Tag: Nagarahole National Park
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Bheemanakolli Sacred Grove
The Bheemanakolli Sacred Grove is located on a peninsula by the banks of the Kabini river. It consists of two ancient temples dedicated to Lord Shiva and Lord Krishna dating back to the 15th century. This sacred grove is located in between Nagarahole and Bandipur National Parks and was once surrounded by forests and wildlife.…
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Tree Plantation Drive
Land restoration is a key focus of VNP and this year we supported WaterWoods Lodge in planting over 450 trees. We employed local youth and farmers to plant a variety of fruiting, flowering, medicinal and forest trees.
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Snake Management Program
Gerry Martin is a well-known herpetologist who focuses on snake-human conflict in India’s rural landscape. VNP got 7 villagers trained in a snake management program at Gerry’s facility in Hunsur that included theory and practical lessons. Mr. Arjun Kapoor our trustee, also took part in the training. Snake bites kill over 50,000 people a year…
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Livestock Compensation
Livestock are often killed outside the forest, especially by Leopards. The Karnataka Forest Department has a compensation package for farmers who lose their livestock as a result. However, this compensation can take over 6 months to reach the farmer and at times, the farmer poisons the carcass which can kill the wild cat when it…
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Stories of our cultural past to present times
Mr.Srikanth Shastry conducted a program at the main temple of Karapura village bringing together the community and panchayat members. The program covered stories from the Ramayana pertaining to Lava and Kusha and the significance of forests, rivers and wildlife was highlighted from our cultural past to present times.
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Cleaning the banks of the Kapila River in Kabini
Vana Nadi Pashu-Pati engaged the local community to collect over 150kg of trash from the banks of the Kapila River in Kabini. This exercise has sensitized the locals to keeping the river and its banks clean, protecting bird and aquatic life in addition to the aesthetic value it creates.
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Promoting Sports amongst Wildlife Communities
Vana Nadi Pashu-Pati encourages sports as it engages the rural youth, promotes a healthy lifestyle, and fosters team spirit amongst the local communities near forest areas. Volleyball is one of the favorite sports of the local villages near Nagarahole, for which we sponsored two major tournaments in HD Kote and Karapura Village reaching out to…
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Cloud-based education in Kabini
For several years our main donor, IIGM has been supporting a cloud-based education program run by Meghshala Trust in the schools of Kabini. With IIGM’s continued support this academic year, Vana Nadi Pashu-Pati and Meghshala reached out to over 400 children across 6 schools near Nagarahole Tiger Reserve.
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Covid Health Camp
A COVID health camp was conducted at Karapura village to promote medicinal plant remedies as a way to improve immunity for the local communities. Remedies with plants such as Ashwagandha, Guduchi, Tulsi, Triphala, Ginger, Neem and Haldi were promoted as a preventive measure against COVID. Subsequently, a medicinal plant garden was planted near Karapura village…
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Covid Prevention and Protective Measures
To start off with, various health initiatives were taken up in follow up to the COVID pandemic as prevention and protective measures. COVID masks were donated to 2,984 children spread across 17 schools in HD Kote Taluk along with educating the children about COVID protocols