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Hotspots of rattan found in Western Ghats
November 5 , 2017
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- Scientists have discovered that non-protected areas near the Agastyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Silent Valley-Mukurthi National Parks and Coorg-Wayanad in the Western Ghats are hotspots of rattan or cane species.
- Rattan is the name for roughly 600 species of old world climbing palms belonging to subfamily Calamoideae.
- Generally, raw rattan is processed into several products to be used as materials in furniture making.
- Urgent conservation attention in the face of threats including habitat loss and excessive harvesting would be critical here.
- Using location records from field studies and literature, scientists at Bengaluru’s Asoka Trust for Ecology and Environment (ATREE) and Pune's Indian Institute for Science Education and Research (IISER) first mapped the distribution of all 21 endemic rattan species across the Western Ghats.
- The Western Ghats in Kerala and Tamil Nadu have the highest number of species.
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