Western Ghats: Native habitats reduced to one-third and hydrological regulation disrupted, says review article
A new review article in Nature Reviews Biodiversity warns that the Western Ghats have lost two-thirds of their native habitat due to centuries of plantation expansion, infrastructure development, and climate change. These pressures have severely disrupted the region's hydrological regulation and biodiversity.
Why it matters
The Western Ghats are a critical biodiversity hotspot and water source for peninsular India; their degradation poses a significant threat to regional ecological security.
Western Ghats: Native habitats reduced to one-third and hydrological regulation disrupted, says review article left Speaking about the threats to the Western Ghats, the article says several of these pressures began during the expansion of coffee and tea plantations under the British colonial rule and have continued since then. File photo File photo https://th-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/nht4zy/article71557143.ece/alternates/FREE_1200/Bengaluru%20Mangaluru%20National%20Highway_01.jpg K BHAGYA PRAKASH KARNATAKA BENGALURU 01/06/2024 Road upgrading, widening and repair work is in progress between Sakaleshpura and Gundya on Bengaluru Mangaluru National Highway 75 (NH 75) comes under Western Ghats in Karnataka .
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