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Biodiversity Heritage Site
Guidelines for Selection and Management of the Biodiversity Heritage Sites
Declared Biodiversity Heritage Sites
| Name of the Site | Nallur Tamarind Grove |
| Name of the District |
Bengaluru |
| Taluk |
Devanahalli |
| Area |
54 acres |
| 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. |
| Government Notification |
Aaapaji 154 ENV 2006, B'lore dt.24.01.2007 |
| Name of the Site | Hogrekan |
| Name of the District |
Chikmagalur |
| Taluk |
Kadur |
| Gram Panchayat |
Balliganuru |
| Area |
2508.15 acres |
| 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. |
| Government Notification |
No.FEE.35 ENV 2009 dated 4.9.2010 |
| Name of the Site | University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK Campus, Bengaluru |
| Name of the District |
Bengaluru |
| Area |
167 hectares |
| 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. |
| Government Notification |
No.FEE.132 ENV 2009 dated 2.9.2010 |
| Name of the Site | Ambaraguda |
| Name of the District |
Shimoga |
| Area |
3857.12 hectares |
| Importance of the area |
It 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 Notification |
2011 |
| Name of the Site | Glory of Allapalli |
| Name of the State |
Maharashtra |
| Name of the District |
Gadchiroli |
| Taluk |
--- |
| Area |
6 hectares |
| Importance of the area |
It is a reserved forest being preserved as natural forest having biological, ethinical and historical values. |
| Government Notification |
No.WLP.0914/C.R.317/M-1 dated 15th July 2014 |
| Name of the Site | Tonglu BHS under the Darjeeling Forest Division
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| Name of the State |
West Bengal
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| Name of the District |
Darjeeling |
| Taluk |
--- |
| Area |
230 hectares |
| Importance of the area |
It is a Medicinal Plant Conservation Areas
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| Government Notification |
No.716-ENT/T-11-7/003-ii/2003 dated 20th March, 2015 |
| Name of the Site | Dhotrey BHS under the Darjeeling Forest Division
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| Name of the State |
West Bengal
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| Name of the District |
Darjeeling |
| Taluk |
--- |
| Area |
180 hectares |
| Importance of the area |
It is a Medicinal Plant Conservation Areas
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| Government Notification |
No.716-ENT/T-11-7/003-ii/2003 dated 20th March, 2015 |
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