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AGENDA |
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| Motto | Preserving the fauna and flora of the hills is the main agenda of the council. The motto of the council is, "Health of the Hills is wealth of the plains". Meaning that the forests are the source of precipitation that fills the streams and are a source of water for the rain shadow state of Tamil Nadu. | |
Save
the Sholas |
The
wet temperate forests of these hills are known as Sholas in native Tamil
, meaning natural prime forests. These are the lifeline for the streams
and rivers including tributaries of Rivers Cauvery and Vaigai that flow
eastward from the Western Ghats and Palni Hills.
The sholas are interspersed with grasslands - these are the home for Gaur- Bos gaurus the largest bovine animal in the world according to wildlife biologists. To achieve the objective of promoting or sustaining the vegetation of the hills, the council has been establishing tree plantations in co-operation with local communities and farmers for the past decade. This has the broad objective of meeting the fuel; fodder and timber needs of the population so that they need not cut the trees from forest. |
| Tree Nurseries | The
council has 15 Tree Nurseries and provide planting stock of about 300,000
trees each year. The nurseries provide meaningful employment to around
50 women in rural areas throughout the year. The tree nurseries of the
council propagate about 70 species of native trees in farmers' fields in
co-operation with local communities. The noteworthy among these are
Rosewood - Dalbergia latifolia and Red Sanders - Pterocarpus santalinus. |
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Preserving
diversity of species |
The efforts are to spread diversity as opposed to monocultural plantations of the Forest Department. The plains tree growing venture uses species that are hardy and drought tolerant and is dependent on species like Hardwickia binata and Albizzia amara. At middle altitudes the nurseries propagate species like Gmelina arborea and Acrocarpus fraxinifolius. On top of the hills the Council works towards establishing orchards of temperate fruits like pears and plums along with species like Cupresses, Alnus and Prunus cerasoides. |
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