09 Nov 2024        15:15:19 pm

Environmental Ecology

Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary

Tags : Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary

Topic: Protected Areas

Why in the news?

• The Karnatake Forest Minister has said the State government will set up an elephant camp in Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary and announced an elephant soft release centre in 2,000 hectares of forest to mitigate human-elephant conflict in parts of Shivamogga, Hassan, and Chikkamagaluru districts.

Source: The Hindu 

About Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary:

• It is situated in the midst of the Western Ghats region of Karnataka.
• The reserve is unique as it is nestled within several hill ranges. The habitat has a good population of elephants and is also an Elephant Reserve.
• It boasts of a substantial tiger population and as such the sanctuary was declared the 25th Project Tiger reserve of India in 1998.
• It is drained by the river Bhadra and its tributaries.
• It has dry-deciduous, moist-deciduous, shola, and semi-evergreen patches.
• Teak, Rosewood, Mathi, Honne, Nandi and many medicinal plants are found here.
• Tiger, Leopard, Leopard cat, Dholes, Indian Civet, ungulates like Gaur, Sambar and Barking Deer are commonly seen.

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