Research Interests
of Prof. Madhav Gadgil
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Conservation Biology, Population Biology, Human Ecology,
Ecological History
His research focuses on the ecology of Western Ghats, a mountain
range in South India, now recognized as one of the world's
biodiversity hot spots. He is particularly interested in how the
manifold human demands affect the productivity as well as
diversity of the biological resources in this tract spanning some
160,000 sq.km. This involves field research on plant and bird
communities, on the organization of rural societies in relation
to the use of biological resources, and on the resource demands
of the larger society. He is currently formulating a programme of
organizing local communities to prepare strategies for
sustainable use and conservation of biodiversity each in their
own localities.