Rauf Ali�s resignation from the Palni Hills Conservation Council (PHCC). Includes correspondence between Rauf Ali and PHCC officials. The file also contains letters between Rauf Ali and Peter Westman, Swedish Society for Nature Conservation (SSNC) regarding Rauf Ali�s exit.
Palni Hills Conservation Council; Peter Westman; Swedish Society for Nature Conservation
Miscellaneous letters/telegram to officials in Palni Hills Conservation Council (PHCC). Includes letters from T.P. Sreedharan, Ghazala Shahabuddin, P.R.J. Pradeep, and Usha Krishna (Crafts Council of India) regarding field visit of B.Sc. students in Kodaikanal, job opportunities, salary, and rainfall data. Also, includes a telegram from Director of Tourism (Government of Tamil Nadu) to attend a meeting on conservation in Kodaikanal Hills. There are also drafts of project proposals for nature conservation and livelihood generation in the Palni Hills. Includes proposals titled: �Understanding ecological processes to enable a rational use of natural resources�; �Ecological studies in the proposed Palni Hills National Park� by Rauf Ali and G. Poyamboli; �Operational research project on the utility of neem and other plant products in integrated pest (and nutrient) management in the Palani Hills� by K. Soundar Rajan, Assistant Professor (Entomology), Horticultural Research Station, Kodaikanal; �Biodiversity for income generation� by Rauf Ali, V. Rajendran & Navroz Mody.
Palni Hills Conservation Council; PHCC; T.P. Sreedharan; Ghazala Shahabuddin; P.R.J. Pradeep; Usha Krishna; Kodaikanal; Ecological studies; Palni Hills National Park; G. Poyamboli; V. Rajendran; Navroz Mody
Writings, press clippings and Writ Petitions (WP) on the Jarawas of the Andaman Islands. Writings include: �The Andaman Tribes: Victims of Development� by Romulus Whitaker and Zai Whitaker in Cultural Survival Quarterly 10 (2), 1986: 13-18; and �The Andamanese: Origins and Cultural Traditions� by Zarine Cooper in the India Magazine for her people and culture, May 1992, pp. 30-41; and �India: isolated tribe faces annihilation� (February 1999) by Survival International. Newspaper clippings on Jarawas include the issues of food supply, hunger, disease, crimes, mortality, extinction, and contact expedition. The file also includes two WPs filed before the Port Blair Bench of the Calcutta High Court by: Kalpavriksh and Others drawing attention towards biodiversity loss in the Andamans Islands and the threats to the tribal ways of life; and Society for Andaman Nicobar Ecology (SANE) pleading to make the SANE one of the respondents in a WP regarding the Jarawas.
Jarawas; Andaman Islands; Cultural Survival Quarterly; India Magazine; Survival International; Port Blair; Kalpavriksh; Society for Andaman Nicobar Ecology
Research supported by the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Environmental Team (ANIET). Includes a published article titled �The effect of introduced herbivores on vegetation in the Andaman Islands� by Rauf Ali in Current Science 86 (5) (April 2005): 1103-1112 and its corresponding draft manuscripts. Also, includes a manuscript titled �Impact assessment of the little-known Little Andaman Island, Andamans, India� by Harry V. Andrews. The file also includes a report titled �A Rapid Botanical Assessment of Saddle Peak national Park, North Andaman, Andaman and Nicobar Islands� (1999) by B. Maheswaran and a concept note titled �Restoring Ridge - Reef Systems Building Models for Island Restoration�, submitted to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
Andaman and Nicobar Islands Environmental Team; Current Science; Little Andaman Island; Saddle Peak National Park; Ridge; United Nations Development Programme; UNDP
Proposals and status reports related to projects in FERAL. Includes draft project proposals titled: �An adaptive approach to collecting baseline data for Wildlife Corridors in the Agastyamalai Region of Southern India�, 1999; and �Botanical survey of Pondicherry�. The file also contains: a booklet titled �Kaliveli Wetlands�; �A status report of Ousteri Tank�� and a FERAL newsletter (Vol 1, No. 1, June 1999).
