Copy of bcp 18112011 English - Natural Justice

The biocultural community protocol of maldharis of banni6Banni has a rich avianpopulation of more than 200species of resident andmigratory birds. Banniwildlife includes the blue bull,chinkara, Indian hare, jackal,the grey wolf, caracal, hyenaand jungle cat. Reptilesinclude the spiny tailedlizard,common monitorlizard, vipers, sand snakes andblind snakes.Legend has it that a great sage Dhoramnath meditated, on his head, for 12 longyears atop the mighty Dhinodar mountain of Kachchh. The Gods blessed him withan ability to burn and lay waste whatever came in the line of his sight when heopened his eyes after meditation. Before opening his eyes he asked his disciple toturn his head in the direction where he would cause the least harm to livingbeings. His disciple turned Dhoramnath's head in the north towards the shallowsea and Rann (salt desert). When the sage opened his eyes, he burned the shallowsea and the Rann away, leaving behind fertile land on which rich grasses begangrow. Pastoralists from as far away as Baluch and Haleb in Afghanistan camein search of this grassland that they called Banni, derived from the Kachchhiword Bannai meaning 'that which was created' leading to the saying “rann sebanni hui” (the Banni was created from the salt d e s e r t ) .