{"id":2923,"date":"2021-01-02T12:01:01","date_gmt":"2021-01-02T06:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.classiciasacademy.com\/blog\/?p=2923"},"modified":"2021-01-02T12:01:31","modified_gmt":"2021-01-02T06:31:31","slug":"a-conservation-plan-for-kolar-bats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.classiciasacademy.com\/blog\/a-conservation-plan-for-kolar-bats\/","title":{"rendered":"A Conservation Plan for Kolar Bats"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>In News<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Karnataka Forest Department is pushing for a conservation\nplan to save a bat species found only in the Kolar region of Karnataka from\ngetting extinct. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>In-Detail<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>The Kolar\nLeaf-nosed bat is found only in two caves of the Hanumanahalli village in Kolar\nDistrict of Karnataka. <\/strong><\/li><li>For some unknown reasons, bats in one cave have gone\nlocally extinct. <\/li><li>Now, the KArnataka Forest Department and<strong> Bat Conservation India Trust (BCIT)<\/strong>\nare working on a conservation plan on a war footing to save the bat species\nfrom getting extinct. <\/li><li>BCIT is drawing up the conservation plan and a grant\nhas been awarded to conduct research on the bat species. <\/li><li>The funding has been provided by the <strong>Habitats Trust.<\/strong><\/li><li>The State Government came to know about the extinction\nof the bats in one cave when a research was conducted by Osmania University in\n2014. <\/li><li>Then, the government had immediately notified the 30\nacres around the caves as a protected area.<\/li><li><strong>Kolar Leaf-Nosed\nBat is an endemic species. <\/strong><\/li><li>Very little is known about the species &#8211; its diet,\necology, behaviour, and what would be the impact on the bats if the cropping\npattern changes in the region.<\/li><li>In India, there are 130 species of bats, yet we know\nlittle about these mammals.<\/li><li>Bats are very adaptable creatures. Hence they are not\nshy of living close to human habitations with many are found even in urban\nsettlements, which makes them vulnerable. <\/li><li>Due to some recent incidents, bats have gained a bad\nreputation as carriers of diseases. <\/li><li><strong>But, bats are\nabsolutely crucial for the ecology as they are pollinators, their main diet\nbeing nectar. <\/strong><\/li><li>Plants that bloom at night are predominantly dependent\non bats and moths for pollination. <\/li><li>Bats also act as <strong>protectors\nof crops as they help in insect control.<\/strong><\/li><li>In the caves of Hanumanahalli, there are three to five\nspecies of bats of which leaf-nosed is one. <\/li><li>As per current estimates, there are only 150 Kolar\nLeaf-Nosed Bats left in the caves. <\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>In News The Karnataka Forest Department is pushing for a conservation plan to save a bat species found only in the Kolar region of Karnataka <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.classiciasacademy.com\/blog\/a-conservation-plan-for-kolar-bats\/\" title=\"A Conservation Plan for Kolar Bats\">    [read more]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2924,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.9 - 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