BIODIVERSITY AND ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENTS: WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO COMMUNITY CONSERVED SACRED GROVES IN BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AND CLIMATE RESILIENCE

Abstract

Forest remnants that have been kept for their spiritual and religious importance are called sacred groves. The practise became more important as agriculture spread, resulting in extensive deforestation that negatively impacted watersheds and biodiversity. Although they may be less prominent today, sacred groves are nonetheless important in rural Indian landscapes home to traditional people. Despite having a pan-Indian distribution, this tradition has recently attracted more attention, leading scientists to concentrate their research on India's northeast, Western Ghats, and east coast either for their global/regional significance or unique habitats. Lower life forms were badly disregarded while the majority of studies focussed on flora, primarily angiosperms, and vertebrates in the faunal studies. Despite the fact that there are observations, there are little studies on how ecosystems function.