Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve Chosen For Research
Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve in south Kerala has been chosen by Anthropological Survey of India as of the 17 biosphere reserves in India for research. It part of the 11th Five Year Plan. AnSI’s principal investigator Dr Samir Ghosal will lead a group of researchers to study certain villages and understand the nature and extent of sustainable utilization of natural resources by the communities living inside the area. The studies will contribute to the national project ‘Man and Environment: Biosphere Reserve Study’.
‘Man and Environment in respect of Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve’, a workshop will be held at TBGRI. Several prominent researchers and scientists will present papers at the event. The Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve, established in 2001, covers 3,500sq.km. Almost half of that is located in the Tirunelveli and Kanyakumari districts of neighbouring Tamil Nadu. The famed peak, 1,868-metre-high Agasthyamala is located in this biosphere area. Three wildlife sanctuaries of Neyyar, Peppara and Shendurney are part of the biosphere.
