Talk:Silent Valley National Park

Collaboration of the Month
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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)

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

Geography
break into physical and political, add topo map ,

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

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.

Fauna
compile censuses of all:

Birds
79 sp. of birds

Mammals
23 sp. of mammals

Insects
110 species of butterflies, 400 moth species

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

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,

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

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

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

Threats
history of past damage from each threat type

Visitor information
discuss in relation to threats

Getting there
map Visitors are not allowed to Silent valley national park till 20th of April 2007, since road construction work is under progress

Lodging
prices, map

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)

References must be done in a proper format
References must be done in a proper format. I have done some of the refernces about 15 refs are yet to be done. Hope i will b e able to complete in 1-3 days time. The original author is requested to see if everything is in place. Ref no. 22 Aiyar 1932 is not a complete ref. pls. do give the full name of the book and other details. Amartyabag  TALK2ME  06:31, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Done all except two problematic references, which i couldn't understand. ie, no. 22 and 13. Pls. give more details. Amartyabag   TALK2ME  03:33, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

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Hindu legend?
The source given for the Hindu legend is a mail group archive which is far from a reliable source. Anyone else can set up another mail group and put forward a Muslim or Christian legend. So please give reference from some published books written by experts in the subject. Or I will be tempted to remove the above said notation. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.0.9.165 (talk) 05:02, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Seems like some kind of original research to me - 99v (talk) 05:32, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

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GA Nomination
You have made a minor edit to the article, and have nominated it for GA. That's not how it works. I have reverted your edit. §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {Talk / Edits} 06:49, 14 August 2019 (UTC)