KOCHI: The three major biodiversity hotspots in Kerala - Agasthyamala, Silent Valley and Anamalai are facing the crisis of reduced gene flow and increased genetic drift. This is contributing to the loss of rare, endemic and threatened species, V N Rajasekharan Pillai, executive vice-president of Kerala Council of Science, Technology and Environment, said on Friday.
He was delivering a lecture on 'Greening the forests for safe living,' at a seminar organized by Cochin University of Science and Technology and Swadeshi Science Movement as part of Swasraya Bharat 2011, being held in the city.
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-17/kochi/30529047_1_forests-rare-species-sq-km
Sunday, 18 December 2011
'Expand green cover to save rare species'
Labels:
biodiversity,
genetic drift,
India,
reduced gene flow
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