Coimbatore: A three-day international conference on the Ecological Festival of Western Ghats beginning here from November 30 will discuss steps to protect and preserve the ghats, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The conference would focus on saving the ghats from degradation and destruction, and bring all stakeholders on a single platform, said the city-based Save Western Ghats Movement. The meet would dwell into reports of Madhav Gadgil Commission and Kasthurirangan Commission on Western Ghats that forest cover in the ghats has reduced to 10% from the stipulated 66%. agencies
