ATREE

Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE) was established in 1996 as a non-profit organisation. Its mission is to integrate rigorous natural sciences and social sciences with policy, education and socially responsible conservation action.

Awards

* Elinor Ostrom and Harini Nagendra, research associates with the Center for the Study of Institutions, Population and Environmental Change at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA have been awarded the Cozzarelli Prize from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences for their article, "Insights on linking forests, trees and people from the air, on the ground and in the laboratory.". Nagendra is the Asia research coordinator for CIPEC and adjunct fellow with Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment in Bangalore, India. The majority of funding for research and support came from the Ford Foundation, the MacArthur Foundation, the National Science Foundation and a, Branco Weis Fellowship. [Society in Science, Branco Weis Fellowship, ETH Zentrum HAA, CH-8092 Zürich [http://www.society-in-science.ethz.ch/fellows2003.htm] ] , [Indiana University, Media Relations, February 28, 2007 [http://newsinfo.iu.edu/tips/page/normal/4999.html] ]
* The Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India has awarded a consultancy to the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE) for "Defining "Forest" in an Indian Context". The objective of the study is: To evolve the definition(s) of forest in the Indian context keeping international commitments and different orders of the Indian Apex court into consideration and to develop an ecologically sound and socially desirable definition of "forest". [CURRENT SCIENCE, VOL. 92, NO. 3, 10 FEBRUARY 2007 [http://www.iisc.ernet.in/currsci/feb102007/401.pdf] ]

Publications

Books

* Ganeshaiah, K.N. and Uma Shaanker, R. (2003), A Decade of Diversity, Bangalore: ATREE and University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore
* Ganeshaiah, K.N., R. Uma Shaanker (eds), 1998, Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple Wildlife Sanctuary: Natural History, Biodiversity and Conservation. Vivekananda Girijana Kalyana Kendra
* Ganeshaiah, K.N., Uma Shaanker, R. and Bawa, K.S (eds), (2001), Tropical Ecosystems: Structure, Diversity and Human Welfare. Oxford and IBH, New Delhi, India.
* Krishnaswamy, J, Lele, S and Jayakumar, R. (2005) (Editors) Hydrology and watershed services in the Western Ghats: Effects of Land-cover and Land-use change. Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi, India.
* Rajan, Priyadarsanan Dharma,(2000), Fig Insects of Kerala. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Occasional Paper No. 182. Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta, India.
* Shanker, K. & Choudhury, B.C. (2005) (Editors) Sea turtles of the Indian subcontinent. Universities Press, Hyderabad. India.
* Shivanna, K.R. (2003), Pollen Biology and Biotechnology. New Hampshire, USA: Science Publishers. (Indian Edition - New Delhi: Oxford-IBH Publishing Co. Ltd).
* Uma Shaanker, R., Ganeshaiah, K. N., Srinivasan, K., Ramanatha Rao, V. and Hong, L.T. (2004). Bamboos and Rattans of the Western Ghats: Population biology, Socio-economics and Conservation strategies, ATREE, IPGRI and UAS, Bangalore.
* Uma Shaanker, R., Ganeshaiah, K.N., and Bawa, K.S. (eds), (2001), Forest Genetic Resources: Status, Treats And Conservation Strategies. Oxford and IBH, New Delhi, India.
* Sandesh Kadur, Bawa, K.S., Sahyadris: India's Western Ghats - A vanishing heritage.

CD ROMs

* Ganeshaiah, K. N. 2004. Specimen Image Manager. Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, UAS, GKVK, Bangalore, India.
* Ganeshaiah, K.N. (2003). 'Sasya Sahyadri-Distribution, Taxonomy and Diversity of Plants of Western Ghats' ATREE and University of Agricultural Sciences.
* Ganeshaiah, K.N. (2004). 'Sasya Bharathi (Dakshinamnaya)-Distribution, Taxonomy and Diversity of Plants of South India. ATREE and University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore.

References

* [http://www.atree.org ATREE Website ]