Abstract
Species extinction rate is accelerating at an alarming rate all over the world. Conservation organizations are working day and night to halt this process by mapping areas for important biodiversity and highlighting these as priority areas for conservation. Most priority sites for conservation so far have been very large in area. Although some biodiversity is already lost, there is still much to conserve in the Himalayan region. Special Conservation Site (SCS) is an innovative concept for the conservation of small but important biodiversity congregation sites through a people participatory approach. Various guidelines and criteria are set as standard towards making this initiative readily accepted by all conservationists. By initiating this concept, we argue that SCS become a centre for education and awareness on the significance of biodiversity, mentor community-based conservation leaders, provide some income and ultimately add value to the larger landscape level initiatives and protected areas. SCS conservation should be an agenda for all.
Highlights
We are living in a critical period of Earth’s history in terms of the rapid changes in its environment
Special Conservation Site (SCS) is a concept that emerges because of lack of a system in our region that values and recognises biodiversity found in the human-dominated landscapes
Such sites are already in existence in our neighborhood, we are advocating that such sites need to be conserved, appreciated and promoted
Summary
We are living in a critical period of Earth’s history in terms of the rapid changes in its environment. Usually larger than SCS, mostly only floral component included, preservation could be for environmental services only, could be sites that do not have much biodiversity and only to recognize cultural/ traditional/religious importance A SCS is a place that shelters one or many species considered to be important for conservation on a national or regional scale, and any flora and fauna of the area worthy of protection.
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