{"id":100788,"date":"2021-04-09T17:34:14","date_gmt":"2021-04-09T12:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=100788"},"modified":"2021-04-09T19:52:59","modified_gmt":"2021-04-09T14:22:59","slug":"odisha-government-proposes-mahendragiri-biosphere-reserve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/odisha-government-proposes-mahendragiri-biosphere-reserve\/","title":{"rendered":"Odisha Government Proposes &#8220;Mahendragiri Biosphere Reserve&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><strong>What is the news<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>The Odisha government submits a proposal to establish the Mahendragiri biosphere reserve. It is the 2nd biosphere reserve in the state and situated in the southern part of the state at Mahendragiri hill ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note: <\/strong>Similipal Biosphere Reserve was Odisha\u2019s first such reserve and was notified in 1996.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>About Mahendragiri Biosphere Reserve<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mahendragiri<\/strong> is a hill mountain located in Odisha. The area of the proposed Biosphere Reserve is spread over Gajapati and Ganjam districts in the Eastern Ghats.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Transitional Zone: <\/strong>The hill ecosystem acts as a transitional zone between the flora and fauna of southern India and the Himalayas. Consequently, the region is an ecological estuary of genetic diversity<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mythological Significance:<\/strong> Centre has included Mahendragiri in the Ramayana Circuit. The hilltop has ancient temples of Kunti, Yudhistir, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakul and Sahadev of the Mahabharata.<\/li>\n<li>Besides, the hill has water streams and the origin of the Mahendratanaya River.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Vegetation<\/strong>: There are four types of vegetation of the Mahendragiri hill complex. They are:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li>Sal forests,<\/li>\n<li>mixed forests,<\/li>\n<li>grassland,<\/li>\n<li>scrubs.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Tribe: <\/strong>Some of the major tribes that inhabit Mahendragiri are the Soura tribe, a particularly vulnerable tribal group, also the Kandha tribe.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Flora: <\/strong>Mahendragiri accounts for 40% of the reported flora of Odisha. 29-nine of the 41 species of threatened medicinal plants of Odisha are found in the proposed biosphere reserve area.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fauna: <\/strong>The Indian elephant is the most important animal of Mahendragiri. The other wild animals include the tiger, leopard, hyena, wild bear, deer, antelope, peacock, snake.<\/li>\n<li>Besides, it is home to 165 species of birds, 23 species of snakes, 15 species of amphibians, three species of turtles, and 19 lizards.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-prelims-2020-list-of-biosphere-reserves-in-india\/\"><strong>Click Here to Read about Biosphere Reserves<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downtoearth.org.in\/news\/wildlife-biodiversity\/odisha-government-proposes-state-s-second-biosphere-reserve-at-mahendragiri-76198\"><strong>Down To Earth<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the news The Odisha government submits a proposal to establish the Mahendragiri biosphere reserve. It is the 2nd biosphere reserve in the state and situated in the southern part of the state at Mahendragiri hill ecosystem. Note: Similipal Biosphere Reserve was Odisha\u2019s first such reserve and was notified in 1996. About Mahendragiri Biosphere&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/odisha-government-proposes-mahendragiri-biosphere-reserve\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Odisha Government Proposes &#8220;Mahendragiri Biosphere Reserve&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,9],"tags":[1317],"class_list":["post-100788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-public","tag-env_1","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100788\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}