Sri Ananth Hegde Ashisara is an environmentalist from Uttara Kannada District, Karnataka, India and Chairman, Karnataka Biodiversity Board, Government of Karnataka.
Ananth Hegde Ashisara | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Environmentalist |
Fight to protect Western Ghat
editMr. Ashisara is also the former Chairperson of Western Ghats Task Force (WGTF) and is involved in protection of environment, especially Western Ghats, a World Heritage site.[1] He is also convenor of Vriksh Raksha Andolan, a group of people from Malenadu dedicated to protect environment. He is involved in people's movement against mining activities in and around Ambaragudda hill range of Western Ghats located in Shimoga District, Karnataka.[2]
He has put efforts to get arboreal heritage tag to 10 old trees of Karnataka, which include Big Banyan tree, Bangalore (400 years old), Adansonia digitata - Malvaceae, Bijapur Taluk (600 years old), "Pilali" tree Ficus micro corpus, Banavasi, Uttara Kannada etc.[1] He expressed concern over safety of nuclear energy in the wake of damage experienced by nuclear power projects in Japan tsunami (2010).[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "10 ancient trees named arboreal heritage". Deccan Herald (Bangalore). 4 August 2010. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
- ^ "Andolan seeks restoration of ban on mining at Ambargudda". The Hindu. 17 August 2005. Archived from the original on 17 January 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
- ^ Pinto, Stanley. "Task force concerned". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
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