A preliminary assessment of faunal mortality on a road through Mannur Reserve Forest, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, India

Year 2023, Volume: 16 Issue: 3, 173 - 179, 15.12.2023

Yoseph Chezhian , Prabakaran Sarangan , Muzafar Riyaz , Chidambaram Tamilselvan

https://doi.org/10.46309/biodicon.2023.1258866

Abstract

Many studies have shown that anthropological acts driven by human demands have led to the extinction of numerous plant and animal species, or have put them in danger of becoming extinct. Deforestation is a serious occurrence that damages the ecosystem permanently, reduces biodiversity, and interferes with an entire ecological niche's capacity to function. Evidence on the causes and impacts of vehicle mobility in a forest reserve area is provided by the present research. Animal mortality was shown to be higher during the lockdown with traffic relaxation and somewhat lower during the lockdown without relaxation. The present study shows how unregulated automobile access into the Mannur Protected Forest results in significant faunal fatalities. The state has to be persuaded to exclusively adopt Good Environmental Practices (GEP) while constructing roads through the forest, and the appropriate authorities must keep an eye on the movement of automobiles through the remote forest zone.

Keywords

road mortality, fauna, reserve forest, kanchipuram district, tamil nadu

Supporting Institution

Jeevan Research Foundation, Chennai- 600056, Tamil Nadu, India

Mannur Rezerv Ormanı, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, Hindistan'dan geçen bir yolda fauna ölümlerinin ön değerlendirmesim

Abstract

Birçok araştırma, insan taleplerine dayalı antropolojik eylemlerin, çok sayıda bitki ve hayvan türünün yok olmasına veya yok olma tehlikesiyle karşı karşıya kalmasına yol açtığını göstermiştir. Ormansızlaşma, ekosisteme kalıcı olarak zarar veren, biyoçeşitliliği azaltan ve tüm ekolojik nişin işlev görme kapasitesine müdahale eden ciddi bir olaydır. Bir orman koruma alanındaki araç hareketliliğinin nedenleri ve etkilerine ilişkin kanıtlar bu araştırma tarafından sağlanmaktadır. Hayvan ölümlerinin, tecrit sırasında gevşeme ile daha yüksek ve gevşeme olmadan tecrit sırasında biraz daha düşük olduğu gösterildi. Bu çalışma, Mannur Koruma Altındaki Ormana düzensiz otomobil erişiminin nasıl önemli faunal ölümlere yol açtığını göstermektedir. Devlet, ormanın içinden yollar inşa ederken yalnızca İyi Çevresel Uygulamaları (GEP) benimsemeye ikna edilmeli ve uygun makamlar, uzak orman bölgesinde otomobillerin hareketine göz kulak olmalıdır.

Keywords

karayolu ölümleri, fauna, rezerv ormanı, kanchipuram bölgesi, tamil nadu

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