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ESZ reduction worries environmentalists
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- Stiff resistance to the proposal to reduce the regulated buffer zone around protected areas has failed to move the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC).
- It has gone ahead and given the green signal to reduce the Eco-Sensitive Zone (ESZ) of the Bannerghatta National Park (BNP) by around 100 sq. km.
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- About Bannerghatta National Park:
(1) It is located near Bangalore, Karnataka, was founded in 1970 and declared as a national park in 1974.
(2) In 2002 a portion of the park, became a biological reserve, the Bannerghatta Biological Park.
(3) It is a popular tourist destination with a zoo, a pet corner, an animal rescue centre, a butterfly enclosure, an aquarium, a snake house and a safari park.
(4) The park is part of a wildlife corridor for elephants which connects the BR Hills and the Sathyamangalam forest.
(5) The park is contiguous with Talli reserve forest in the southeast and Bilikal forest in the south.
(6) The Suvarnamukhi stream runs through the national park.
Sources
The Hindu