THE STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION OF FRESHWATER BIODIVERSITY IN THE WESTERN GHATS, INDIA – S. Molur et al 2011
The Western Ghats is one of the world’s most heavily populated Biodiversity Hotspots providing for and supporting 400million people through water for drinking, transport, irrigation, and hydroelectric power, together with food and resources to sustain livelihoods. However, the pace of growth of the Indian economy and rates of industrial and