Hello Ketaki and Manasi, congratulations and best wishes for your further endeavours. Regards.
On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 9:16 PM, Rakesh Biswas <[email protected]>wrote: > 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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