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The Kerala State Biodiversity Board (KSBB) is an autonomous body under the Kerala State Environment Department, headquartered in Thiruvananthapuram. KSBB was established under Section 22(1) of the Biological Diversity Act, 2002, and is governed by the Biodiversity Act, Rules, 2004, and the Kerala State Biological Diversity Rules, 2008.
Ashramam Biodiversity Heritage Site is the first Biodiversity Heritage Site in the Kerala state that came up at Asramam in Kollam city. [1] [2] This heritage site encompasses more than 50 hectares, including the Government Guest House complex, the mangrove area, and the creek of Ashtamudi Lake.
The Kerala State Biodiversity Board; Kerala State Pollution Control Board; P. Palathulli; R. Red rain in Kerala; S. Sand mining in Kerala; W. Wildlife of Kerala
Vegetation types. Eastern Kerala's windward mountains shelter tropical moist forests and tropical dry forests which are generally characteristic of the wider Western Ghats: crowns of giant sonokeling (binomial nomenclature: Dalbergia latifolia — Indian rosewood), anjili (Artocarpus hirsuta), mullumurikku (Erythrina), Cassia, and other trees dominate the canopies of large tracts of virgin forest.
Member: Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP) known as Gadgil Committee, Chairman: Kerala State Biodiversity Board, Director (1991-2005): Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History, Officer on Special Duty (1990): Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History, Senior Scientist (1987-1990): Bombay Natural History Society ...
V.S. Vijayan, Chairman of the Kerala State Biodiversity Board and former Director of the Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History (SACON), Coimbatore, has been quoted in Down to Earth magazine as affirming that the Vazhachal forest division is the second most biodiverse area in the State.
The Kerala State Biodiversity Board; Kerala State Civil Supplies Corporation; Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment; Kerala State Development Corporation for Christian Converts from Scheduled Castes and the Recommended Communities; Kerala State Film Development Corporation; Kerala State Financial Enterprises; Kerala State ...
In recognition of his contributions to the environment, he was awarded the Kerala Biodiversity Board's Haritham Award and the state government's Vana Mithra Award. The name of the plant Impatiens johnsiana is dedicated Prof. John C. Jacob who was popularly known as ‘Johnsi’, an ardent naturalist who had devoted his life to conserve the ...