Biodiversity Monitoring and Conservation Planning

Biodiversity Monitoring and Conservation Planning

The Biodiversity Monitoring and Conservation Planning programme generates knowledge through applied research and outreach activities by using integrated taxonomy and monitoring biodiversity and ecosystem changes. The programme aims to improve management of biodiversity and ecosystems through a variety of outputs to influence existing policies and conservation planning.

Programme Leaders: 
Dr. R Ganesan

Projects

Molecular phylogeny of land snails of the Western Ghats. Funded by Science and Engineering Research Board, Department of Science and Technology (SERB-DST) New Delhi. 3 Years, 2017-2020

Co-management and sustainable use of Non-timber forest products in three protected areas of Western Ghats. Funded by the Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India, April 2019- March 2022

Population status, genetic diversity, propagation methods of two narrowly endemic plants Curcuma bhatii (R.M.Sm.) Škorničk. & M. Sabu and Impatiens raziana Bhaskar & Razi of the Western Ghats, India. 2017-2019.

Genetic diversity of Phyllanthus indofisheri from 3 protected areas of Karnataka, India

Taxonomic Revision and Phylogeny of the genus Piper L (Piperaceae) in India with its Bogeography' Funded by Science and Engineering Research Board, Department of Science and Technology (SERB-DST) New Delhi. 3 Years, 2019-2021

Bio-resources and Sustainable Livelihood in North East India. Funded by Department of Biotechnology (DBT) New Delhi. 3 Years, 2018-2021

Population status, extraction intensity and genetic diversity of Rhododendron arboreum in Eastern Himalayas and Western Ghats. Funded by Department of Biotechnology (DBT) New Delhi. 3 Years, 2018-2021

Identification of Elite types, Molecular Characterization and Conservation of Highly-traded and Threatened Medicinal Plants in the Central Western Ghats. Funded by National Medicinal Plant Board (NMPB), New Delhi, 2018-2021.

Modeling the distribution of globally important invasive plant species:Is there significant niche shift and range expansion during invasion?Funded by Science and Engineering Research Board, Department of Science and Technology(SERB-DST)New Delhi,2017-2020

Status of pangolins in the Northern Eastern Ghats

Long term ecological monitoring

Understanding past climatic factors on biogeographic patterns in amphibians and freshwater snails

Understanding patterns in ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) species richness and co-occurrence across elevation gradients

Healthy wetlands to reduce climate risks

Building a biodiversity information system for the state of Assam – Assam Biodiversity Portal
Completed Projects

Journal Articles

Species and functional group composition of ant communities across an elevational gradient in the Eastern Himalaya

Aniruddha Marathe, Kartik Shanker, Jagdish Krishnaswamy, Dharma Rajan Priyadarsanan Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, ISSN 1226-8615, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aspen.2021.08.009

Resident birds show different patterns in species composition and functional diversity in differently managed coffee plantations in the Western Ghats, India.

Variar, A. S., Anoop, N.R., Vinayan, P.A., Ajayan, P.A., Sujin, N.S., Ali, A., Prasadan, P.K., Smija, M.K, & Babu, S. Ornithological Science, 20(2), 185-199.

People

Santhosh Kumar U
Aniruddha Marathe, Post Doctoral Researcher, Indian Institute of Science (IISc)
Anushree Jadhav, Project Associate and PhD student
Arunima Sikder, P.hD. Scholar/ Senior Research Fellow
Barkha Subba, Senior Research Associate, ATREE
Biswa Bhusana Mahapatra, PhD student
Chetan Misher
Deeke Doma Tamang, PhD Student
Dr. Aravind Madhyastha, Fellow (Associate Professor), Convenor, Suri Sehgal Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation
Dr. G Ravikanth, Senior Fellow (Associate Professor), Suri Sehgal Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation
Dr. Priyadarsanan Dharmarajan, Senior Fellow & Program Leader (Ecosytems & Global Change)
Dr. R Ganesan, Fellow, Suri Sehgal Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation
Iravatee Majgaonkar, PhD student
Nabasmita Malakar, PhD Student
Nakul Mohan Heble, Research Associate (2013-2017)
Nipu Kumar Das, Suri Sehgal Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation
Ovee Thorat, Postdoctoral Fellow, Environmental Studies, Krea University
Pavan Kumar Thunga, Junior Research Fellow
Poorna Bhat, Junior Research Fellow
Pownitha KV, Junior Research Fellow
Rajkamal Goswami, Research Associate, ATREE
Sajitha TP, Research Associate
Sandeep Sen, Post Doctoral Researcher, Mountain Science Center, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Shruti Menon, UGC-NET Junior Research Fellow
Yangchenla Bhutia