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MoEFCC urges NGT to direct states to submit annual Neelakurinji conservation plans
The Union Environment Ministry has asked the National Green Tribunal to direct Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Karnataka to submit annual conservation action plans for the Neelakurinji shrub, an endemic species in the Western Ghats.
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has requested the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to direct Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Karnataka to submit an annual plan of operation incorporating a conservation action plan for Strobilanthes kunthiana, commonly known as Neelakurinji. The shrub, which blooms once in 12 years, is endemic to the Western Ghats. The ministry's request was submitted before the tribunal's Principal Bench in New Delhi, which had taken suo motu cognisance of a report titled 'Neelakurinji becomes a threatened species'. Historical records from 1832 to 2018 documented the shrub's occurrence across 34 localities within 14 ecoregions spanning five major landscapes, including the Brahmagiri, Nilgiri, and Palani-Kodaikan hill ranges.
- neelakurinji conservation
- NGT on neelakurinji
- western ghats
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Tamil NaduEnvironment
MoEFCC urges NGT to direct states to submit annual Neelakurinji conservation plans
The Union Environment Ministry has asked the National Green Tribunal to direct Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Karnataka to submit annual conservation action plans for the Neelakurinji shrub, an endemic species in the Western Ghats.
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has requested the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to direct Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Karnataka to submit an annual plan of operation incorporating a conservation action plan for Strobilanthes kunthiana, commonly known as Neelakurinji. The shrub, which blooms once in 12 years, is endemic to the Western Ghats. The ministry's request was submitted before the tribunal's Principal Bench in New Delhi, which had taken suo motu cognisance of a report titled 'Neelakurinji becomes a threatened species'. Historical records from 1832 to 2018 documented the shrub's occurrence across 34 localities within 14 ecoregions spanning five major landscapes, including the Brahmagiri, Nilgiri, and Palani-Kodaikan hill ranges.
- neelakurinji conservation
- NGT on neelakurinji
- western ghats
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