Endemic Plants of India : Camp for The Strict Endemics of Agasthiyamalai Hills, SW Ghats
Contents: I. Introduction. 1. Conservation assessment and management plans (CAMP). 2. Threatened endemic flora. 3. Peninsular India. 4. Western ghats. 5. Agasthiyamalai and its environs. II. An Overview of the Study Area: 1. Geography. 2. Approaches. 3. Rivers. 4. Geology, rock and soils. 5. Climate. 6. Rainfall. 7. Winds. 8. General pattern of vegetation. 9. Unique flora. 10. Plant diversity. 11. Endemic flora. 12. Ceylonese (Sri Lankan) elements. 13. Threatened plants of western ghats in the area. 14. Wild genetic resources. 15. Economics and ethnobotany. 16. Hill tribe. 17. Plants of local use and commercial potential. 18. Social and environmental value. 19. Economic assessment. 20. Threats. III. Biodiversity Conservation: 1. Natural barriers. 2. Protected areas. 3. Neyyar wildlife sanctuary. 4. Peppara wildlife sanctuary. 5. Chendurney wildlife sanctuary. 6. Kalakkad-Mundanthurai tiger reserve. 7. Proposed Agasthiyamalai biosphere reserve. IV. Present Work: 1. Systematic study and status survey. 2. Assessing taxa to new IUCN red list categories of threat. 3. Recommendations for research management activities. V. Enumeration: 1. Descriptions and data sheets of threatened endemics. 6. Conclusions. 7. Selected bibliography. 8. Index to latin names.
“The book deals with CAMP process viz., Systematic study and status survey; assigning taxa to the Current IUCN Redlist category of threat; and making recommendation for research management activities—all contributing to conservation of 125 threatened strict endemics of one of the recognized centres of plant diversity in the Western Ghats of India. Most of the species treated in the text was hitherto imperfectly or little known. Detailed description with illustrations is provided for each species; also the individual taxon data sheets are based on adequate data gathered from threatened plants and their habitats in terms of conservation techniques. The book is the first of its kind in India, and would provide a model methodology for any Biodiversity Conservation Prioritization Project (BCPP).” (jacket)
