptible to natural disasters due to its unique geo-climatic conditions in which the Himalayan ecosystem is very fragile and a little disturbance can cause harmful effects. The present work is an attempt to assess the environmental and livelihood impact of the 2013 flood in Mandakini valley, Uttarakhand (India), using...

Increasing global population pressure and related proliferations in demands for resources which eventually resulted in sensitive pressure on regions covering valued biodiversity. Human–wildlife conflict is one of the most common issues in conservation, encircling a huge diversity of circumstances and species. However, reasons of conflict are freque...

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One of the most important and visible indicators of global climate change is the recession of glaciers in many parts of the world. The findings of the IPCC Assessment Report (2007) suggest that there has been a significant decline in mountain glaciers and snow cover, which has contributed to the increased sea levels and water flow changes in river...

A Smart City is a complex mesh of systems across sectors based on providing basic amenities to its citizens 24*7 with all-inclusive policy and eco-friendly measures. The twin cities of Kalyan-Dombivli, designated as smart city by central government were selected from Maharashtra. The cities falls within the Thane District under the jurisdiction of...

Various scholars and research institutions have attempted to assess High Conservation Values (HCVs) using different methodologies and approaches. Various countries have developed toolkits to determine High Conservation Value Areas (HCVAs) according to their needs and conservation strategies but there is no global agreement on them. The present stud...

HCVs or High Conservation Values are ecological, biological, cultural or social values that are considered outstandingly significant or critically important, at the global, national, or regional level. The definition of HCVs includes critical or exceptional ecosystem services, ecological attributes and social functions.The study hopes to analyze di...

There is inadequate knowledge of the natural resources in the remote inaccessible protected areas of North East Region (NER) of India. Arunachal Pradesh, which is one of the state in NER is extremely rich in biodiversity and forms a part of the biodiversity hotspots in the Eastern Himalayas. However its biodiversity is under threat due to various f...

Dudhwa National Park (DNP), important conservation areas of India supporting the full range of threatened faunal and floral species. The Barasingha, swamp deer (Rucervus duvaucelii) considered as vulnerable, one of the flagship species. The satellite imagery of 1995, 2016 and 2017were used for Habitat Suitability Analysis (HSA) using multi-criteria...

To advance climate-smart natural resources management planning in snow leopard habitats, we mapped and overlaid snow leopard habitat, current and potential human impacts, protected areas, selected water resources, and climate vulnerabilities in six priority snow leopard conservation landscapes in high Asia. The landscapes were: the Eastern Himalaya...

Increasing human led exploitation of natural resources and climatic changes have put the biodiversity of India (which is one of the twelve mega biodiverse countries in the world) under severe threat. This has necessitated the use of appropriate technologies to formulate effective and sustainable management practices. In this regard, remote sensing...

Geothermal Energy resources of North Western Himalayan Sub Province in India were explored and mapped to determine their Geothermal Potential and major role as Carbon dioxide sinks as they are formed due to a Confined Aquifer. India has reasonably good Geothermal Potential. The potential Geothermal Provinces can produce 10,600 MW of power. In this...

One of the most important and visible indicators of global climate change is the recession of glaciers in many parts of the world. The findings of the IPCC Assessment Report (2007) suggest that there has been a significant decline in mountain glaciers and snow cover, which has contributed to the increased sea levels and water flow changes in river...

This study is an attempt to characterize spatial and temporal patterns of land use land cover (LULC) changes, rate of deforestation, and develop future scenarios for Kosi River wildlife corridor using geospatial tools. One of the key corridors of Terai Arc Landscape, in the Himalayan foothills of northern India, Kosi River corridor provides crucial...

This paper is an attempt at placing monetary values to services provided by the ecosystem to at the scale of a conservation landscape in order to demonstrate the importance of ecosystem conservation from an economic perspective. With the Terai Arc Landscape (TAL) in the Indian state of Uttarakhand being the study area, the paper considers nine ecos...

Forests in the mountains are a treasure trove; harbour a large biodiversity; and provide fodder, firewood, timber and non-timber forest products; all of these are essential for human survival in the highest mountains on earth. The present paper attempts a spatiotemporal assessment of forest fragmentation and changes in land use land cover (LULC) pa...

In the latter half of the twentieth century, an increase in the rate of retreat has been observed in Himalayan glaciers since the advent of industrialization. This chapter attempts to present a critical review and understanding of the recent changes in retreat of selected Himalayan glaciers from climate change and implications for adaptation. The c...

Climate change and its cascading impacts are being increasingly recognized as a major challenge across the globe. Climate is one of the most critical factors affecting biomes and their distribution. The present study assessed shifts in biome types of India using the conceptual framework of Holdridge life zone (HLZ)model, minimum distance classifier...

This paper presents results of the study on the dynamics in land use/land cover (LULC), resulting from mining related activities, in Singrauli district of Madhya Pradesh. The availability of large coal reserves and the construction of Gobind Ballabh Pant Sagar reservoir in Rihand river have provided the necessary impetus to industrial development i...

PAGES (Past Global Changes) - 4th Open Science Meeting (OSM)

Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) has emerged as a prominent potential climate change mitigation measures which aims at conservation of forests to sequester carbon. A key task of a REDD+ project is determination of historical deforestation rates and patterns, as well as the proximate causes and underlying forces o...

The Nilgiris, part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve (NBR) in the Western Ghats range of southwestern India support a good population of Indian tiger (Panthera tigris). However, anthropogenic disturbances pose threat to the tiger habitat in the region. We used geographic information system (GIS) based 'Tiger Filter' model to assess the impact of dev...

The present study used temporal remote sensing data for 1990, 2001 and 2006 to assess spatio-temporal patterns of forest cover changes in Shiwalik range of the Himalaya, Dehradun forest division. Forests are innately associated to human well-being. However, with the increasing anthropogenic activities, deforestation has increased. Quantitative chan...

The Nilgiris, part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve (NBR) in the Western Ghats range of southwestern India support a good population of Indian tiger (Panthera tigris). However, anthropogenic disturbances pose threat to the tiger habitat in the region. We used geographic information system (GIS) based 'Tiger Filter' model to assess the impact of dev...

The National Wetlands Conservation Programme of India has been supporting wetlands conservation all over India since 1987. Under the programme, 115 wetland sites have been identi ed for conservation and management. Further, under the Ramsar Convention 26 wetlands from India have been included in the list of Wetlands of International Importance. Wet...

Climate change is likely to affect the persistence of large, space-requiring species through habitat shifts, loss, and fragmentation. Anthropogenic land and resource use changes related to climate change can also impact the survival of wildlife. Thus, climate change has to be integrated into biodiversity conservation plans. We developed a hybrid ap...

Anthropogenic activities and natural events are known to affect land use land cover changes (LULCC), which are also responsible for ecosystem instability in forest ecosystems. The study evaluates LULCC in Pench Tiger Reserve (PTR), Madhya Pradesh between 1977 and 2006 using geospatial tools. Spatial and temporal dynamics of land use/cover changes w...

Vegetation pattern of Himachal Pradesh varies from dry scrub at lower altitudes to alpine meadows at higher altitudes. In this study, remote sensing and geographic information system (GIS) technology has been used for mapping the vegetation types in the Lahaul & Spiti region of Himachal Pradesh as it is physically challenging to gain such informati...

Forest fire is a major cause of changes in forest structure and function. Among various floristic regions, the northeast region of India suffers maximum from the fires due to age-old practice of shifting cultivation and spread of fires from jhum fields. For proper mitigation and management, an early warning of forest fires through risk modeling is...

India is an important non-breeding ground for migratory waterfowl in the Central Asian Flyway. Millions of birds visit wedands across the country, yet information on their distribution, abundance, and use of resources is rudimentary at best. Limited information suggests that populations of several species of migratory ducks are declining due to enc...

Deforestation and degradation are important aspects of landscape dynamics and have global significance. Quantification of landscape pattern using landscape metrics help in characterisation of landscapes and thus overall health of the forest cover. Himalayan foothills are one of the most important and fragile landscapes. Developmental activities and...

The aim of this study was to analyze the behavior of landscape metrics for detecting changes in forests of Himalayan foothills. Satellite data of 1990, 2001 and 2006 with 30 m resolution have been used to prepare forest cover (3 classes) and land use (7 classes) map using supervised classification technique. The landscape metrics used to quantify s...