{"id":314569,"date":"2024-10-26T20:26:41","date_gmt":"2024-10-26T14:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=314569"},"modified":"2024-10-26T20:26:41","modified_gmt":"2024-10-26T14:56:41","slug":"tribal-community-in-kerala-to-remove-alien-species-of-plants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/tribal-community-in-kerala-to-remove-alien-species-of-plants\/","title":{"rendered":"Tribal community in Kerala to remove alien species of plants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong> <em>A pilot project has been initiated at Pothupara, Kerala, where the members of the Kadar tribe are taking up restoration of natural forests degraded by invasive alien species.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>1. Kadar Tribe: It is an indigenous tribal community in South India, predominantly inhabiting the forests of Kerala and Tamil Nadu.<\/p>\n<p>2. They are categorised as a Particular Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG) by the Government of India.<\/p>\n<p>3. They are nomadic and rely on hunting, gathering and shifting cultivations for their livelihood.<\/p>\n<p>4. They share a deep bond with nature and are known for their traditional medicinal knowledge.<\/p>\n<p>5. Invasive Alien Species: They are non-native animals, plants or other organisms that, once introduced to a new environment, can disrupt local ecosystems and pose threats to native biodiversity, human health and economic activities.<\/p>\n<p>6. Common examples of invasive species are Latana Camara, Prosopis Juliflora, Water Hyacinth etc.<\/p>\n<p>7. Factors like globalisation, climate change, lack of natural predators, habitat destruction has led to the spread of invasive alien species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: A pilot project has been initiated at Pothupara, Kerala, where the members of the Kadar tribe are taking up restoration of natural forests degraded by invasive alien species. 1. Kadar Tribe: It is an indigenous tribal community in South India, predominantly inhabiting the forests of Kerala and Tamil Nadu. 2. They are categorised as&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/tribal-community-in-kerala-to-remove-alien-species-of-plants\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tribal community in Kerala to remove alien species of plants<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10384,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12039],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-314569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-knolls","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10384"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314569\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}