{"id":124045,"date":"2021-08-06T19:33:33","date_gmt":"2021-08-06T14:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=124045"},"modified":"2021-08-11T16:17:17","modified_gmt":"2021-08-11T10:47:17","slug":"how-to-save-banni-grasslandsfrom-invasive-species-heres-what-a-new-study-suggests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/how-to-save-banni-grasslandsfrom-invasive-species-heres-what-a-new-study-suggests\/","title":{"rendered":"How to save Banni Grasslandsfrom invasive species? Here&#8217;s what a new study suggests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downtoearth.org.in\/news\/wildlife-biodiversity\/how-to-save-banni-grasslands-from-invasive-species-here-s-what-a-new-study-suggests-78298\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Down to Earth<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Relevance: <\/strong>To analyze the findings of the report by ATREE to study the impact on Banni grasslands.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Synopsis: <\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>A study by ATREE (Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology &amp; Environment) &amp; Sahjeevan (Volunteer Organisation) to study the impact of Prosopis Juliflora on Banni Grasslands<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Context:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>Prosopis Juliflora, a non-native tree species, has encroached over half of Banni Grasslands. Although it is harmful to ecology, locals are dependent on it for livelihood, mainly for Charcoal<\/p>\n<h5><strong>When Prosopis Juliflora was introduced in India?\u00a0<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>Prosopis was introduced into India\u2019s arid landscapes in the late 19th century owing to misplaced beliefs that deserts and grasslands were wastelands and hence needed trees.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For Fuelwood availability<\/li>\n<li>And to keep salt flats of Rann of kachchh in check<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>The threat of Prosopis Juliflora<\/strong>:<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>It depletes Groundwater<\/li>\n<li>Increase soil salinity<\/li>\n<li>More susceptible to wildfire<\/li>\n<li>Threat to the habitat of various wildlife, mainly Desert Fox, Houbara Bustard, Spiny Tailed Lizard<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>Adaptation by local communities: <\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>Many of the communities have shifted from Kankrej cows to Buffaloes as they cannot digest Prosopis pods<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Although the main source of livelihood is still Animal Husbandry, people started to make charcoal as an alternative source of livelihood, especially during drought years.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>How Grasslands can be managed: <\/strong>Two methods can be used here<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Mechanical<\/strong>: Use of machines and tractors to remove trees<\/li>\n<li><strong>Loping<\/strong>: Use of machetes to uproot trees that are 10-20 centimetres above the soil level.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Findings of ATREE study<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For Small Scale restoration&#8211;Mechanical removal will be best suited as it can help to increase the diversity of grasslands<\/li>\n<li>For Large Scale Restoration\u2014The mechanical process will be expensive &amp; there is a need to study the impact on local livelihoods as charcoal making is a major source of alternative livelihood<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Way Ahead:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Focusing on ecology alone and ignoring the dynamics of local communities would not be wise.<\/li>\n<li>The needs of local communities should also be incorporated in the solution.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Terms to Know:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"TextRun BCX0 SCXW199198439\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW199198439\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><a class=\"Hyperlink BCX0 SCXW199198439\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/banni-grasslands-ngt-upholds-rights-of-maldharis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"TextRun Underlined BCX0 SCXW199198439\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW199198439\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">Banni grasslands<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Down to Earth Relevance: To analyze the findings of the report by ATREE to study the impact on Banni grasslands. Synopsis: A study by ATREE (Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology &amp; Environment) &amp; Sahjeevan (Volunteer Organisation) to study the impact of Prosopis Juliflora on Banni Grasslands Context: Prosopis Juliflora, a non-native tree species,&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/how-to-save-banni-grasslandsfrom-invasive-species-heres-what-a-new-study-suggests\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How to save Banni Grasslandsfrom invasive species? Here&#8217;s what a new study suggests<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5480,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[8933,235,8932,216,4337],"class_list":["post-124045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-banni-grasslands","tag-ecosystem","tag-grasslands","tag-gs-paper-3","tag-invasive-species","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124045","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\/5480"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124045\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}