Plans afoot to uproot lantana from Bandipur, BRT reserve
The Hindu
Activists fear it will involve large-scale deployment of men and machinery
There are plans to uproot lantana spread over 70,000 hectares of forests in BRT Tiger Reserve and Bandipur during the course of next five years.
While the BRT Tiger Reserve has notified the expression of interest to uproot lantana over 20,000 hectares of forest, the target for Bandipur is 50,000 hectares. However, the expression of interest for Bandipur is yet to be notified though it is ready and is expected to be floated in due course. A vast swathe of wildlife habitat in Bandipur, BRT Hills, M.M. Hills, and Nagarahole have been invaded by lantana which is inedible and degrades the ecosystem.
But there are concerns that uprooting it on such a scale will entail disturbance to the forest as it will involve deployment of a large number of men and machinery.
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