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Biodiversity Heritage Sites
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Guidelines for Selection and Management of the Biodiversity Heritage Sites |
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Declared Biodiversity Heritage Sites |
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Name of the Site |
Nallur Tamarind Grove |
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Name of the District |
Bengaluru |
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Taluk |
Devanahalli |
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Area |
54 acres |
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Importance of the area |
It is popularly believed to be a
relic of the Chola Dynasty that ruled nearly 800
years ago, is spectacle of awesome wonder and a
freakish site. This BHS spread over 54 acres
comprising a population of nearly 300 trees, is a
picture of dynamic pattern of plant diversity. The
significant component of this popular structure is a
group of old plants standing like ageless sentinels,
firmly rooted to the ground with their gigantic
trunks, along with large picturesque crowns spread
very high and aloft like open wings. |
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Government Notification |
Aaapaji 154 ENV 2006, B'lore
dt.24.01.2007 |
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Name of the Site |
Hogrekan |
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Name of the District |
Chikmagalur |
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Taluk |
Kadur |
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Gram Panchayat |
Balliganuru |
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Area |
2508.15 acres |
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Importance of the area |
The area has unique Shola vegetation
and grass land with number of floral species which
are unique and having lot of medicinal value.
Hogrekan is moderately wooded land and its
vegetation is of dry deciduous type and has a link
with Bababudanagiri and Kemmangundi, adjoining
Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary and Yemmedode Tiger
Reserve and serving as "Wildlife Corridor" between
Kudremukha and Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary.
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Government Notification |
No.FEE.35 ENV 2009 dated 4.9.2010 |
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Name of the Site |
University of Agricultural Sciences,
GKVK Campus, Bengaluru |
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Name of the District |
Bengaluru |
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Area |
167 hectares |
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Importance of the area |
The GKVK campus is considered one of
the greenest areas in Bengaluru. Biological
diversity of this campus constitutes a critical
repository of various forms of flora and fauna
(including 13 sp of mammals, 10 sp of reptiles, 165
sp of birds and 530 sp of plants) which needs to be
protected nurtured to posterity. |
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Government Notification |
No.FEE.132 ENV 2009 dated 2.9.2010 |
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