UNESCO Tag of Western Ghats is Causing Undue Anxiety – 8 July 2012, DNA

The Western Ghats issue has become hotter with the biodiversity hotspot being bestowed with a Unesco World Heritage Site tag.  Now, with the Karnataka government declaring that it is against the move and will not sign any proposal, the issue has taken another twist. In this backdrop, MK Ashoka spoke to Anantha Hegde Ashisara, the chairman of the Western Ghats Task Force.