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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi
2012-09-01
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Series: | International Journal of Conservation Science |
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Online Access: | http://ijcs.uaic.ro/pub/IJCS-12-21-Mohanta.pdf |