TY  - BOOK
AU  - Alex, Anu (PA201716)
AU  - Bhargava, Akshay (Guide)
TI  - Identifying and studying the impacts of villages within a protected area (Also available on CD)
U1  - LA TH-0311 
PY  - 2018///
N1  - CONTENTS
Acknowledgements   11 
Contents .13 
List of Tables   15 
List of Figures.17 
List of Maps.19 
1. Background    23 
1.1 Ecological Balance.23 
1.2 National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary   23 
1.2.1 Importance of National Parks    24 
1.2.2 Importance of Wildlife Sanctuaries    24 
2. Protected Area    24 
2.1 Categories of Protected Area   24 
2.1.1 Anthropogenic Impacts on Protected Areas   26 
2.1.2 Sources of Pressure on Wildlife and Causes for their Extinction   26 
2.1.3 Biotic Pressure and their impacts on Natural Resources   26 
2.1.4 Biotic Disturbances  26 
2. Synopsis.27 
3. Literature Study   29 
3.1 Barda Wildlife Sanctuary, Porbandar, Gujarat.29 
3.2 Threats to the Barda Ecosystem   30 
3.3 Solutions benefiting the Barda wildlife Sanctuary : .30 
4. Study of Natural Elements   31 
4.1 Introduction to Site   31 
4.2 Location: 32 
4.3 Climate 32 
4.4 Rainfall.33 
4.5 Elevation .33 
4.6 Slope Analysis:.34 
4.5 Geology  35 
4.6 Soil texture and depth    36 
4.7 Hydrology   37 
4.7.1 Watershed    38 
4.7.2 Water Holes   38 
4.8 Vegetation   38 
4.8.1 Evergreen vegetation 39 
4.8.2 Semi-evergreen Vegetation . 40 
4.8.3 Deciduous Forest 40 
4.8.4 Scrubland  40
4.8.5 Agriculture 40 
4.9 Land use  41 
4.10 Animal Habitat  42 
4.10.1 Food    42 
4.10.2 Cover 42 
4.10.3 Space .42 
4.10.4 Water   42 
4.10.5 Behavior of each animal    43 
4.11 Endangered species .44 
4.11.1 Food species and their availabilty calender   45 
4.11.2 Current scenario of the Giant Squirrel   45 
4.12 Avifauna    46 
4.12 Soil Susceptibility .47 
5. Village   48 
5.1 Role and Relationship of Man with Nature     48 
5.2 Scenario of Bhimashankar Wildlife Sanctuary    48 
5.3 Introduction of villages in the sanctuary    49 
5.4 Village Census parameters   50 
5.5 Map showing the villages having higher no. of households   52 
5.5 Graph showing no. of households and Total population.52 
5.5 Comparative Study of Major villages    53 
Table 4 Comparative study     54 
Source: Wild forest division, Pune Book on Indain Giant squirrel  
6. Proposal . 55 
6.1 Ahupe Village   55 
6.1.1 Natural layers 55 
6.2 Bhimashankar Village    58 
6.2.1 Natural layers 58 
7.References 
8. Bibliography 
9. Annexure14 



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