Tawny Fish-Owl (Ketupa flavipes Hodgson, 1836): A new record from a sacred grove in Zemithang Valley, Arunachal Pradesh

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 17837-17840
Author(s):  
Malyasri Bhattacharya ◽  
Bhupendra S. Adhikari ◽  
G.V. Gopi
Keyword(s):  
New Record ◽  
Sacred Grove ◽  
Hydroelectric Power ◽  
Arunachal Pradesh ◽  
Sacred Groves ◽  
Photographic Evidence ◽  
Tiger Reserve ◽  
Power Project

Individuals of Tawny Fish-Owl (Ketupa flavipes) were sighted and photographed in a sacred grove in Zemithang, Tawang district, Arunachal Pradesh during nine months fieldwork between June 2017 and February 2018. Previous records from ebird have only listed the occurrence of Tawny Fish-Owl from Pakke Tiger Reserve, Arunachal Pradesh. The present sighting is the first photographic evidence from Tawang district in Western Arunachal Pradesh. The record shows the importance of sacred groves in the conservation of wildlife, which is threatened due to an upcoming hydroelectric power project in the area.

scholarly journals Bryophyte diversity in the Sacred Groves, with special reference to Vallikkattukavu of Kozhikode district in Western Ghats

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 135 ◽  
Author(s):  
G R Jyothilakshmi ◽  
Manju C Nair ◽  
Mithun Venugopal ◽  
V K Chandini
Keyword(s):  
Special Reference ◽  
Endemic Species ◽  
Rare Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
New Record ◽  
Sacred Grove ◽  
Sacred Groves ◽  
Peninsular India

The bryophyte diversity in the Vallikkattu kavu of Kozhikode district is enumerated along with the conservation of bryophytes in the sacred grove is discussed. This report represents many interesting finds such as Bryum retusifolium  var. heterophyllum Card. ex Gangulee a new record to Kerala and Ditrichum tortuloides Grout. is a new record for Peninsular India. The endemic species Fissidens kammadensis Manju et al. and the rare species Calymperes palisotti  Schwaegr. could be collected from this sacred grove.

Tree Diversity Conservation Initiatives in Sacred Groves of Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-68
Author(s):  
Laxmi Joshi Shrestha ◽  
Mohan Devkota ◽  
Bhuvan Keshar Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Tree Species ◽  
Management System ◽  
Survey Methods ◽  
Belief Systems ◽  
Decisive Role ◽  
Diversity Indices ◽  
Kathmandu Valley ◽  
Sacred Grove ◽  
Sacred Groves ◽  
The Government

 The study was conducted in two sacred groves of Kathmandu Valley, Pashupati Sacred Grove, and Bajrabarahi Sacred Grove, aiming to analyze the diversity of tree species and their role in conserving biodiversity. Parallel transects with concentric circular plot survey methods were applied for data collection. During the study, 23 tree species belonging to 22 genera and 15 families were recorded in Pashupati sacred grove, whereas only 19 tree species belonging to 16 genera and 13 families were recorded from Bajrabarahi Sacred Grove. The Shannon-Weiner diversity indices were higher (H=1.91) in Pashupati Sacred Grove compared to Bajrabarahi Sacred Grove, with 1.80 Shanon-Weiner Indices. Three types of forest were recorded from Pashupati Sacred Grove, namely the Schima-Pyrus forest, Myrsine-Persea forest, and Quercus-Myrsine forest, and only one Neolitsiacuipala forest from Bajrabarahi Sacred Grove. The sacred grove is one of the pioneers and community-based management regimes of the forest resource management system. It plays a decisive role in biodiversity conservation as it associated with many taboos and belief systems, thus providing a better opportunity for conservation compared to that of the government management system.

scholarly journals PHYTOSOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND FLORISTRIC DIVERSITY OF VANEESWARAM KAVU IN KANNUR DISTRICT, KERALA

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 19-23
Author(s):  
Jeeshna M.V
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Species Diversity ◽  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Vascular Plants ◽  
Quantitative Approach ◽  
Sacred Grove ◽  
Sacred Groves ◽  
Conservation Of Biodiversity

Sacred groves act as a treasure house for rare and medicinal plants. Apart from the quantitative analysis quantitative approach to sacred grove gives the potential species and importance of sacred grove, which is the main focuses of this work. There are many sacred grooves are present at Kannur district in whichVaneeswaram Kavu is one of the important one. The flora of sacred groves of has analysed taxonomically and phytosociologically. A total of 64 vascular plants falling under 61 genera and 43 families were documented. About 12 species are reported in the red listed category. In phytosociological studies specieslike, Elaeocarpus serratus, Erycibe paniculata and Scleria lithosperma were showing higher IVI. The devastation of species diversity in the study area represent there is an urgent need for regeneration of the species for conservation of biodiversity.

scholarly journals ‘Sacred groves’- an insight into Dalmatian forest history

2021 ◽  
Vol 145 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 337-346
Author(s):  
Ivan Tekić ◽  
Charles Watkins
Keyword(s):  
Protected Area ◽  
Forest History ◽  
Sacred Grove ◽  
Official Language ◽  
Sacred Groves ◽  
Woodland Management ◽  
Literal Translation ◽  
History Of ◽  
Insight Into

The French administration in Dalmatia (1805-1813) was short but is often praised by foresters as advanced in terms of woodland management because of their establishment of so-called sacred groves or sacri boschi. Based on archival sources and 19<sup>th</sup> century maps, this research explores the establishment and demise of sacred groves and places them within the broader forest history of Dalmatia. It reveals that the literal translation of the term sacro bosco as sacred grove (sveti gaj) by the 19<sup>th</sup> century foresters was not precise which caused misrepresentation and misunderstandings of what sacro bosco actually meant. The more appropriate translation would be forbidden groves (zabranjen gaj) as this also reflects the nature of these woodlands, which were in fact woodland sections where exploitation was prohibited. Establishment of forbidden groves was not a French invention since the practice was widely used before the French and during the Austrian Empire (1814-1918). In the second half of the 19<sup>th</sup> century and with the change of official language, the Italian term sacro bosco was replaced with the Croatian term protected area (branjevina).

Cynanchum corymbosum Wight: A New Plant Record For Arunachal Pradesh, India

2021 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 124-126
Author(s):  
Acharya Balkrishna ◽  
◽  
Anupam Srivastava ◽  
Rama Shankar ◽  
Uday Bhan Prajapati ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Record ◽  
Arunachal Pradesh ◽  
Botanical Description

The present paper deals with the new record of Cynanchum corymbosum Wight (Apocynaceae), for Arunachal Pradesh, India, with detailed taxonomic citation, botanical description, phenology along with ecological notes of the species.

scholarly journals Macrofungi from Siddababa Sacred Grove: West, Nepal

2014 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 107-116
Author(s):  
Hari P Aryal ◽  
Rajenda Poudel ◽  
U Budathoki
Keyword(s):  
Rainy Season ◽  
New Record ◽  
Fungal Species ◽  
Edible Mushrooms ◽  
Sacred Grove ◽  
Wild Edible Mushrooms ◽  
Riverine Forest ◽  
Taxonomic Description ◽  
First Time

During the survey of wild edible mushrooms in between tropical and temperate belt of Nepal in rainy season 2010 -2012, many macro fungal species were collected and identified. The paper highlights on new record of Volvorella taylorii (Berk and Broome) Sing. The species was reported and re-described for the first time from Nepal. Along with, taxonomic description of the two species of Volvorella found in the same studied area, have also been provided. Phytogeographycally, the sample collected area lies within a narrow limit of 9.75 hectare at the altitude between 335 and 400 masl in tropical deciduous riverine forest. The dried specimens are housed in the Tribhuvan University Central Herbarium (TUCH), Kirtipur Kathmandu, Nepal.  

Remnant Flowering Trees as Avifaunal Refuge in the Fringe Areas of Pakke Tiger Reserve, Arunachal Pradesh, India

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anurag Vishwakarma ◽  
Awadhesh Kumar ◽  
Mangkhansuan Samte ◽  
Dipika Parbo ◽  
Murali Krishna
Keyword(s):  
Arunachal Pradesh ◽  
Tiger Reserve

On some Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from Namdapha Tiger Reserve in Arunachal Pradesh, India

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2830 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
MOHAMMAD HAYAT ◽  
SARFRAZUL ISLAM KAZMI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Arunachal Pradesh ◽  
World Species ◽  
Tiger Reserve

One new genus and six new species of Encyrtidae are described from the material collected from the Namdapha Tiger Reserve (Arunachal Pradesh). These are: Sharqencyrtus hulbi gen. et sp. nov., Ixodiphagus sureshani sp. nov., Parencyrtomyia zedesi sp. nov., Rhytidothorax horticola sp. nov., R. namdapha sp. nov., and R. ramakrishnai sp. nov. A key to world species of Rhytidothorax is also given. Parencyrtomyia Girault is newly recorded from India, and Rhytidothorax nigrum Singh & Agarwal, Parablatticida brevicornis (Dalman) and Agarwalencyrtus dispar Hayat are new species records from Arunachal Pradesh.

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