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Biodiversity Heritage Sites in India. How many Biodiversity Heritage Sites in India

March 28, 2020 by Vijay Choudhary Leave a Comment

Biodiversity Heritage Sites in India. How many Biodiversity Heritage Sites in India. List of Biodiversity Heritage Sites in India. Total number of Biodiversity Heritage Sites in India is 12. 

Introduction

“Biodiversity Heritage Sites” (BHS) are well defined areas that are unique, ecologically fragile ecosystems – terrestrial, coastal and inland waters and, marine  having rich biodiversity comprising of any one or more of the following components: richness of wild as well as domesticated species or intra-specific categories, high endemism, presence of rare and threatened species, keystone species, species of evolutionary significance, wild ancestors of domestic/ cultivated species or their varieties, past pre-eminence of biological components represented by fossil beds and having significant cultural, ethical or aesthetic values and are important for the maintenance of cultural diversity, with or without a long history of human association with them.

Declared Biodiversity Heritage Sites

1.

Name of the SiteNallur Tamarind Grove
Name of the DistrictBengaluru
TalukDevanahalli
Area54 acres
Importance of the areaIt 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.
Government NotificationAaapaji 154 ENV 2006, B’lore dt.24.01.2007

2.

Name of the SiteHogrekan
Name of the DistrictChikmagalur
TalukKadur
Gram PanchayatBalliganuru
Area2508.15 acres
Importance of the areaThe 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.
Government NotificationNo.FEE.35 ENV 2009 dated 4.9.2010

3.

Name of the SiteUniversity of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK Campus, Bengaluru
Name of the DistrictBengaluru
Area167 hectares
Importance of the areaThe 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.
Government NotificationNo.FEE.132 ENV 2009 dated 2.9.2010

4.

Name of the SiteAmbaraguda
Name of the DistrictShimoga
Area3857.12 hectares
Importance of the areaIt is a revenue land located between Sharavathi Wild Life Sanctuary and Someshwara Wildlife Sanctuary. It has Shola vegetation which is primitive vegetation in the Western Ghat and also has grasslands.
Government Notification2011

5.

Name of the SiteGlory of Allapalli
Name of the StateMaharashtra
Name of the DistrictGadchiroli
Taluk—
Area6 hectares
Importance of the areaIt is a reserved forest being preserved as natural forest having biological, ethinical and historical values.
Government NotificationNo.WLP.0914/C.R.317/M-1 dated 15th July 2014

6.

Name of the SiteTonglu BHS under the Darjeeling Forest Division
Name of the StateWest Bengal
Name of the DistrictDarjeeling
Taluk—
Area230 hectares
Importance of the areaIt is a Medicinal Plant Conservation Areas
Government NotificationNo.716-ENT/T-11-7/003-ii/2003 dated 20th March, 2015

7.

Name of the SiteDhotrey BHS under the Darjeeling Forest Division
Name of the StateWest Bengal
Name of the DistrictDarjeeling
Taluk—
Area180 hectares
Importance of the areaIt is a Medicinal Plant Conservation Areas
Government NotificationNo.716-ENT/T-11-7/003-ii/2003 dated 20th March, 2015

8.

Name of the SiteDialong Village
Name of the StateManipur
Name of the DistrictTamenglong
Taluk—
Area11.35 Sq.km
Importance of the area—
Government NotificationNo.24/3/2017-For &ENVT dt. 23rd May, 2017

9.

Name of the SiteAmeenpur lake
Name of the StateTelangana
Name of the DistrictSangareddy
TalukAmeenpur
Area—
Importance of the area—
Government Notification449/EFS&T (FOR.II) Department, dated 21.11.2016

10.

Name of the SiteMajuli 
Name of the StateAssam
Name of the DistrictMajuli
Taluk—
Area875 Sq.km
Importance of the areaIt is an island situated in the Brahmaputra River which is harboring unique Ecological and Cultural Heritage.
Government NotificationFRW 57/2005/Vol.II/14 dated 29th March, 2017

11.

Name of the SiteGhariyal Rehabilitation Centre 
Name of the StateUttar Pradesh
Name of the DistrictLucknow
TalukKukrail Reserve Forest
Area10 Hectares
Importance of the areaIt is a centre established for conservation and rehabilitation of critically endangered species of Gharial.
Government Notification1348/XVI-5-2016-15/2016 dated 11th August, 2016

12.

Name of the SiteChilkigarh Kanak Durga 
Name of the StateWest Bengal
Name of the DistrictJhargram
TalukChilkigarh
Area55.9 Acres (Perimeter Of 1,969 Meters)
Importance of the areaChilkigarh Kanak Durga Sacred Grove is a remnant forest with traditional beliefs and taboos of local inhabitants and rich in biodiversity covering an area of 55.9 acres in Jhargram District of West Bengal.
Government NotificationNo. 926/EN/T-II-7/003-II/2003 dt 16th April 2018

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