{"id":370001,"date":"2026-08-21T16:16:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T10:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=370001"},"modified":"2026-08-21T16:16:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T10:46:20","slug":"indias-first-ever-guide-to-grasslands-and-other-open-natural-ecosystems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indias-first-ever-guide-to-grasslands-and-other-open-natural-ecosystems\/","title":{"rendered":"India\u2019s First-ever Guide to Grasslands and Other Open Natural Ecosystems"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> Recently, India launched its first-ever Guide to Grasslands and Other Open Natural Ecosystems at UNCCD COP17 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\">About India\u2019s First-ever Guide to Grasslands and Other Open Natural Ecosystems<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_370004\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-370004\" style=\"width: 369px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-370004\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Source-DD-News-2.jpg?resize=369%2C471&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"India\u2019s First-ever Guide to Grasslands and Other Open Natural Ecosystems\" width=\"369\" height=\"471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Source-DD-News-2.jpg?resize=235%2C300&amp;ssl=1 235w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Source-DD-News-2.jpg?w=579&amp;ssl=1 579w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 369px) 100vw, 369px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-370004\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; DD News<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>This <strong>Guide<\/strong> is a <strong>national reference document<\/strong> that <strong>highlights the diversity, ecological significance<\/strong> and <strong>socio-economic importance of India\u2019s grasslands and other open natural ecosystems.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Launched At:<\/strong> It was launched at the <strong>17th Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP17)<\/strong> to the <strong>United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)<\/strong> in <strong>Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Institutional Collaborators:<\/strong> The Guide was <strong>developed under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC)<\/strong> with partners including the <strong>Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE)<\/strong> and the <strong>International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Aim:<\/strong> It aims to strengthen the<strong> conservation, restoration and sustainable management <\/strong>of India\u2019s <strong>grasslands<\/strong> and other open natural ecosystems <strong>(ONEs) <\/strong>through science-based approaches.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Grasslands:<\/strong> Grasslands are <strong>dominated by grasses,<\/strong> support a wide variety of <strong>animal life<\/strong> and provide <strong>ecosystem services <\/strong>such as water and carbon storage, chemical recycling and climate regulation.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Open Natural Ecosystems (ONEs):<\/strong> ONEs include <strong>naturally occurring, open landscape, such as grasslands, Savannas, deserts, scrubland, ravines, rocky plateaus, coastal ecosystems.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Key Features of Guide:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Comprehensive Information:<\/strong> The Guide brings together <strong>information on major Open Natural Ecosystems across India,<\/strong> including <strong>their geographical settings, ecological characteristics, biodiversity, and associated communities and tribes.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Ecosystems Covered:<\/strong> It covers <strong>Himalayan and Terai grasslands, the Thar and Banni landscapes, Deccan savannas, rocky plateaus, ravines, scrublands, coastal ecosystems and desert landscapes.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Thematic Sections:<\/strong> The Guide contains <strong>dedicated sections on pastoralism, fire ecology and carbon sequestration.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Correction of the \u201cWasteland\u201d Perception: <\/strong>The Guide highlights that <strong>grasslands, scrublands and ravines should not be undervalued due to the absence of trees.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Science-based Conservation:<\/strong> It highlights the <strong>need for stronger scientific knowledge<\/strong>, <strong>improved assessments of land degradation and comprehensive landscape-level planning<\/strong> for the conservation and restoration of ONEs.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Valuable Resource:<\/strong> The Guide will <strong>serve as a valuable resource for policymakers, researchers, conservation practitioners, development agencies and communities.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Recently, India launched its first-ever Guide to Grasslands and Other Open Natural Ecosystems at UNCCD COP17 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. About India\u2019s First-ever Guide to Grasslands and Other Open Natural Ecosystems This Guide is a national reference document that highlights the diversity, ecological significance and socio-economic importance of India\u2019s grasslands and other open natural ecosystems.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indias-first-ever-guide-to-grasslands-and-other-open-natural-ecosystems\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">India\u2019s First-ever Guide to Grasslands and Other Open Natural Ecosystems<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10401,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-370001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370001","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\/10401"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=370001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370001\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}