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Our Natural HeritageLocal Environment

Human being is just some mass in the universe

Heritage

Property that is or may be inherited; an inheritance.

Valued objects and qualities such as cultural traditions, unspoiled countryside, and historic buildings that have been passed down from...

UNESCO’s World Heritage Biodiversity Programme in India

It was formally launched on 25 July, 2007, by the Honorable Minister of

State, Environment and forest, Government of India, Shri Sevugan Regupathy. at a one-day workshop

held in New Delhi.

The project seeks to conserve the earth’s most spectacular examples of

natural and biological heritage in India, which have been identified as the World Heritage Biodiversity sites

by UNESCO. The project will focus mainly on community participation

in the management of the protected area and capacity building of the

park management. The study area for the project will cover four World Heritage Biodiversity sites- Kaziranga and Manas in Assam, Keoladeo (also sometimes referred to as Ghana) in

Rajasthan and Nanda Devi in Uttaranchal.

Biodiversity Heritage Sites

Name of the Site HogrekanName 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

GEO Research Center~ 200 species of plants in quarter acre of land

All for One - One for All

One cannot live for oneself One can only live for others

Everything on this earth is part of the whole

Experience the energy from sun

Observe water

Appreciate structure and texture of a leaf

Observe the soil and litter

Closely watch and appreciate

every thing on the Earth

Spend some time along a stream / beach

Observe the night sky

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Bone

Brick pieces

Pottaryshards

Biochar /Charcoal

Slag

Quartz

Soil

Pottaryshards

Slag

Shell

LIME MORTAR

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