Ramakrishnan , P. S. (1984) The need to conserve silent valley and tropical rain-forest ecosystems in India Environmental Conservation, 11 (2). pp. 170-171. ISSN 0376-8929
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Abstract
The tropical rain-forests of India are restricted to two major geographical zones of the country - the western Ghats of southwestern peninsular India and the northeastern region. However, much of these forests have already been irreparably damaged. The destruction is chiefly related to: timber extraction on a large scale, conversion for permanent agriculture or plantation crops, and other developmental activities. It is in this last context that the relatively undisturbed tropical rain-forest ecosystems of the Silent Valley, in Palghat District (11 degree 5'N, 75 degree 27'E), is important and has gained considerable prominence in the recent past.
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