Dear Garg Ji, Its really a hapy news for all of us. We need more such well eminent taxonomists like Rawat Sir to guide us and I am sure his expertise and vision will help us. Welcome Sir to this group.
Santhosh 2009/10/14 J.M. Garg <[email protected]> > Dear members, > *It's my privilege to introduce Dr. G. S. Rawat, our member, with details > about him as below. He is supposed to be > amongst one of the finest taxonomists, ecologists and wildlife biologists > in India today:* > > He joined WII in 1986 in the erstwhile Faculty of Wildlife Biology. Since > then he has had the privilege and fortune to work closely with some of the > finest field biologists and wildlife managers in the country, which has > given him exposure to contemporary issues in ecology and conservation. > > He has M.Sc. (1980), Ph.D. (1984) and D.Sc. (2007) degrees in botany from > Kumaun University, Nainital and is a Fellow of the National Academy of > Sciences, India (Allahabad, 2004). He is a member of the IUCN/SSC Orchid and > Medicinal Plant specialist groups and a life member of the Association for > Plant Taxonomy. Prior to joining WII, he served in the Botanical Survey of > India, Dehradun and in the departments of botany of Kumaun and Garhwal > universities in various capacities. > In 1988, he was awarded an FAO fellowship to undergo six months’ on-the-job > training in habitat evaluation procedures at Colorado State University, Fort > Collins. Later (in 1993), he also underwent training in alpine plant ecology > at the Institute for Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado at > Boulder, U.S.A. His current research interests include long term ecological > monitoring of high altitude ecosystems; ecology and management of alpine > rangeland/alpine meadows; and orchid systematics and ecology. Besides > performing his routine duties at WII, he works as the Secretary, Uttarakhand > Chapter of the National Academy of Sciences, India and Associate Editor, > *Tropical > Ecology* in honorary capacities. > > *Specialization* > > Angiosperm taxonomy; wildlife habitat ecology; mountain ecosystems ecology. > > *Current Projects * > > - Habitat ecology and conservation status of wild ungulates in northern > parts of Changthang Wildlife Sanctuary, Ladakh. > - Global experiments on savanna tree seedlings in Sariska Tiger > Reserve, Rajasthan. > - Taxonomy, distribution and conservation management of Orchids. > > *Key Publication* > > *Rawat G.S.* 1997. Conservation status of forests and wildlife in the > Eastern Ghats, India. *Environmental Conservation* 24 (4):307-315. > > *Rawat G.S.* & B.S. Adhikari (2005). Floristics and Distribution of Plant > Communities across Moisture and Topographic Gradients in Tso Kar Basin, > Changthang Plateau, Eastern Ladakh. *Arctic, Antarctic & Alpine Research*37 > (4): 539-544. > > *Rawat G.S. (*2005*).* Vegetation dynamics and management of Rhinoceros > habitat in Duars of West Bengal: An Ecological Review. *National Academy > Science Letters* 28 (5 & 6): 179-186. > > *Rawat G.S. (*2007*).* Pastoral Practices, Wild Mammals and Conservation > Status of Alpine Meadows in Western Himalaya. *Journal of Bombay Natural > History Society* 104 (1): 5-11. > > Tambe S. & *G.S. Rawat* (2009). Ecology, Economics and Equity of the > Pastoral Systems in the Khangchendzonga National Park, Sikkim Himalaya, > India. *Ambio* 38 (2): 95 – 100. > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg ([email protected]) > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > Image Resource of thousands of my images of Birds, Butterflies, Flora etc. > (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg > For learning about Indian Flora, visit/ join Google e-group- Indiantreepix: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en > > > > > -- SANTHOSH ------------------------------------------ Dr. E.S. Santhosh Kumar Tropical BOtanic Garden and Research Institute, Palode Thiruvananthapuram-695562 Kerala India www.drsanthosh.wetpaint.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
