India, Jan. 24 -- Population pressures, hunger for land and prime real estate have all made many a nature hotspot disappear over the last decade. These permanent losses of biodiversity hotspots would seem insignificant when compared to the rather disturbing findings of a latest study published in the Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine. The study found that unplanned developmental activities and land use are reducing the evergreen forest cover and perennial streams in the central region of the Western Ghats in India.
While other developed nations in the world are bending over backwards to usher in biodiversity into their cities and urban spaces, India is tracking backwards and losing its green cover and natural sanctuaries for its flora a...