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Ecorestoration of Banni Grassland 2 Ecorestoration of Banni Grassland First Annual Technical Report PROJECT TEAM PROJECT COORDINATOR Prof. Y. D. Singh PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR Dr. V. Vijay Kumar RESEARCH BIOLOGISTS Ishwar Lal Patel Yogesh K. Sharma Suresh V. Dangar Dr. S.V. Subba Rao Gujarat Institute of Desert Ecology PATWADI NAKA BHUJ, KACHCHH, GUJARAT, 370 001, INDIA December, 1998
PREFACE Ecorestoration of Banni Grassland Banni, a vast stretch of 3847 Km 2 area, located along the northern border of Kachchh district of Gujarat state supports a good number of livestock from Kachchh and other districts of the state and also neighbouring states like Maharashtra and Rajasthan. Today this area is severely degraded due to increasing salinity, overgrazing, climatic abnormalities and alarming invasion of Prosopis juliflora. This situation is evident from the fact that the human and livestock population of the area decreased by 25 and 47 per cent respectively. To over come the existing issues, many developmental projects have been implemented in the area with a view to improve the socio-economic conditions of the people. However, results were not very satisfactory, because these efforts did not ensure the involvement of people and had ignored the ecological fragility of the region. Gujarat Ecology Commission (GEC), therefore, decided to make a novel and eco-friendly intervention to improve the living standards of Banni people under the Border Area Development Programme (BADP) of the Government of Gujarat. GEC, after a series of interactions with the Banni people, laid out the plan for the development of Banni, while the implementation of that plan was carried out through Gujarat Institute of Desert Ecology (GUIDE) and Vivekananda Research and Training Institute (VRTI). Though the project activities commenced since late 1995, due to severe drought in 1995 and 1996, the actual results of the restoration work were visualised only in 1997. The present report deals with the one year recovery of the restoration sites located at Bhirandiyara and Dhordo and the comparative productive status of unprotected and Prosopis juliflora infested grassland areas of Banni. It also describes the pilot restoration activities carried at Bhirandiyara (reclamation of saline land by GUIDE) and Dhordo (development of degraded land by VRTI) villages of Banni to demonstrate the ways to improve the saline and degraded lands. The restoration activities are in progress, however, the results obtained after the 1997 monsoon is summarised in the present report. The results of the study enhance our hope of improving such areas. I hope the present report will help the researchers, planners and development agencies to understand the effects of proper management in puts on the development of degraded and saline lands. Y.D.Singh Director 3
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Page 7 and 8: S N Title LIST OF TABLES Ecorestora
Page 9 and 10: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Gujarat Ecology C
Page 11 and 12: 1. INTRODUCTION Man’s relationshi
Page 13 and 14: Gujarat State. Due to scanty and hi
Page 15 and 16: a study to assess and understand th
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Page 19 and 20: 3. RESTORATION APPROACH As a pilot
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Page 23 and 24: 4. METHODOLOGY The vegetation data
Page 25 and 26: 5. RESULTS 5.1 COVER The phenology
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Page 29 and 30: Table 6: Grass and Herbaceous Speci
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Page 33 and 34: Species Table 10: Frequency Occurre
Page 35 and 36: S. No Species 5.4 SPECIES DOMINANCE
Page 37 and 38: Table 16: Association Index of Bhir
Page 39 and 40: Cenchrus sp. and Dichanthium annula
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Page 47 and 48: 5.8 SALINITY VS GRASS BIOMASS PRODU
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7. CONSTRAINTS A study Committee of
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9. REFERENCES Acker, S. A, 1990. Ve
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Maranga, F. K. 1984. Influence of A
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