KBA Profile: Madayi Laterite Plateau
National Site Name Madayi laterite plateau
English Name
KBA delineation Catchment (multiple level 12)
Focal area delineation No
The whole KBA is a number of laterite plateaus interspersed with small valleys with seasonal streams and rice, coconut, cashewnut and arecanut agriculture. The plateaus are heavily quarried Site description for laterite, mined for clay, and moderately populated. The Madayi plateau is also the source of two larger rivers, the Kuppam and Peruvamba river which flow to backwaters and estuary which it shares with the Valapattanam River (another KBA).
Management required at Yes catchment scale
Management required at focal area within catchment
KBA Trigger Species
Group Species Criterion1 Criterion2 Criterion3 Notes
Fishes Carinotetraodon travancoricus VU NA NA
Fishes Puntius denisonii EN 15714.06176 NA
Fishes Puntius mahecola NA 16651.9995 NA
Odonata Macrogomphus wynaadicus NA 26655.61097 NA
Plants Dimeria hohenackeri EN NA NA
Plants Eriocaulon dalzellii EN NA NA
Plants Farmeria metzgerioides VU NA NA
Plants Limnopoa meeboldii EN NA NA Plants Nymphoides krishnakesara EN NA NA
Plants Rotala malabarica CR 2141.50938 NA AZE species
Shrimps Caridina chauhani NA 13841.84964 NA
Plants Utricularia cecilii EN 14527.44109 NA
Protected Areas Overlap with KBA
Name Designation Desig. Type Status PA Management Focus
Talakaveri Sanctuary National Designated No freshwater biodiveristy management
Western Ghats World Heritage Site International Inscribed No freshwater biodiveristy management
Potential KBA Stakeholders*
Society for Environmental Education in Kerala
Malabar Natural History Society
Indian Naval Academy
Zoological Survey of India, Western Ghats Regional Centre
KBA Freshwater Habitats
Habitats (IUCN Classification Scheme) Notes
5.1 Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks(includes waterfalls)
5.2 Seasonal/Intermittent/Irregular Rivers/Streams/Creeks
5.7 Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools(under 8ha) 5.8 Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools(under 8ha) AZE species habitat
9.10 Estuaries
Threats to KBA
Conservation actions In (IUCN Classification Needed Notes place Scheme)
1.1 Site/area protection Yes Some traditional sacred groves are protected
2.1 Site/area management Yes
3.1 Species management Yes For AZE plant species
3.2 Species recovery Yes For AZE plant species
4.1 Formal education Yes Yes SEEK run education for students and public
4.2 Training Yes
4.3 Awareness & Yes communications
5.3 Private sector standards & Yes For mining and quarrying codes
For mining and quarrying. Implementation of Wetland (Conservation and 5.4 Compliance and Yes Management) Act 2010 & Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act enforcement 1974.
Conservation actions for KBA
Conservation actions In (IUCN Classification Needed Notes place Scheme)
1.1 Site/area protection Yes Some traditional sacred groves are protected 2.1 Site/area management Yes
3.1 Species management Yes For AZE plant species
3.2 Species recovery Yes For AZE plant species
4.1 Formal education Yes Yes SEEK run education for students and public
4.2 Training Yes
4.3 Awareness & Yes communications
5.3 Private sector standards & Yes For mining and quarrying codes
For mining and quarrying. Implementation of Wetland (Conservation and 5.4 Compliance and Yes Management) Act 2010 & Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act enforcement 1974.
Food Security
Other
Used for food security Score Notes
1. Subsistence
Optional/alternative 1
Essential staple 2
Emergency 0
2. Commercial
Local 2
Regional 1
National 0 3.Migrant fishers 0
Notes For many taxonomic groups
The aquatic plants Eriocaulon kannurense Sunil 2012 and Eriocaulon madayiparense Swapna, Rajesh, Manju & Prakashkumar 2012 are endemic to this KBA, but are not assessed on the IUCN Red List. The laterite Other biodiversity subterranean systems are also important areas for many invertebrates (e.g. shrimps and copepods) with many possible endemic species.
Protected areas overview
1. Balakrishnan, V.C., Palot, M.J. and Rajesh, K.P. 2010. Obersvations on the flora of Madayipara, a midland laterite hill in Kannur District, Kerala. Malabar Trogon. 8 (2&3). 2. River Research Centre. 2013. Report on Monitoring of Fish Diversity of Rivers in Kerala. Kerala State Biodiversity Board, Thiruvananthapuram. 98 pp. References 3. Sunil, C.N., Narayanan, M.K.R., Nadakumar, M.K., Sujana, K.A., Joseph, J.P. and Kumar, A. 2013. Eriocaulon kannurense (Eriocaulaceae), a new species from Kerala, India. International Journal of Plant, Animal and Environmental Sciences 3(2):116-120. 4. Swapna, M.M., Rajesh, K.P., Manju, C.N. and Prakashkumar, R. 2012. Eriocaulon madayiparaense (Eriocaulaceae) - a new species from the foothills of the Western Ghats, India. Phytokeys 10:19-23.
Ali, A., Amitha Bachan, K.H., Anatha, L., Dahanukar, N., Jayachandran, K.V., Molur, S., Nameer, P.O., Acknowledgments Raghavan, R., Subbramanian, K.A., Rehel, S.M. and Vinod, T.R.
* Potential KBA stakeholders have not been contacted in any official capacity nor have they endorsed the KBA – they are a list of potential stakeholders to inform any organisation or individual who may want to undertake conservation activities on freshwater biodiversity in this KBA