{"id":49838,"date":"2023-03-23T14:08:35","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T14:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kodagufirst.in\/?p=49838"},"modified":"2023-03-23T14:15:32","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T14:15:32","slug":"harangi-to-get-karnatakas-first-biodiversity-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kodagufirst.in\/?p=49838","title":{"rendered":"Harangi to get Karnataka\u2019s first biodiversity park"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kodagufirst.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/biodiversityKF23mar2023.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49842\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.kodagufirst.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/biodiversityKF23mar2023.jpeg 650w, http:\/\/www.kodagufirst.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/biodiversityKF23mar2023-300x185.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Madikeri: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The work to develop the first biodiversity park of the state was launched in Harangi, by laying the foundation stone on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Legislator Appachu Ranjan, who conducted the \u2018bhoomipooja\u2019 for the biodiversity park work, said, \u201cIndia is the biggest exporter of medicinal herbs. The new park will help us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said that a medicinal herbal park will also be opened in Bhagamandala soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMedicinal plants are needed to cure diseases. Also, the environment will be healthy if there is enough greenery,\u201d he pointed out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Karnataka Biodiversity Board chairperson Napanda Ravi Kalappa, who presided over the ceremony in Harangi, said that a master plan of building a model medicinal garden in the district was readied by the Board. The park is also being launch to conserve the richness of the flora of Kodagu, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Karnataka Biodiversity Board intends to establish similar parks in every panchayat of Kodagu. The Coorg Mandarin used to be an exclusive plant to Kodagu, but is virtually not to be found anywhere now. Research is now being conducted to promote this species,\u201d Kalappa said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">source: http:\/\/www.english.varthabharati.in \/ Vartha Bharati \/ Home> Karnataka \/ March 18th, 2023<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Madikeri: The work to develop the first biodiversity park of the state was launched in Harangi, by laying the foundation stone on Friday. Legislator Appachu Ranjan, who conducted the \u2018bhoomipooja\u2019 for the biodiversity park work, said, \u201cIndia is the biggest exporter of medicinal herbs. The new park will help us.\u201d He said that a medicinal &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kodagufirst.in\/?p=49838\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Harangi to get Karnataka\u2019s first biodiversity park<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77,4,5,6,29,8,11,12,14],"tags":[1175,2056,1005,1359,2053,2054,2055],"class_list":["post-49838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-agriculture","category-amazing-feats","category-arts-culture-entertainment","category-business-economy","category-famous-personalities-of-kodagu-coorg","category-green-initiatives-environment","category-leaders","category-nature","category-records-all","tag-appachu-ranjan","tag-harangi-to-get-karnatakas-first-biodiversity-park","tag-kodagu-district","tag-kodagu-first","tag-napanda-ravi-kalappa","tag-napanda-ravi-kalappa-chairperson-karnataka-biodiversity-board","tag-the-coorg-mandarin"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kodagufirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kodagufirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kodagufirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kodagufirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kodagufirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49838"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.kodagufirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49838\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49845,"href":"http:\/\/www.kodagufirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49838\/revisions\/49845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kodagufirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kodagufirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kodagufirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}