HABITATS: Tropical secondary scrub/dry deciduous forest  JURISDICTION: Karnataka Forest Department IBA CRITERIA:
Oriental White-backed Vulture Gyps bengalensis Long billed Vulture Gyps indicus Yellow-throated Bulbul Pycnonotus xantholaemus
PROTECTION STATUS: Wildlife Sanctuary THREATS AND CONSERVATION ISSUESOVERGRAZING: PersistantSurrounding villages are entirely depending on this forest for their livestock grazing ILLEGAL MINING: Persistant Sand and boulders mining could not be stoppedENCROACHMENT: Persistant FIREWOOD/TIMBER COLLECTION: Persistant Patrolling, Cattle preventing trenches, demarking the forest and agricultural fields has not improved the situation |
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Melkote |