Impact of Floods/Landslides on Biodiversity of Kerala
Report by Institutions

Sl.No. Topic Institutions/
Universities
1. RIVERINE BIODIVERSITY
MONITORING WITH REFERENCE
TO TRUE MANGROVES IN
COMPARISON WITH PREFLOOD DATA
Dr. SARITA G. BHAT
DEPARTMENT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY
COCHIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
CUSAT POST, KOCHI-682022 KERALA
2. BIODIVERSITY ASSESSMENT OF MANIMALA RIVER
Dr. M Rajendraprasad
Senior Scientist 
KSCSTE-Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute 
Palode, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
3. STUDIES ON INVASIVE ALIEN PLANT SPECIES IN THE FLOOD AFFECTED AREAS OF KARTHIKAPPALLY TALUK, ALAPPUZHA DISTRICT, KERALA 
Dr. Suhara Beevy S
Professor, Department of Botany,
University of Kerala, Kariavattom, Thiruvananthapuram 
4 ASSESSMENT OF NATIVE AND EXOTIC ICHTHYODIVERSITY STATUS AND PESTICIDE LEVEL OF RIVER BHARATHAPUZHA, PERIYAR AND PAMBA
Dr. F. G. Benno Pereira
Assistant Professor
Department Of Zoology
University Of Kerala
Kariavattom 
 5. EFFECT OF FLOOD ON FLORA, FAUNA AND LIVELIHOOD IN THE ISLANDS OF ALAPPUZHA DISTRICT 
Dr. Jose Mathew
Assisatant Professor,
Department of Botany,
Sanatana Dharma College, Alappuzha
 6. MPACT OF LANDSLIDES ON THE FOREST ECOSYSTEM IN WAYANAD DISTRICT, KERALA WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO
FLORISTIC WEALTH 
The Director
KSCSTE – Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute
Karimancode P.O., Palode,
Thiruvananthapuram – 695 562
 7. EFFECT OF FLOOD ON THE MICRO AND MACRO FLORA, AGROBIODIVERSITY AND LIVELIHOOD IN PANDALAM, CHENGANNUR AND PANDANAD 
Dr. Jithesh Krishnan R.
Assistant Professor
Department of Botany, NSS College,
Pandalam
8. ASSESSMENT OF IMPACT OF FLOOD/LANDSLIDE ON BIODIVERSITY WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON – RIPARIAN VEGETATION IN PAMBAYAR, PERIYAR, CHALAKUDYAR AND BHARATHAPUZHA
CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT 
TIRUVANANTHAPURAM
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9. ASSESSMENT OF PLANT DIVERSITY INCLUDING AQUATIC FLORA, RIPARIAN VEGETATION ETC. IN THE FLOOD/ LANDSLIDES AFFECTED AREAS OF CHALIYAR, KORAPUZHA AND KUTTIYADI RIVERS Government College Chittur,
Palakkad.
10. IMPACT OF 2018 KERALA FLOODS ON AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO SINGLE LOCATION ENDEMIC SPECIES  Dr. Rajeev Raghavan
Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS) 
11. IMPACT OF 2018 KERALA FLOODS ON AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO SINGLE LOCATION ENDEMIC SPECIES Dr. Rajeev Raghavan
Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS)
12. METAGENOMIC ANALYSIS OF SOIL MICROBIAL DIVERSITY IN POST FLOOD MANGROVES Dr. Bindiya. E.S
Department of Biotechnology, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin
13. IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF FLOOD/ LANDSLIDES ON BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM OF IDUKKI DISTRICT AND KUTTANAD CENTRE FOR MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
14. IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF FLOOD/ LANDSLIDES ON BIODIVERSITY
AND ECOSYSTEM OF PATHANAMTHITTA DISTRICT AND TRIBAL LIVELIHOOD IN IDUKKI AND PATHANAMTHITTA DISTRICTS
CENTRE FOR MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
15. ESTIMATION OF POPULATION DENSITY AND DIVERSITY OF MAJOR SOIL ANIMAL GROUPS IN RELATION TO RECENT FLOOD AFFECTED AREAS NEAR PAMPA RIVER Dr.M.G.Sanal Kumar
Head of the Department
N.S.S. College, Pandalam, Pathanamthitta
 16. INVENTORY AND EVALUATION OF SPREAD ECOLOGY OF THE RIVERINE FLORA OF ACHANKOVIL RIVER BASIN, KERALA  Dr. P.M. Radhamany
Professor
Department of Botany
University of Kerala, Karyavattom
Thiruvananthapuram 
 17. POST FLOOD HABITAT MODIFICATIONS AND
BIODIVERSITY LOSS IN SELECTED FOREST RANGES IN PALAKKAD DISTRICT, KERALA 
Dr. Maya C. Nair
Assistant Professor
Post Graduate & Research Department of Botany
Govt. Victoria College, Palakkad  
18. RIVERINE BIODIVERSITY MONITORING – IMPACT OF FLOODS/ LANDSLIDES ON BIODIVERSITY Dr. N. Shibin Mohanan
Nirmala Arts and Science College
Muvattupuzha, Ernakulam
19 SURVEY AND INVENTORY OF SOIL MICROBIAL BIOTA IN THE POST FLOOD SCENARIO (MANIMALA RIVER) Dr. Shiburaj S.
Senior Scientist & Head,
Division of Microbiology
Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute
Palode, Thiruvananthapuram 
20 ASSESSING IMPACT OF FLOODS/ LANDSLIDES ON BIODIVERSITY, BIORESOURCES, AND TRIBAL LIVELIHOOD IN ATTAPPADY  INTEGRATED RURAL TECHNOLOGY CENTRE (IRTC)
Mundur, Palakkad
21. SURVEY AND ANALYSIS ON ETHNOBOTANICAL RESOURCES- PRESENT STATUS AND LIVELIHOOD OF TRIBAL COMMUNITIES IN FLOOD AFFECTED AREAS OF VAZHACHAL, THRISSUR DIST. Dr. E.A. Siril
DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY
UNIVERSITY OF KERALA
KARIAVATTOM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
22.  ASSESSMENT OF IMPACT OF FLOOD/LANDSLIDE ON BIODIVERSITY AND DEVELOPING METHODOLOGY FOR LONG-TERM MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF CHANGES IN THE ECOSYSTEM AND BIODIVERSITY: A CASE STUDY IN THE ATHIRAPILLY PANCHAYATH Dr. K. H. Amitha Bachan
Research Department of Botany
MES Asmabi College, P. Vemballur
Kodungallur, Thrissur, Kerala.
 23. IMPACT OF FLOODS/LANDSLIDES ON RIVERINE BIODIVERSITY : CHALAKUDY RIVER BASIN  Dr. P.O. Nameer
Professor & Head (Wildlife Sciences) &
Special Officer, Academy of Climate Change Education and Research (ACCER)
Kerala Agricultural University ,Thrissur. 
24.  ASSESSMENT OF PLANT DIVERSITY LOSS ALONG THE FLOOD AND LANDSLIDES HIT AREAS OF NELLIYAMPATHY FOREST RANGE, PALAKKAD  Dr. V Suresh
Asst. Professor, Dept. of Botany
Govt. Victoria College, Palakkad 
25. POST-FLOOD IMPACT ASSESSMENT ON BIODIVERSITY – SELECTED FAUNAL GROUPS Dr. Renjan Mathew Varghese
State Director,
World Wide Fund for Nature -India,
Thiruvananthapuram
26. IMPACT OF FLOOD AND DELUGE ON HYDROBIOLOGY AND BIODIVERSITY ENDOWMENTS OF KUTTANAD WETLAND ECOSYSTEM, KERALA – A RAPID ASSESSMENT Prof (Dr) K. G. Padmakumar
International Research and Training Centre for
Below Sea Level farming, Kuttanad
Thottappally P.O., Alappuzha- 688561  
 27. IMPACT OF FLOOD ON FLORAL ELEMENTS AND SOIL BIOTA IN PAMBA, PERIYAR, BHARATHAPUZHA AND INVESTIGATORS CHALAKKUDY RIVERS IN KERALA  
Dr. Sreekumar V B. 
KSCSTE – Kerala Forest Research Institute 
(An Institution under Kerala State Council for Science, Technology & Environment) 
Peechi – 680 653, Kerala 
 28. ASSESSMENT OF AGROBIODIVERSITY LOSS DUE TO FLOOD IN WAYANAD – CONSERVATION STRATEGIESFOR RESILIENT VARIETIES
Suma.T.R
Community Agro-biodiversity Centre
M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation