THE BIOLOGICAL VALUES AND CONSERVATION STATUS OF SACRED GROVES IN THE BALASORE WILDLIFE DIVISION, ODISHA: A CASE STUDY

On a global scale, the existing Sacred Groves (SGs) are based on ancestral worship and focus on the conservation of forest patches. Sacred groves are distributed over a wide ecosystem and help in the conservation of rare and endemic species. Well preserved sites are store houses of biological, ecolo...

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Main Authors: Raj Kishore MOHANTA, Bhupendra Singh ADHIKARI, Hemanta Kumar SAHU, Kedar Kumar SWAIN
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi 2012-09-01
Series:International Journal of Conservation Science
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Online Access:http://ijcs.uaic.ro/pub/IJCS-12-21-Mohanta.pdf