The 5,678 acres of Hesaraghatta's prairie is ultimately protected from encroachment and development. The Karnataka government recently released the final notice, which recently released the Great Salagata Meadow Conservation Reserve, while conservationists and those who cried hoarsely saved the remaining green areas of the city.
The grassland area of Hesaraghatta forms a unique ecosystem close to Bangalore and supports many species of flora and fauna, many of which are endangered. The area is a large carbohydrate tank in Bangalore and can be a powerful tool to mitigate climate change and cope with rapid urban concreteization. Protecting grasslands can help mitigate the impact of global warming.
The landscape around the lake bed is the last remaining grassland habitat in the Bangalore region and supports unique biodiversity. Therefore, it is necessary to create protected habitats for endangered wildlife species in the surrounding areas.
“Living Laboratory”
Since 2012, he and colleagues have written a report that it is a conservation grassland and its rich biodiversity, Dr. KS Seshadri is a Residence Researcher (ATREE) at Ashoka Ecological and Environmental Research (ATREE) (ATREE) in the city.
“Although it took twenty years, the process has enabled government officials and citizens to work actively for the environment,” said Dr. Seshadri. “Conserving this savanna grassland and wetland ecosystem will provide us with a lung space that plays a vital role in water security, maintaining its rich biodiversity supported in the form of wildlife – animals, birds, birds, insects, insects, butterflies, birds, birds and amphibians – it can become a living laboratory for researchers to study larger climate change issues.”
Areas included under the Wildlife Protection Act of 1972 include Lake Hesaraghatta, and the grasslands in the surrounding water catchment areas are important reservoirs for biodiversity. A survey by Subramanya S. of the Karnataka Biodiversity Commission found that shelters are endangered wildlife species such as leopards, slender lorises, jack wolf, Indian fox, smooth otter, wild boar, common mongoose, common mongoose, black naked hare, Indian moor rat and Indian field mice. In addition, seven different snakes were also observed in the grassland.
The grassland is also home to 285 species of birds, including endangered small wines (Syphilis indicators), 13 species of amphibians and 111 species of butterflies, including lilac silver thread (Aromatherapy Butterflies were seen a century later in Bangalore and only on the Hesaraghatta grassland. About 395 other insect species were also recorded.
The Hesaraghatta landscape is a site for several wintering immigrants from Europe, Central Asia and the Himalayas, including several species of raptors. One of these migratory birds is the larger spotted eagle (Aquila Clanga) There is also the globally threatened red-necked falcon (Falco Chicquera), the IUCN red list has been classified as “easily extinct”.
Overcome obstacles
The grassland is a catchment area for restoring groundwater levels, which makes groundwater charging beneficial to groundwater and will improve groundwater tables, which in turn will benefit thousands of farmers in the surrounding villages. It is also a sponge that absorbs monsoon runoff.
This is a large catchment area of the Arkavathy River and Thippagondanahalli Reservoir and nearby Hesaraghatta Lake and reservoirs. In this regard, ecosystem services in the region will improve water security in Bengaluru and help achieve many of the Sustainable Development Goals. The grassland also provides fresh water for rural birds in the area.
The process of declaring the land a conservative struck many obstacles, including opposition from local politicians and opposition from people who give real estate development in the region.
N. Ravindra Kumar, Deputy Director of the Urban Forests Association of Bangalore, said: “The Ministry of Forests has always agreed to the proposal to declare the grassland as preservation. Thanks to the efforts of our Minister of Forests, Eshvar Khandre, many citizens, our Chief Minister and our Chief Minister, we have made such efforts. [and] The grassland is the lungs, an open space much needed in the concrete jungle. ”
Jagadish Krishnaswamy, Dean of the Institute of Environment and Sustainability of the Institute of Human Settlement in India, said: “The protection and restoration of the Hesragata grassland of Hangarata grassland is very important to the city of Bangalore. This is the first reciprocal meadow in India, with many birds spanning meadows, a reciprocal flock of birds and birds, a group of murm and insects. Land use throughout India.”
Papiya Bhattacharya is a freelance journalist.
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