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Invasive weeds threaten tiger habitats in Adilabad
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- As per forest officials in Adilabad, propagation of invasive weeds does not allow the grasses palatable to wild herbivores to grow which in turn prevents influx of tigers from forests across the maharashtra border.
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- The weeds affect population of herbivores which are prey to big cats.
- In 1992 at the Rio De Janeiro Convention on Biodiversity “the biological invasion of alien species of plants” was recognised as the second worst threat to the environment after habitat destruction.
- But nothing was done subsequently to contain the spread of invasive weed species in environmentally-sensitive areas like Adilabad.
- The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) states that
- Each contracting Party shall, as far as possible and as appropriate, prevent the introduction of, control or eradicate those alien species which threaten ecosystems, habitats or species”.
Sources
The Hindu