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Senior Principal Scientist & Head, Landscape Ecology
 
     
 

Research experience in the following areas

Teaching and training Experience

Consultancy

Research Projects carried out
 
 
     
 

Research experience in the following areas

  
 

  • Biodiversity and conservation biology

  • Restoration ecology and ecodevelopment

  • Wildlife-habitat relationships.

  • Biomass and productivity of tropical moist forests

  • Use of Advanced Spatial Technologies in natural resource and biodiversity conservation in terrstrial and aquatic habitats.

 
 

Teaching and training Experience

  
 

Quantitative methods in Wildlife Biology, Introduction to Remote Sensing,Biogeography; Vegetation types of India; Evolutionary genetics, Quantitative Plant Ecology and Habitat Ecology. These courses were offered to the students of M.Sc., P.G. Diploma and Certificate Courses at the Wildlife Institute of India, Dehra Dun.

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Consultancy

  
 

I served as an independent consultant to a number of Non-Governmental, Governmental and International agencies. Some of the prominent consultancies offered were

 
 

Wildlife Institute of India - Biogeography project 1986

Ecodevelopment in Uttara Kannada - Myrada and plan International - March to June 1986

Water Resources of the Krishna River Basin - Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage - April 1986 to March 1987

Bombay Natural History Society - Krishna Mangrove Project January to September 1987

Govt. of India - Project Tiger - GEF Project proposal for Ecodevelopment - July 1993 to February 1994

DANIDA - Biodiversity of Dakshina Kannada - 1993
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1. Projects Reports

  
 


a.External Funding

  • Impact of human interferences on plant and bird communities in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve. June 1993 to March 1997 - Co-investigator. Funded by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Govt. of India.

  • A rapid assessment of biodiversity in Mehao Sanctuary (Mishmi Hills, Arunachal Pradesh) through Remote Sensing/Geographic Information Systems. January 1994 to 1996 - Principal Investigator. Funded by the PC-NNRMS-Ministry of Environment and Forests grants.

  • Conservation planning for the Kerala Western Ghats. December 1994 to June 1997 - Principal Investigator. Funded by WWF (India).

  • Habitat monitoring in Bandipur National Park. June 1994 to August 1998 -Principal Investigator. Funded by the NBR grants of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Govt. of India.

  • Ethnoecology and phytochemistry of medicinal plants of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve. April 1994 to November 1997 - Principal Investigator. Funded by the Man and Biosphere Programme of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Govt. of India

  • Role of birds in seed dispersal and natural regeneration of forest plants in Tamil Nadu. May 1994 to May 1997 - Co-investigator. Funded by the Tamil Nadu Forest Department.

  • National Biodiversity strategy and action Plan-A review of use of Remote Sensing/GIS tools Aug 2001 to June 2002 Funded by GEF thru Ministry of Environment and Forests, Govt. of India.

  • Inland wetland of India. December 1999 to 2004, Co-Investigator. Funded by UNDP-CCF.

  • Habitat suitability mapping of Western Tragopan (Tragopan melanocephalus) in Himachal Pradesh, India, using Remote Sensing and GIS. Co-Investigator. Funded by WPA International. 2002

  • Structural and Functional attributes of the wetlands of Indo-Gangetic plains with reference to Uttar Pradesh, Duration 2004-September 2007, funded by ISRO-GBP

  • Establishment of ENVIS centre at SACON on theme ‘Wetland Ecosystem’, duration 2004-2007, funded by Ministry of Environment and Forest, Govt. of India.

  • Habitat suitability mapping of Western Tragopan (Tragopan melanocephalus) in Himachal Pradesh, India, using Remote Sensing and GIS. Co-Investigator. Funded by WPA International. 2002

  • Andhra Pradesh Community Based Tank Project Environmental and Social Assessment Study, duration from July 2006 to December 2006, funded by Centre for Ecological Economics and Natural Resources, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore.

  • Multilevel and multiscalar analysis of wetland systems to evaluate balance in ecosystem services and sustainability concerns – Kolleru Wildlife Sanctuary, Andhra Pradesh –May –December 2007. Funded by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Colombo, Sri Lanka.

  • Inventory of the Biodiversity Attappady with GIS AID, Duration September 2006-Present, Funded by Attapady Hills Area Development Society (AHADS), Co-investigator.
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  b. R & D Funding  
 
  • A survey of potential Western Tragopon habitat in Tons and Sangla areas (Oct. 1992 to Sep. 1993) ‑ Principal Investigator. In-house funding from the Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History (SACON).
  
 
  • National Survey and Classification of Wetlands. February 1992 to 1994 -Co-investigator. In-house funding from the Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History (SACON).
  
 
 
 
c. M.Sc. Project reports/ dissertations
  
 
  • Priya Narayanan and Dipankar pattanaik (2002) ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MAPPING OF THE UPPER NILGIRIS: A REMOTE SENSING AND GIS APPLICATION M. Sc Project work Dept of Geography Madras University
  
 
  • Bhattacharjee Anushree (2007). Assessment and monitoring of wetlands in the Rangareddy and Hyderabad districts of Andhra Pradesh using Remote Sensing and GIS. Project report submitted to Department of Ecology & Environmental Sciences, 25th June-20th July 2007, Pondicherry University, Pudducherry.
 
 
 
 
d. Consultancies offered to many International and National Organizations
  
 
The more recent once include World Bank, Nippon-Koei Japan, Maharastra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC), Mumbai Jindal Steel Works (JSW) Andhra Pradesh, AP Biodiversity Board (APBB), Institute of Social Economic Change (ISEC), Attappady Hill Area Development Society (AHADS) Kerala, MP lads Rajahumundry Parliamentary constituency, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala Biodiversity Board (KBB)
  
 
 
 
2. Research Papers
  
 
a.International journals
  
 
  • Tree debarking by porcupine in Sariska National Park, Western India, Mammalia. 56 3: 351-361, 1992 (with D. Sharma).
 
 
  • Determining landuse trends through remote sensing - Asia Pacific Remote Sensing Journal 6(1) 37-40 1993 (with Y.V. Venkatesh).
  
 
  • Changes in Wild Ass (Equas hemionus) habitat conditions in little Rann of Kuchch, Gujarat from a remote sensing perspective. International Journal of Remote Sensing 15(16) 3155-3164 (with S.P. Goyal, P.S. Roy and S. Singh), 1994.
  
 
  • Study of Nilgiri Laughing Thrush, Tamil Nadu, India. OBC Bulletin, 34: 18-19, 2001 (Vijayan, L., Gokula, V. and SN Prasad).
  
 
 
  b. Indian journals  
 
  • Vegetation analysis and study of its dynamics in Chandaka wildlife sanctuary (Orissa) using Aerospace remote sensing: J. Ind. Remote sensing 20(4) 223‑235. 1992 (with P.S. Roy, S.C. Moharana and I.J. Singh).
  
 
  • Medicinal plants among the Irulars of Attappady and Boluvampatti forests in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve. J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. Additional Series, 12 pp 253-259, 1996 (with P.Balasubramanian).
  
 
  • Visualization in biodiversity research: A case study of Mehao Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, north east India. Current Science 71(12) 1001-1005, 1996 (with B. Prabakaran and C. Jeganathan).
  
 
  • Folk medicine of the Irulas of Coimbatore forests. Ancient Science of Life Vol 16(3) 222-26, 1998 (with P Balasubramanian and A Rajasekaran).
  
 
  • Conservation planning for the Western Ghats of Kerala: I. A GIS approach for location of biodiversity hotspots. Current Science 75(3): 211-219, 1998 (with L. Vijayan, S. Balachandran, V.S. Ramachandran and C.P.A. Varghese).
  
 
  • Visualization in biodiversity research: A case study of Mehao Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, north east India. Current Science 71(12) 1001-1005, 1996 (with B. Prabakaran and C. Jeganathan).
  
 
  • Conservation planning for the Western Ghats of Kerala: II. Assessment of habitat loss and degradation. Current Science 75(3): 228-235, 1998.
  
 
  • Plant species diversity and community structure in the outer fringes of Kedarnath Musk Deer Sanctuary - Western Himalayas: Conservation implications. Indian Forester 125: 873-882, 1999 (with S. Sathyakumar & G.S. Rawat).
  
 
  • Conservation of Wetlands of India-a review Tropical Ecology, 43(1) 173-186, 2002 (with TV Ramachandra, N Ahalya ,T Sengupta Alok Kumar, AK Tiwari, VS Vijayan and Lalitha Vijayan)
  
 
  • GRDSS: An open source GIS. Geospatial Today 3(3):52-59, 2004 (with Ramchandra T.V.,Uttam Kumar, Vaishnav B.).
  
 
  • Commercially exploited medicinal plants in Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, India. Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products, 12(1): 8-14, 2006 (with Rajasekaran, A., and P. Balasubramanian).
  
 
  • Tree community structure and regeneration in Anaikatty hills, Western Ghats. Indian Journal of Forestry, 30(3): 315-324, 2007 (with Anitha, K., P. Balasubramanian).
 
 
 
 
c. Papers presented in Seminar/ Conference/ Workshop
  
 
  • Balachandran S., Vijayan L., & Prasad S. N. 1996. Priorities for Conservation of Biodiversity in Kerala Western Ghats:An Avian perspective. Proc. I Pan‑Asian Ornithol. Cong. 1996. (Abstract).
  
 
  • Vijayan L., Balachandran S., Joshua, J & S.N. Prasad. 1997. Spatial and Temporal changes in the Avian Community of Nelliampathies in the Western Ghats of Kerala. (Ibis).
  
 
  • Vijayan, L., Prasad, S. N., Balasubramanian, P. Gokula, V., Ramachandran, N. K., Stephen, D., & Mahajan, M. V. 1998. Impact of Human Interference on the Plant and Bird Communities in Mudumalai in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve. Seminar on the recent research findings in the field of Wildlife, Habitat and Biotic pressure in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve & adjoining areas, 6th March 1998, Theppakadu, Mudumalai WLS.
  
 
  • Vijayan, L., Gokula, V., A. Kumar & Prasad S N (2001) Population and Habitat of the Nilgiri Laughing Thrush: A Remote Sensing Perspective. Paper presented at the National Seminar Ahmedabad (Extended abstract)
  
 
  • Srivastava, H. S., Prasad, S. N., Manchanda, M. L. and Adiga, S., (2001). “Radar remote sensing applications in wetland habitat: II. A case study of Keoladeo National Park using temporal RADARSAT SAR data”, In the proceedings of National symposium on recent advances in remote sensing technology with special emphasis on high resolution imagery, ISRS Symposium – 2001, December, 11-13, Ahmedabad.
  
 
  • S N Prasad, B.Habib, A.kumar and VSVijayan.2002 Harnessing Information and Communication Technology for wetland Conservation .Paper presented in the International workshop for Asia- Pacific Region on Information and communications Technology and the Environment in Asia and the Pacific(ICTEAP) CII, MOEnF,UNEP and TERI 2-3 May 2002.
  
 
  • S. N. Prasad, Alok Kumar, A.K.Tiwari, V. S. Vijayan and Vijayan, L.2002. Remote sensing Indian wetlands for conservation planning. Paper in the International Conference on Wetland Restoration-addressing Asian Issues through international collaboration, September 8-18, Nanjing, China. (abstract).
  
 
  • Vijayan, L., S. N. Prasad and Mr. S. Rai. 2003. A Study on the Habitat of an Endangered Bird, the Nilgiri Laughing Thrush, using RS & GIS”at the National Seminar on RS & GIS in Natural Resources Management-Current status and Emerging trends. School of Envtl. Sciences, M G Univ. Kottayam. 15-17 March. (abstract).
  
 
  • S.Narendra Prasad, A.K.Tiwari, and V.S.Vijayan. 2004. “Satellite Remote Sensing Applications in Wetland management and Conservation”. 91st Session presented at the Symposium on Satellite Remote Sensing for Environmental Management Indian Science Congress January 3-7, 2004 at Punjab University Chandigarh. pp.44-45 (abstract)
  
 
  • Srivastava, H. S., Patel, P., Sharma, Y., Yadav, V., Arun Prasad, K. C. A., Vijiyan, L. and Prasad, S. N., (2005). “Radar Remote Sensing Applications in Wetland Habitat: IV. A Case Study of Keoladeo National Park Using SAR Texture Analysis”, Proceedings ICMARS-2005, organized by International Centre for Radio Science, Jodhpur, pp. 01-06, 20-22, December 2005, Jodhpur, India.
  
 
  • T. V. Ramachandra, S. N. Prasad, Uttam Kumar and Vaishnav B (2005). GRASS Applications in Land use/Land cover assessments. Paper presented at Workshop on Free and Open Source Software, Geological Survey of India, Southern Region, 17-18 May, Hyderabad, pp2-4.
  
 
  • Santosh Gaikwad, A Giriraj and SN Prasad 2005 Web mappers for delivering digital wetlands content: Role of Free and Open source software. Paper presented at a workshop on Free and Open Source Software held at Geological Survey of India ., Sothern Region, Hyderabad 17,18 May 2005. pp 4-5
  
 
  • T.V. Ramachandra, S.N.Prasad, Uttam Kumar and Vaishnav B. (2005) Grass – Applicatoin in Land Use/Cover assessments. Workshop on Free and Open Source Software, Geological Survey of India, 17-18 May, Hyderabad, pp 2-4.
  
 
  • Santosh Gaikwad, Giriraj A., Prasad S.N., (2005) Web Mappers for Delivering Digital Wetlands Content Role of Free and Open Source Software, Workshop on Free and Open Source Software, Geological Survey of India, 17-18 May, Hyderabad, pp 4-5.
  
 
  • Anitha, K. and S.Narendra Prasad (2006) Regeneration Assessment of Human Dominated Low Altitude Mixed Dry Deciduous Forest: A Case Study From Anaikatty Hills, Western Ghats. National Conference on Biodiversity Conservation and Human Well-Being, 8-10 February 2007, p 59.
  
 
  • Srivastava, H. S., Patel, P., Sharma, Y., Arun Prasad, K. C. A. and Prasad, S. N., (2006). “Radar Remote Sensing Applications in Wetland Habitat: V. A Case Study of Keoladeo National Park Using Temporal Fine Beam Mode Radarsat-1 SAR data”, Proceedings, International Conference on Remote Sensing and GIS/GPS (ICORG) - 2006, Paper No. 107, pp. 01-07, 05-08, June, 2006, Hyderabad, India.
  
 
    • A.Waran,V Aditya,F.Tampal and SN Prasad 2006 Avifaunal diversity of desilted tanks of warangal district, Andhra Pradesh:A preliminary ecological assessment.Paper presented at the National workshop on Rejuvenating Tanks for Sustainable Livelihoods – Emerging Trends’  3rd and 4th August 2006 at ICRISAT, Hyderabad.
  
 
  • S N Prasad 2006 Wetland Inventory, assessment and monitoring, paper presented at a Brainstorming session on Hill wetlands –Conservation Strategy and Action plan– 15-16 September 2006, Keystone-Foundtion Kotagiri,Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu
  
 
  • Srivastava, H. S., Patel, P., Prasad, S. N., Sharma, Y., Vijayan, L., Praveen, B., Arun Prasad, K. C. A., and Vijayan, V. S., (2007). “Potential Applications of Multi-parametric Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Data in Wetland Inventory: A Case Study of Keoladeo National Park (A World Heritage and Ramsar Site), Bharatpur, India", TAAL-2007, With support from International Lake Environment Committee (ILEC) Foundation, Japan, 28 Oct – 02 Nov, 2007, Jaipur India.
  
 
  • P Balasubramanian, M.Mahajan,D Stephen SN Prasad and L Vijayan 2007 Impact of Human interference on Shola vegetation in Upper Nilgiris, Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, Western Ghats In proceedings of the workshop on Perspectives of Biodiversity conservation:status of Species richness in Protected Areas, 8-9 February 2007, sponsored by MoEF. Kongunadu Arts and Science college, Coimbatore
  
 
  • Vijayan, L., V. S. Vijayan, S. N. Prasad and S. Muralidharan (2007). Threatened wetland birds of India and their conservation. Abstract in Symposium on Emerging Conservation Strategies for Endangered Species, 27-28 February, Ahmedabad.
  
 
  • Vijayan, L., V. S. Vijayan, S. N. Prasad and S. Muralidharan (2007). Threatened wetland birds of India and their conservation. Abstract in Symposium on Emerging Conservation Strategies for Endangered Species, 27-28 February, Ahmedabad.
  
 
  • Gaikwad, S. and Prasad S.N. (2007). Application of Open Source Geospatial Softwares, Geohorizon 2007 symposium, 16-17 March, Anna University, Chennai.
 
 
  • Gaikwad, S., Prasad S.N. (2007) Workshop on Open Source Softwares, Jawaharlal Nehru Technology University, Hyderabad.
  
 
  • Prasad, S. N. (2007). Design Databse and Information System, National Conference on Biodiversity Conservation and Human Well-being, 8-10 February, Osmania University, Hyderabad.
  
 
  • Prasad, S. N. and Gaikwad, S. (2007) Inland wetland conservation: role of free and open source ICT tools in CEPA, Paper presented at First Wetland Link International Asia Symposium, 24-26 January, Hong Kong.
  
 
  • Gaikwad, S., Pattanaik, C. and Prasad, S. N. (2007) Geo server – an open source server for Web-GIS.. Map World Forum 2007, 21-25 January, Hitex City, Hyderabad.
  
     
  d. Articles and short communications  
 
  • A proposed National Network of Wetlands Ecosystems from a biodiversity conservation perspective. (2002) NNRMS Bulletin B. 27 Jan. 2002 (With V. S. Vijayan, Tanushree Sengupta, Alok Kumar, and A. K. Tiwari)
  
 
  • Vijayan, V.S., Prasad, S.N, Vijayan, L & Muralidharan, S. 2004. Inland Wetlands of India: Conservation Priorities. Executive summary (booklet).Pp16. SACON.
  
 
  • Anitha, K. and S. N. Prasad (2007). Mass flowering and pollinators of Strobilanthes consanguinea in the Western Ghats, South India. Current Science, 92(12): 1680-1681
  
 
  • Pattanaik Chiranjibi, S. N. Prasad, Nidhi Nagbhatla and C. M. Finlayson (2008). Kolleru regains its grandeur. Current Science,
    94(1): 9-10.
  
 
  • Pattanaik Chiranjibi, S. N. Prasad and C. Sudhakar Reddy (2008). Warning bells in Ansupa lake, Orissa. Current Science, 94(5): 560.
  
 
 
  3. Chapters in books  
 
  • An ecological reconnaissance of the mangals in Krishna Estuary ‑ plea for conservation. `Tropical Ecosystems: Ecology and Management'. (Eds) K.P.Singh and J.S.Singh pp 215-227 Wiley Eastern, New Delhi, 1992.
  
 
  • Ecology of Kalij and Monal pheasants in Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary, Western Himalaya. pp 83-90. In: 'Pheasants in Asia' Ed. D. Jenkins 1993. World pheasant Association, Reading U.K. (with S.Sathya Kumar, G.S. Rawat and A.J.T. Johnsingh).
  
 
  • Manipur Brow-antlered Deer Cervus eldi eldi its future conservation through rehabilitation. International Zoo Year Book (1993) 32: 39-44 (with I.A. Khan).
  
 
  • Conservation status of Himalayan Musk Deer and Livestock Impacts in Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary, Western Himalaya. In `High altitudes of the Himalaya' (Eds) Y.P.S. Pangtey and R.S. Rawal. Chapter 18 pp. 240-245. Gyanodaya Prakashan, Nainital 1994 (with S.Sathya Kumar, G.S. Rawat and A.J.T. Johnsingh).
  
 
  • Strategies for sustainable exploitations of ethnobotanical resources of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, South India. In: Ethnobiology in Human Welfare (Ed.) S.K. Jain, Deep Publications, New Delhi, pp 331‑333, 1996.
 
 
  • Ethnobotany and conservation of medicinal plants by Irulas of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve. In: Ethnobiology in Human Welfare (Ed.) S.K. Jain, Deep Publications, New Delhi, pp 331-333, 1996.
  
 
  • Environmental impacts of Hydropower Development in Silent Valley National Park, Kerala - A remote sensing perspective. In: Geographical Information Systems and Remote Sensing Applications (Ed.) I.V. Murali Krishna. Allied Publishers Ltd., Hyderabad 702 pp, 1997 (with A.K. Tiwari, Lalitha Vijayan and K.P. Sharma).
  
 
  • Impact of human interference on plant and bird communities in NBR. In: Biosphere reserves and management in India (Eds.) Maikhuri, Rao & Rai. (1998) pp 155-162 (with Lalitha Vijayan et al.).
 
 
  • Habitat monitoring of Bandipur National Park. In: Biosphere reserves and management in India (Eds.) Maikhuri, Rao & Rai (1998) pp 171-178. (with S. Swaminathan & K.K. Ramakrishnan).
 
 
  • Ethnoecology and phytochemistry of medicinal plants in NBR. In: Biosphere reserves and management in India (Eds.) Maikhuri, Rao & Rai (1998). pp 149-154 (with A. Rajasekaran & P. Balasubramanian).
  
 
  • Radar Remote sensing Applications in wetlands habitats: I. A case study with multi-incidence angle Radarsat SAR data pp 87-92. In: ICORG Spatial Information Technology, Remote Sensing and Geographical Information systems (ed.) I. V. Muralikrishna, B.S. Publications, Hyderabad. (2001) (With H. S. Srivastava, M.L. Manchanda and S. Adiga).
  
     
  4. News Letters  
 
  • Jamwal, A.K., Kumar Alok, Vijayan, L., Prasad, S.N. and Vijayan, V.S. (2003) SAROVAR SAURABH Newsletter, Vol-1, No-1, pp 1-8.
  
 
  • Gaikwad, S., Giriraj A., Vijayan, L. and Prasad, S.N. (2005) SAROVAR SAURABH Newsletter, Vol-1, No-2, pp 1-4
  
 
  • Gaikwad, S., Giriraj A., Vijayan, L. and Prasad, S.N. (2005) SAROVAR SAURABH Newsletter, Vol-1, No-3, pp 1-8.
 
 
  • Gaikwad, S., Giriraj A., Vijayan, L. and Prasad, S.N. (2005) SAROVAR SAURABH Newsletter, Vol-1, No-4, pp 1-9.
  
 
  • Prasad, R. C., Gaikwad, S. and Prasad, S. N. (2006) Biodiversity and Conservation of Riverine Ecosystems of India. SAROVAR SAURABH Newsletter, Vol-2, No-1, pp 1-6.
  
 
  • Gaikwad, S., Pattanaik, C. and Prasad, S. N. (2006) Wetland inventory and remote sensing, SAROVAR SAURABH Newsletter, Vol-2, No-2, pp 1-10.
  
 
  • Gaikwad, S., Pattanaik, C. and Prasad, S. N. (2006) Wetland Informatics, SAROVAR SAURABH Newsletter, Vol-2, No-3, pp 1-10.
  
 
  • Pattanaik Chiranjibi, S. Gaikwad, L. Vijayan, S. N. Prasad and P. A. Azeez (2007). ‘Myristica swamp ecosystem’, SACON-ENVIS Newsletter, Vol-3, No-1, pp 1-11
  
 
  • Pattanaik Chiranjibi, S. Gaikwad, L. Vijayan, S. N. Prasad and P. A. Azeez (2007). ‘Wetland Informatics’, SAROVAR SAURABH Newsletter, Vol-3, No-2, pp 1-4.
  
 
  • Pattanaik Chiranjibi, L. Vijayan, S. N. Prasad and P. A. Azeez (2007). SAROVAR SAURABH Newsletter, Vol-3, No-3, pp 1-7.
  
     
  5. Theses  
 
  • Ethnoecology of medicinal plants of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve. Ph.D thesis 2002 by A Rajasekharan, submitted to Bharathidasan University, Coimbatore.
  
     
  5. Books  
 
  • Vijayan, V. S., Prasad, S.N., Vijayan, L. and Muralidharan, S. 2004. Inland Wetlands of India: Coservation Priorities. SACON. (532+ xxiv pages).
  
 
  • Prasad, S.N., Jaggi, A.K., Tiwari, A. K., Kaushik, P., Vijayan, L., Muralidharan, S. and Vijayan, V. S. 2004. Inland Wetlands of India: Coservation Atlas. SACON. (222 pages)
  
 

Publications(papers,Reports and conference publications)

  
 

Biodiversity/ Conservation Biology/ Wildlife Biology(12)

Forest policy/ Protected Area Newtork/ Natural resource conservation(18)

Ethnobotany/ Plant ecology (10)

Restoration ecology/ Ecodevelopment(6)

Environmental impacts study/assessment(5)

Remote Sensing/GIS applications(16)
 
 
  
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