Jogimatti Wildlife Sanctuary

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Jogimatti Wildlife Sanctuary is located in the Chitradurga district of Karnataka. The wooded region of Jogimatti is a hill station and is rich in biodiversity. The area is picturesque, and is relatively compact with a wide range of flora and fauna. It is notified through an official notification on 23 December 2015. [1] Jogimatti Sanctuary covers an area of 100.48 km2 of grasslands and shrub forests, approximately. [2] In the hilly forests of Jogimatti jackals, wolves, sloth bears and leopards roam amidst windmills. [2]

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The Jogimatti forests are home to one of the few wild surviving endangered leopards. In the hilly forests of Jogimatti, Indian jackals, wolves, sloth bears, porcupines, and jungle cats roam amidst windmills. [2] With its contiguous single-block intersperse of hillocks and plains, the Jogimatti forest is known as ‘Ooty of Dryland’. [3]

Background

There is a long-standing demand to clearing the proposal of declaring Kappathagudda as a conservation reserve and the state government, after persistent calls from the activists, notified this ecologically sensitive region as a Wildlife Sanctuary. [3] The hillocks are referred to as Western Ghats of north Karnataka region. [3]

Mining

Activists claim that the government has, for long, did not act against illegal mining activities around the Jogimatti wildlife sanctuary. This has posed a serious threat to wildlife, flora and human habitats. [4] A proposal to declare it as eco-sensitive zone (ESZ) is pending from 2019. [4]

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References

  1. "Jogimatti will be a Wildlife Sanctuary". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
  2. 1 2 3 "Jogimatti declared sanctuary". The Hindu. 2016-01-13. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 2023-12-20.
  3. 1 2 3 Kaggere, Niranjan (May 26, 2016). "Exclusive sanctuary for chinkaras soon". Bangalore Mirror. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
  4. 1 2 "At Jogimatti, mining ban remains on paper as depts not on same page". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 2023-12-20.

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