sorry the endemicity is 30% !!! On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 2:24 PM, Pankaj Kumar<[email protected]> wrote: > Respected Seniors and Dear friends, > > With due respects, > > The basic point is, to conserve a species, you need to identify it > first. Its ironic that, researchers get involved in research which are > often lab based with sophesticated aspects using hi-tech tools and > techniques, on the other hand the field botany and the field botanists > are getting on the verge of extinction. Personally I have seen people > working on aspects like tissue culture, medicinal aspects, molecular > aspects, as some of the premier institutes and universities in India, > with wrongly identified specimens and publishing articles in > international journals, only to fool others but infact they are > fooling themselves only!! > > We feel great to know that, there is around 90% endemicity in Western > Ghats but it is ironic and shameful that we dont even have a proper > conservation status assigned to them following proper IUCN norms!!! > Red Data Book of India is not based on IUCN norms hence it is not > followed worldwide. It is ironic that still after 120 years of > Hooker's Flora of British India, we dont have a flora of our country > written by Indians though we have atleast one University in each and > every district of India. After over 40 years of Champion and Seth, we > still dont have an update on the forest types of our country.....AND > WE BOOST ABOUT THE BIODIVERSITY OF OUR COUNTRY!! Forget about plants, > can anyone tell me how many Frog species are there in India, or > Butterflies or Lizards?? > > JAGO INDIA JAGO!!! > > These are my personal feelings and not meant for any of the > individuals of this community or outside. > > Regards > > Pankaj Kumar, Ph.D. > Dehradun > +919412368451 >
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