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          God Trees ® An MSSRF Project to Restore Sacred Groves and to Rescue RET-Trees Some major studies show that approximately 600 tree species in India are threatened with the fate of early extinction, and many of them are the native species of Malabar Coast and Mountains of The Western Ghats. Several of these species are also attributed with unique socio-cultural, spiritual, and economic values, apart from their dominant attribute as contributors to ecosystem services. Contributions of trees for the ecosystem services are invaluable. It is calculated, year biodiversity provides us services worth US$125 trillion! A mature tree sequesters 42 LBS of Co2 every year. Without tree roots, soil dry outs lead to increased arability of land, and also to flooding. The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) estimated that one million species are threatened with extinction! Extinction of species beyond t...
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The Need for a Botanic Garden to protect and educate on Bio-cultural Diversity

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    The Need for a Botanic Garden to protect and educate on Bio-cultural Diversity  Many  locations of the Malabar region of India turned out to be hot spots of biodiversity and local cultural  traditions.  Malabar region (the southern Western Ghats and coasts of the states of Kerala, Karnataka and Goa) is a historical global maritime destination known for its rich diversity of spices like black pepper, ginger, turmeric, and cardamom, and medicinal plants.  The need for a Botanic Garden that goes beyond in achieving the conventional objectives like biodiversity conservation, education or recreation , to the holistic functioning of the natural and cultural heritage which benefit in multiple ways the local communities becomes significant to protect the heritage of this region. The  focal interventions of such kind of a Garden need to be around “ Biocultural diversity” –the interface operation of the diversity of nature and culture i...
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