The high altitude wildlife areas of western Arunachal Pradesh

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Chapter 3 Fig. 2. The proposed high altitude wildlife reserve (shaded region) covering parts of Tawang and West Kameng districts, Arunachal Pradesh. g) Forest Clearings (FCL): Large areas of CBF and BLF have been cleared and burnt to create grazing land. These meadows and scrubland in forest clearings seem to be maintained by livestock grazing. They are grazed by cattle, mithun, cattle-mithun hybrids, and cattle-yak hybrids. These clearings contain several graminoids and forbs, as well as shrubs such as Rosa and Berberis. Herbs include Anaphalis, Potentilla, Sambucus, Rumex, Senecio etc. Vegetation map A map of the vegetation in areas > 2750 m is shown in Fig. 1. HGM (21 % of the area) and CBL (20 %) were the most extensive vegetation types. Permafrost (above 5250) constituted 5 % of the total area mapped. Vegetation in a significant proportion of the area (30 %) remained unclassified. The areas covered by the other vegetation types included DRM at 5 %, RSL 1%, BLF 11 %, and FCL 6 %. Problems are evident in the classification of FCL, which appears to encompass a wide range of disparate habitats ranging from settled agriculture and cut-and-burned pastures in forests to naturallyopen riverine stretches. A ground truthing of this map is essential before it is further refined. Proposed wildlife reserve A total of 474 basins, ranging in size from 0.6 ha to 7294 ha, upstream of Mago Chu and Gorja Chu, were identified for inclusion in the proposed protected area (Fig. 2). This area totals 815 km² and encompasses an elevational range of 2400 m to > 6400 m. Indeed, the conservation importance of one part of the proposed reserve (Mago Chu) 22
Mapping was expressed more than a decade back by Singh, who had recorded 48 bird species and 10 mammal species in the area during a short visit 1 . References 1. Singh, P. (1991) A preliminary faunal survey in Thingbu Circle Towang District, Arunachal Pradesh. Arunachal Forest News, 9, 13-22. 23
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