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Restoration of the Tropical Dry Evergreen Forest of Peninsular India

2005; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 6; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/14888386.2005.9712755

2160-0651

Paul Blanchflower,

Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management

Abstract The Tropical Dry Evergreen Forest (TDEF) of India is only found on the south eastern seaboard of the peninsular. It has a very limited range, and extends only 60 km inland. The TDEF occurs in an area of high population density and consequently it is the rarest type of forest ecosystem found in the subcontinent. The establishment of the Auroville International Township in 1968 initiated a major work of eco-restoration which has turned a highly eroded lateritic plateau into a re-emerging ecosystem of the TDEF. The work now spreads out beyond the boundaries of the international township and involves working with local people, especially women and children. Many lessons have been learnt and the work continues to reintegrate the forest in the social fabric of a rapidly changing rural environment.