Ketaki Ghate

• B. Sc. (Chemistry, Botany)
• Founder & Managing Partner at oikos for ecological services, India

The connection between nature conservation and human wellbeing is well known, however, the role of declining biodiversity and emerging diseases is relatively less studied. The presence of a thriving biological diversity is known to have therapeutic effects on human health. On the other hand, human economic activities have contributed to a sharp dec...

Floristic and taxonomic communities may miss out on certain species from their surveys resulting in treating them under threatened categories based on the dearth of representations in collections. However, such plants are likely to be recognized adequately by traditional knowledge if these plants have some known utilities. Knowledge about plant res...

Sahyadri mountains are witnessing a great change in land use pattern and lifestyle of local people overthe last few decades because of modern development and construction of dams. As a result ecologicalsystems within the catchment have changed resulting in a change in socio-economic conditions. The usualapproach to tackle this situation is plantati...

Springs are essential components of the freshwater resources in the North Western Ghats, yet they are not well studied and are under threat from ecological degradation. This study surveyed ecology and hydrogeology of five springs. Observations included geology, flora, fauna and impact of human pressures and impact. The goal was to describe the rang...

Rocky plateaus are ecologically very important as they harbor special diversity and are part of catchments of major rivers of Maharashtra. Detailed studies on the components and fragility of rocky plateau ecosystems are sparse. Recently, the instances of these plateaus being subjected to various land use changes without detailed assessments, have a...

The Western Ghats in India are a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the "hotspots" of biological diversity in the world. Looking at the physiography and climate of the Northern Western Ghats, the region should support Tropical semi evergreen (on Crestline) to moist deciduous type of forest (on Eastern end of spurs) as ‘climax’ type of vegetation...

The present CD exhibits category specific information of 300 selective plants. This will enable user to select species suitable for different applications like Landscaping, Medicinal plantations etc. Here, selecting RIGHT plants is intended while the information given for each plant will help user to know more about these plants.