Long Term Ecological Observatories for Climate Change
Long Term Ecological Observatories (LTEO) for Climate Change Studies are
one of the components under the ‘Climate Change Action Programme’ with
an outlay of Rs. 40 crores in the 12th Plan Period. A Science Plan of
LTEO was released during the 21st Conference of Parties to the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change at Paris in December
2015. First phase of the LTEO Programme includes creating a network of
field sites to assess the health of eight different biomes of the
country namely; Western Himalaya, Eastern Himalaya, North-Western Arid
Zone, Central Indian Forests, Western Ghats, Andaman & Nicobar
Islands, Jammu & Kashmir and Sundarbans.
LTEO Programme aims to understand the biophysical and anthropogenic
drivers of ecosystem change in the selected biomes and their effects on
social- ecological responses through a network of scientific
institutions. Activities include experimental work to assess the change
of structure and function in the natural ecosystems, identification of
patterns and drivers of change in the natural ecosystems by monitoring
populations of fresh water fish, birds, mammals, herbivores &
carnivores, animal movements, soil processes in forests &
grasslands, biophysical climatic variables, etc.
This information was given by Minister of State (Independent Charge) of
Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Anil Madhav Dave, in a
written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
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