Bannerghatta National Park

Oasis in Concrete Desert

Bannerghatta

Inhabited by……..

And Many Many More……

Challenges in conservation-Hostile sociopolitical environment

Bannerghatta“Breathing for Bangalore”

Consortium of all organisations working for wildlife and forests

• Covering all schools in bangalore• Presentation• Visit to the park• School bags and other stationary for

government schools

Developing a Constituency

Coming Together for Conservation

• Governement programmes like Chinnara Vanya Darshan• An interpretation centre cum lecture

hall• Workshop for teachers

Recipe for conflict

Tragic End

Maintaining the Barriers

Early warning system for barrier monitoring

• A modified camera trap based early warning system with SMS and MMS capabilities for monitoring vulnerable stretches

• Infrasonic detector to detect approaching elephants and warning in advance

• Bioaccoustic units to ward off elephants• Solar fence damage detection warning system

Rapid Response Teams

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