M D SUBASH Chandran

Indian Institute of Science Bangalore | IISC · Centre for Ecological Sciences

Aghanashini Estuary, Kumta Taluk, Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka is designated as RAMSAR wetland of International Significance, 31 January 2024

Helps in visualizing regions based on eco-sensitiveness • Visualize variables used for computing eco-sensitiveness • Available at grid level (5’x5’ or 9 km x 9 km) and village levels • Aids in decision making at decentralized levels (BMC, local forest department, etc.) Western Ghats Spatial Decision Support System (WGSDSS) has been designed as part...

Ecological sensitivity or fragility refers to the permanent and irreparable loss of extant life forms or significant damage to the natural processes of evolution and speciation with the alterations in the ecological integrity of a region. The comprehensive knowledge of the ecological fragility of a region is quintessential for evolving strategies f...

ಪಶ್ಚಿಮಘಟ್ಟಗಳ ಭೌಗೋಳಿಕಪ್ರದೇಶ ನಿರ್ಧಾರ ಬೆಂಬಲ ತಾಣ (ಪಶ್ಚಿಮಘಟ್ಟಗಳಲ್ಲಿನ ಪರಿಸರ ಸೂಕ್ಷ್ಮ ವಲಯಗಳು) Western Ghats Spatial Decision Support System (Ecologically Sensitive Regions in the Western Ghats) Web: https://wgbis.ces.iisc.ac.in/sdss/wgsdss/index.php (designed and developed as part of LiFE – LIFESTYLE FOR ENVIROINMENT) ಪ್ರಮುಖಾಂಶಗಳು • ಪಾರಿಸಾರಿಕ-ಸೂಕ್ಷ್ಮತೆಯ ಆ...

The conversion of natural vegetation with land use changes has altered the structure of an ecosystem with erosion in the ecosystem services and livelihood of local people. Assessment of land use changes through temporal, and spatial data acquired through space-borne sensors highlights the loss of 29% of evergreen forest cover due to unplanned devel...

Helps in visualising regions based on Eco-sensitiveness. Visualise variables used for computing Eco-sensitiveness. Available at grid level (5' x 5' or 9 km x 9 km) and village levels. Aids in decision making at decentralised levels ( BMC, local forest department, etc.).

Helps in visualizing regions based on Eco-sensitiveness. Visualize variables used for computing Eco-sensitiveness. Available at grid level (5' x 5' or 9 km x 9 km) and village levels. Aids in decision making at decentralized levels ( BMC, local forest department, etc).

WGSDSS helps in the good governance toward prudent management of natural resources at Village level, Western Ghats

This book includes identification of nearly 131 trees covering both rare and common tree species of Central Western Ghats. This is a pictorial manual with photos covering bark, leaves, flower, fruits and seeds is provided. Along with it many other details regarding their habit, Habitat, Canopy, IUCN status, ecosystem services, etc. are provided. Co...

The study assessed the phytosociological characteristics of a sacred grove with that of a forest area in the midlands of central Western Ghats to elucidate the ecological history and peculiarities of the region. Altogether 90 flowering plant species belongs to 37 families and 65 genera were documented from the study area. Of which, 76 species (60 t...

Conservation of Environment Environmental Information - capacity building at Schools (Rural)

Forest conservation

Ethno-Ornithological Knowledge and Uses of Birds in Coastal Region of Uttara Kannada

Gondas of Bhatkal, Uttara Kannada (Part II): Folk Healing

Gondas of Bhatkal, Uttara Kannada: A Socio-Ecological Perspective

Traditional Knowledge on Medicinal Plants in Uttara Kannada Dist., Karnataka

Know your ecosystem

Spatio-temporal patterns of four neighbouring river-scapes in the central Western Ghats, India through land-use analyses using temporal remote sensing data (1973, 2018), reveal a decline in evergreen forests (41%) and fragmentation of intact or contiguous forests (60%). Hydro-ecological footprint illustrates that catchment integrity plays a decisiv...

LAKE 2020: CONFERENCE ON ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE, FUNCTION, GOODS AND SERVICES [THE 12TH BIENNIAL LAKE CONFERENCE] Date: 28-30th December 2020 Venue: Auditorium, Ground Floor, New Biological Sciences Building [Near D Gate], Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, Phone: +91 080-22933503/22933099 Symposium Web: http://wgbis.ces.iisc.ernet.in/ener...

Large-scale development activities led to massive degradation of forests in Uttara Kannada from a high 74.19% of the land area in 1973 to 48.04% in 2018, shows a new study by researchers of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur. The research focussed on the landscape dynamics across the west-flow...

The provisions of Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS), applicable to the commercial utilization of bio-resources and/or associated traditional knowledge (TK) on such resources, as a follow up of the Biodiversity Act- 2002 of India, need to be implemented with greater streamlining involving the State Biodiversity Boards, as regards the quantities getti...

Ecologically sensitive regions (ESRs) are the ‘ecological units’ with the exceptional biotic and abiotic elements. Identification of ESRs considering spatially both ecological and social dimensions of environmental variables helps in ecological and conservation planning as per Biodiversity Act, 2002, Government of India. The current research attemp...

Valuation of ecosystem goods and services is essential to formulate sustainable development policies oriented towards the protection or restoration of ecosystems. The present study estimates the value of forest ecosystem of Uttara Kannada district by market price method. The total value of provisioning goods and services from the forests of Uttara...

Symposium focusing on lakes/wetlands popularly known as “Lake Symposium” was initiated by the Energy & Wetlands Research Group at Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore in the year 1998. The theme was broadened in 2000 (Lake 2000) with a wider participation of education institutions, Governmental and non-governmental...

Hydro-Ecological footprint of a river basin refers to the hydrological regime that caters to biotic and environmental water requirements. Eco-Hydrological footprint provides information about the ecological status of water in addressing water usage with the availability. Mismanagement of the catchment and anthropogenic over exploitation of water re...

Hinduism is not a dogmatic religion, being not a single set of beliefs and practices. A fluid mass of religious and social expressions Hinduism collectively encompasses the living faiths of the people of India, which, despite diverse philosophies and practices, is intricately entwined with nature. Nature in the dogmatic religions has only a subserv...

Hinduism is not a dogmatic religion, being not a single set of beliefs and practices. A fluid mass of religious and social expressions Hinduism collectively encompasses the living faiths of the people of India, which, despite diverse philosophies and practices, is intricately entwined with nature. Nature in the dogmatic religions has only a subse...

Less of a research work this article is more a portrayal of my long journey through decades into the world of biodiversity and how an inborn interest encouraged by doyens of the time in the field guided me to dwell deeper into the exciting world of mountains and forests, swamps, streams and rivers merging into ecosystems of diverse kinds. In the c...

Sedimentation involving the process of silt transport also carries nutrients from upstream to downstream of a river/stream. Sand being one of the important fraction of these sediments is extracted in order to cater infrastructural/housing needs in the region. This communication is based on field research in the Aghanshini river basin, west coast of...

The article underscores identification, mapping and conservation of sacred groves as Biodiversity Heritage Sites under the provisions of the Biological Diversity Act, 2002. The sacred groves need to be rejuvenated and linked to water courses and other vegetation corridors in a network for more efficient conservaion of biodiversity and for strengthe...

Sacred Grove (Relic forests /Devara Kadu) refers to the forests that are protected and preserved through generations by the village communities by understanding the importance of biological and hydrological services provided. Anthropogenic alterations in these forests are comparatively less due to the socio-cultural beliefs, at the same time many g...

Studies on insect pollinator ecology and dynamics are very rarely carried out in traditional Indian agriculture landscapes. Indiscriminate landscape changes in the rural areas and tendencies towards crop monocultures can have significant effects on pollinator habitats and effectiveness. This study was aimed at observing insect pollinators, their vi...

Macroscopic marine macroalgae is on the verge of becoming popular due to its suitability as potential feedstock for biofuel production as well as supplements for food items. Seaweeds are rich in protein, dietary fibres and phytochemicals used to enhance the nutritional quality of the food products. The increasing dema nd over renewable and sustaina...

ಎತ್ತ ಕಣ್ಣು ಹಾಯಿಸಿದರೂ ವಿಶಾಲವಾಗಿ ಹರಿಯುವ ನದಿ, ಇನ್ನೊಂದೆಡೆ ನದಿ ಮತ್ತು ಸಮುದ್ರದ ಸಂಗಮ. ಮೋಡಗಳ ಪ್ರತಿ ಬಿಂಬದಂತೆ ಅಲ್ಲಲ್ಲಿ ಹರಡಿರುವ ಕಾಂಡ್ಲಾ ವನ ಇವಕ್ಕೆಲ್ಲ ಪ್ರಭಾವಳಿಯಂತಿರುವ ಸಹ್ಯಾದ್ರಿ ಬೆಟ್ಟಗಳ ಸಾಲು. ಇದು ಮೀನುಗಾರರ ಅಕ್ಷಯ ಪಾತ್ರೆ, ಮೀನು ಮರಿಗಳಿಗೆ ಬಾಲವಾಡಿ, ದೇಶ-ವಿದೇಶಗಳ ವಲಸೆ ಪಕ್ಷಿಗಳಿಗೆ ಪಂಚತಾರ ಹೋಟೇಲು. ಇವೆಲ್ಲ ಕಂಡುಬರುವುದು ಉತ್ತರ ಕನ್ನಡ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯ ಕುಮಟಾ ತಾಲ್ಲೂಕಿನ ಅಘನಾಶಿನಿ ನದಿಯ ಅಳಿವೆ ಪ್ರದೇ...

This study has mapped mangrove habitat and assessed the mangrove potential area with the use of Remote sensing imageries of MODIS, IRS & Google maps of different years and integrated with geographic information system (GIS) in the Karwar forest division of Karnataka State, India. The results are important to planning and environmental managements i...

Studies on insect pollinator ecology and dynamics are very rarely carried out in traditional Indian agriculture landscapes. Indiscriminate landscape changes in the rural areas and tendencies towards crop monocultures can have significant effects on pollinator habitats and effectiveness. This study was aimed at observing insect pollinators, their vi...

n a paper published in the journal Geophysics & Remote Sensing (2014), it was found that the planned plantation by the Karnataka Forest Department had indeed reaped rewards. Satellite imagery showed that the State had abundant mangrove systems spread over the coastal districts. While mangroves were declining in several parts of the world because of...

Landscape is a mosaic of heterogeneous elements and the structure of a landscape decides the functional ability – hydrologic, bio-geo-chemical cycling, etc. The current study focusses on the landcover dynamics linkages with the hydrologic regime in Chandiholé sub-catchments of Aghnashini River. Various sub catchments are Yaana, Beilangi, Aanegundi(...

The Western Ghats forms an important watershed for the entire peninsular India, being the source of 37 west flowing rivers and three major east flowing rivers and their numerous tributaries. However, deforestation due to large scale land cover changes has affected the water sustenance in the region evident from the quantity and duration of water av...

The conservation and sustainable management of ecosystems are the vital components in the pursuit of development goals that are ecologically, economically and socially sustainable. This requires an understanding of the complex functioning of ecosystems, and recognition of the full range and diversity of resources, values and ecological services tha...

Hydrological regime refers to the water yield dynamics across space, season in a catchment. This depends on hydrological, topographical and environmental parameters. The current study explores the role of native vegetation in sustaining water in the catchment through comparative assessment of two watersheds namely Yaana stream and Divgi stream catc...

Macroscopic marine macroalgae is on the verge of becoming popular due to its suitability as potential feedstock for biofuel production as well as supplements for food items. Seaweeds are rich in protein, dietary fibres and phytochemicals used to enhance the nutritional quality of the food products. The increasing dema nd over renewable and sustaina...

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Butterflies, one of the most beautiful creations of nature. Belonging to the phylum “Arthropoda” (arthro = jointed or segmented, poda = feet or appendages). These magnificent insects were grouped under the order “Lepidoptera” (lepis = scale, pteron = wing)of the class “Hexapoda” or “Insecta”, these are the only insects having wings with fully cover...

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Seaweeds are macro algae and constitute vital component of Marine Ecosystem. Available in shallow waters with appropriate substratum.. Seaweeds synthesize a wide range of chemicals, such as e.g. agar, carrageenan and alginates - Used for food, confectionary, textile, pharmaceutical, dairy, paper, etc. (gelling, stabilizing and thickening agents).

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This study has mapped mangrove habitat and assessed the mangrove potential area with the use of Remote sensing imageries of MODIS, IRS & Google maps of different years and integrated with geographic information system (GIS) in the entire Uttara Kannada District Karnataka State, India. The results are important to planning and environmental manageme...

The United Nations declared 2016 as the International Year of Pulses (IYP). India welcomed IYP-2016 when, paradoxically, the prices of pulses were raging as never before in history, affecting the very foodbowl of the country which shelters the largest numbers of vegetarians and semi-vegetarians in the world, for whom pulses are integral to nutritio...

11 species of algae of 10 genera were collected, of which 6 genera and 5 species belong to chlorophyta, 6 genera of 7 species belong to Rhodophyta,1 genus of 1 species belongs to Phaeophyta. Out of the 11 seaweeds recorded in this estuary Chlorophyta Division dominated during the entire period of study across all stations. Utilization of estuarine...

This study has mapped mangrove habitat and assessed the mangrove potential area with the use of Remote sensing imageries of MODIS, IRS & Google maps of different years and integrated with geographic information system (GIS) in the entire Uttara Kannada District Karnataka State, India. The results are important to planning and sustainable managem,en...

Biofuel is emerging as viable alternative to fossil oil resources. The suitable feedstock for biofuel production are generally rich in carbohydrate composition. Biomass rich in carbohydrate as well as renewable marine resources such as seaweeds, marine algae, which proliferates fast and occurs abundantly are utilized as a feedstock for production o...

__ Brachyuran crabs are one of the diverse group of crustaceans, infraorder Brachyura in the world ranges approximately from 5000 to 6000 species. A total of 30 species, 23 genera from 11 families of Brachyuran crabs recorded from six stations with respect to different micro habitats of Aghanashini estuary, Uttara Kannada district of South Indian W...

Soil samples collected during monsoon, post-monsoon and pre-monsoon seasons from different kans and non- kans of Central Western Ghats namely Yaana, Vibuthi, Torme, Kathlekan, Hulkodu, Baruru and Hosagunda were analysed to understand the seasonal variations in soil quality of the select regions. Quality of soil samplesn showed marked seasonal varia...