Thanks a lot Ketaki and Manasi for your wonderful work. rakesh
On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 9:06 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, Mansi ji & Ketki ji. > Your desktop calenders with wonderful brief write ups have always been > wonderfully done. > I never forget to go through them. > Your work itself looks quite from what one finds anywhere else. > Pl. keep up your wonderful work!!! > > 2009/9/7 Satish Phadke <[email protected]> > >> Congratulations Manasi and Ketki from Oikos >> In today's local Marathi daily 'SAKAL' I read the article that these two >> bright women received the 'Ramabai Anant Joshi' Award (Puraskar) for >> something different and special business.I personally and on behalf of >> Indiantreepix congratulate both of you for the great ecology oriented work >> you have undertaken. >> For people in villages.,They started something like nature schools. They >> conducted some quizes for village women in preparing vegetable recepies from >> forests and many such works related to ecology. >> Cheers >> Dr Satish Phadke >> 2009/9/7 Oikos for Ecological Services <[email protected]> >> >> >> <http://www.octane.in/jsp/redirect?cid=3507&[email protected]&uid=185&link=http://www.oikos.in> >>> September - 2009 Dear Nature Lovers, >>> >>> Right from the ‘valley of flowers’ in Himalayas to ‘Plateau of Kaas’ in >>> Western Ghats, wild flower watching is becoming very popular & creating >>> great affection for our native flowers & mountains. Let us know more about >>> these flowers & their linkages in ecosystem. >>> *Regards, >>> Ketaki & Manasi. * Seasonal beauties… >>> In September, monsoon slows down to give a chance for the herbaceous >>> flowers to emerge… these tiny seasonal herbs cover every corner of soil & >>> make a wonderful display of shapes, sizes & colours… they are not just >>> monsoon herbs but play a vital role in our ecosystem… >>> As per rainfall regions, there are many wild flowers surfacing during >>> those 2-3 months, like Sonaki, Terada, Smithias, ground orchids etc. >>> It’s a wonderful sight when a vast plateau is covered with the colourful >>> display of flowers… All this effort of colour, fragrance, shapes is for the >>> next generation of plants itself. These plants germinate at onset of monsoon >>> covering the barren plateaus & slopes, thus preventing splash erosion. They >>> are important food source for herbivores like Barking deer. Once they start >>> flowering, lot of bees, wasps, butterflies, & other insect visit them for >>> nectar, pollens & in turn help in pollination essential for fruit set. >>> *BUT* … Often, these herbs are indication of degraded conditions. When >>> original forest is cut and open areas are created, these herbs emerge. Some >>> of these serve as ‘Pioneering’ species i.e. they are the first species to >>> boost up succession of vegetation cover. They help the process of soil >>> formation, check soil erosion, and provide biomass for soil enrichment >>> within their very short life cycle. Once monsoon recedes the seeds fall down >>> in top soil layer & wait for first rains next year. >>> *ALSO* … certain herbs are indicators of good health of the ecosystem. >>> E.g. orchids or some herbs growing in understory of forest indicate better >>> microclimate for regeneration. Certain herbs are associated only with high >>> altitude plateaus. e.g. Kaas near Satara, many forts. >>> >>> Similar to other resources & nature, the herb cover too faces risk of >>> elimination due to human activities. Even the invasive plant species like >>> Cosmos, Raan-mari (Eupatorium sp), are proving dangerous to wild floral >>> diversity. Many roadside & natural areas have seen drastic change in this >>> decade from beds of terada, sonaki to aggressive growth of cosmos or >>> raan-mari which looks good to human eyes but proves bad for wildlife. >>> >>> It is not needed to visit Himalay or Ghats to enjoy wild flowers, but >>> they appear right in your garden once rain starts, these are known as >>> ‘weeds’ ! The grass belts along roads, herbs coming up in lawn or pots are >>> refuge for insects, butterflies & birds. Such weeds can be preserved & used >>> wherever possible. >>> What you can do - >>> - These flowers are very delicate & all may not survive in the garden. >>> Let’s not uproot them from their natural habitat for our garden. >>> - Some weeds in garden have attractive flowers; do watch them & their >>> visitors. >>> - Do not encourage seed dispersal of invasive species like Cosmos, >>> Lantana, try removing them as far as possible. >>> - In landscaping, keep some open area as natural as possible for wild >>> herbs. >>> >>> It will be difficult to conserve these herbs outside their natural >>> habitat, so let’s protect mountain slopes, roadsides, stream beds, for a >>> beautiful countryside & colourful displays of nature ! >>> >>> * Open calendar image by clicking on thumbnail, save it to computer and >>> set it as desktop background for your >>> computer monitor. >>> *Please Note -* >>> This Email is a part of awareness campaign initiated by oikos, Pune. >>> Write to us for your valuable feedback. oikos have been sending 'Desktop >>> calendars' since January '06 with various themes, which can be downloaded >>> from website. >>> If you are not willing or not the correct recipient of this Email, kindly >>> reply this mail with subject 'unsubscribe'. Thanking you for your precious >>> time. Spread a word !! Forward to nature lovers ! [image: August >>> Calendar]<http://www.octane.in/jsp/redirect?cid=3507&[email protected]&uid=185&link=http://www.oikos.in/pages/year2009/sep2009.htm>Click >>> on the image to >>> enlarge<http://www.octane.in/jsp/redirect?cid=3507&[email protected]&uid=185&link=http://www.oikos.in/pages/year2009/sep2009.htm> >>> oikos >>> for ecological services Ph. 020-65289576 >>> >>> Web: >>> www.oikos.in<http://www.octane.in/jsp/redirect?cid=3507&[email protected]&uid=185&link=http://www.oikos.in> >>> >>> >>> You are subscribed to Oikos as [email protected] and have >>> opted to receive this communication from Oikos. Please do not directly reply >>> to this mailer. 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