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Contents 1 Collaboration of the Month 2 Tasks 2.1 Map 2.2 History 2.3 Geography 2.4 Meteorology 2.5 Tribes 2.6 Fauna 2.6.1 Birds 2.6.2 Mammals 2.6.3 Insects 2.6.4 Reptiles 2.6.5 Amphibians 2.6.6 Fish 2.7 Flora 2.8 Threats 2.9 Visitor information 2.9.1 Activities 2.9.2 General tips 2.9.3 Getting there 2.9.4 Lodging 2.10 References 3 Peer review comments

[edit] Collaboration of the Month

This article is selected as the Collaboration of the Month (March 2007) on WP:WINDPA. Please contribute to it and join the working group.

[edit] Tasks

Add tasks, cross out when complete.
Use sections below ↓ as a Sandbox for eventual merge with main article.

[edit] Map

Here ray 12:07, 5 March 2007 (UTC) A cleaner version is Here, page 79-Marcus 02:16, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

• Good find! Sorry I can't do great svg like [Image:Kaziranga-National-Park-map-en-mod.svg]--Marcus 18:44, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] History

copy edit: could flow better without removing content. Reformatted 3/24/07

[edit] Geography

break into physical and political, add topo map,

[edit] Meteorology

Graphs of monthly rain and temp. Can someone access this article[1]. Also need similiar rainfall data and monthly graph made up. Perhaps one graph to display both rain and temp.

[edit] Tribes

needs expert clarification on which tribes and degree of their foraging, NTFP collection and employment in the park. Also, Tribal customs and beliefs, Taboos and religious practices.

[edit] Fauna

compile censuses of all:

[edit] Birds

79 sp. of birds

[edit] Mammals

23 sp. of mammals

[edit] Insects

110 species of butterflies, 400 moth species

Saha S.K. (1986) Ground beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae) of Silent Valley (Kerala, India).

[edit] Reptiles

9 species of lizards, Indian monitor, 11 species of snakes Indian rock python, King cobra, catsnakes, brown whipsnakes, burrowing snakes Uropeltidae, flying snakes, pit vipers,

[edit] Amphibians

19 sp. of amphibians:Bufo silentvalleyensis, Bufo parientalis, Ceacilians, Pedostibes tuberculosus, Ansonia rubigina
Find copy of: Pillai, R.S. 1986. Amphibian fauna of Silent Valley, Kerala, S. India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 84(1-4): 229-242.
List of amphibians of India

[edit] Fish

57 sp. of fishes
Get copies of:(2000)The detailed study regarding the fishes of. the Silent Valley was carried out by Devi Rema and Indira...,
and: Rapid Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)(2004) Environmental Resources Research Centre, Thiruvananthapuram[2]

[edit] Flora

Dalbergia lanceolaria, cullenia exarillata, Macarangaindica, ficus spp, Maesa indica, Carpus spp. are keystone species. Palaquium Ellipticum Myristica dactyloides The other species are mesua nagassarium, Elaeocarpus tuberculatus, Meliosma pinnata and Olea dioica

all Plants- recent survey, 110 sp.

• discuss importance of gene pool to future development of new food crops and new medicines. needs expert
• discuss indegenous knowlege of Wild Edible plants,and source of wild species for crossbreeding new varieties.
  

Wild Medicinal plants: The evergreen forest tree—Hydnocarpus, whose seeds contain the oil used to treat leprosy, and the herb-like shrub Rauvolfia serpentina used for treating high blood pressure,
Wild toxic & poisonous plants, Plants yielding dyes & pigments, Plants yielding useful gums & resins, Aromatic plants, Plants having insecticidal properties, Plants used in fish poisoning, effect on Concentration/mysticism, migration and movement of wild animals.
Wild edible plants: pulses, yams, rice,

• add Map: Fig. 2: Distribution of different tree associations in Silent Valley National Park.page 20 Need mapmaker

[edit] Threats

history of past damage from each threat type

[edit] Visitor information

discuss in relation to threats

[edit] Activities

[edit] General tips

[edit] Getting there

map

[edit] Lodging

prices, map

[edit] References

• An extensive and authorative reference is UNEP, (1991) "Silent Valley National Park". It includes many other authorative references, especially: (Unnikrishnan, P.N. (1989). Silent Valley National Park Management Plan 1990.91-99.2000. Silent Valley National Park Division, Mannarghat. 83 pp.) The question is how much to include in the article. Much is in already. Needs selective picking for weak categories.
• Another major source is from M.S. Rana and Shashi Uniyal (2003) Selected Bibliography on Conservation of Rainforests in India, wii.gov.in
• an exellent source is Silent Valley : Whispers of Reason/edited by T.M. Manoharan, S.D. Biju, T.S. Nayar and P.S. Easa. Peechi, 1999, xxx, 419 p., Can anyone get a copy?

[edit] Peer review comments

I haven't read through the article in detail, but here are some comments at first glance.

1. Check out the WP:STYLE.
2. There is no dearth of images in the article, which is good. However, the panorama pic at the beginning, can be moved somewhere down below in the article. Also, the size of the image needs to be reduced to fit in the page. Also, as there are enough images for the article, the one about the DNA was moved to the relevant paragraph.can be removed, particularly because it is not directly relevant to this article.
3. ""Only An Axe Away" is a well-researched film documentary on the struggle to preserve the Silent Valley. The film shares the anxiety of the people of Kerala about the future of the Silent Valley. Producer: Third Eye Communications, Director: P. Baburaj and C. Saratchandran, Malayalam/40min/2004/DV [13]." This part can probably be moved to the new article↓a new section called Documentaries or smth.. just my opinion.
4. Also, the history section appears a tad too long. Maybe a sub-section seperate article about "Save Silent Valley" the debate which this can link to. can be created? --Madhu 17:26, 25 March 2007 (UTC). agreed. I'm thinking about just leaving one consise para on the topic.-Marcus 09:34, 26 March 2007 (UTC)