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	NST fights for tribals
		The Kudremukh National Park is spread over the districts of Chikmangalore, Dakshin Kannada and Udupi.
		Kudremukh has been declared as a national park without taking people into consideration.
		Nagarika Seva Trust (NST) basically organises campaigns against the eviction the tribal inhabitants of Kudremukh National Park (KNP).
	www.digantik.com /Digantik/Templates/kr_ngo_nst.htm

	Wildlife First
		Bhagwathi, a critical land parcel in the heart of Kudremukh National Park was encroached upon 15-20 years ago by eight pastoral families who owned about five hundred heads of cattle that grazed illegally inside the park, posing a threat to wild ungulates.
		Wildlife habitats, like Kudremukh National Park, are fragmented by both legal private landholders and illegal occupants of forestlands.
		The encroached land has once again been merged into the Kudremukh National Park and is being protected by the forest department.
	www.wildlifefirst.info /projects1.htm

	Whats New
		KIOCL is mining in the core area of the Kudremukh National Park, an area generally characterised by "some dense and well preserved evergreen forests^Eand includes shola vegetation typical of the Western Ghats".
		Further, it voiced serious concerns of the Wildlife Division that if mining were to continue in the region, there would be disastrous consequences to wildlife and forests, especially in the Kudremukh National Park and the Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary.
		Background Note to the Protest Campaign against extending the Mining Lease in favour of KIOCL in Kudremukh National Park
	www.ee.duke.edu /~achandra/whatsnew.html

	kudreport.html
		The State Government, for its part, was also required to finalise the notification of the Kudremukh National Park, again within the year.
		KIOCL has been mining in the Aroli and Malleshwara regions of Kudremukh National Park, based ona 30 mining lease, originally granted to National Minerals Development Corporation (NMDC), and which expired in July 1999.
		Today we are at a very crucial juncture, a time when the future of the Kudremukh National Park (KNP) hangs in balance.
	www.angelfire.com /journal/nagini/kudreport.html

	Article
		Further, the Kudremukh issue also combined important issues with regard to the national park, leasing ecologically sensitive lands to the company and final settlement of tribals.
		All these are linked to and revolve around the larger issues of ecology/environment: declaring Kudremukh area as a national park, and issues of tribals and their rights, and ‘Thunga Ulisi’ (‘Save Thunga’).
		However, radical discourse came from the Kudremukh Rastriya Udyana Virodhi Okkuta (KRUVO) (Organisation Against Kudremukh National Park).
	www.epw.org.in /showArticles.php?root=2002&leaf=12&filename=5229&filetype=html

	KUDREMUKH CONCERNS
		A team of experts from the Centre for Ecological Sciences of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc.), Bangalore made a study of the 'Impact of Iron Ore Mining on the Flora and Fauna of Kudremukh National Park and Environs'.
		The application said that the mining was illegal and violative of the court's orders on December 12, 1996 on a writ petition, banning non-forestry activity in forests, and on an interlocutory application dated February 14, 2000, prohibiting the removal of even dead and dying trees and grass from national parks and sanctuaries.
		In September 1987, the Government of Karnataka declared its intention to convert the area into a national park under Section 35(1) of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
	www.flonnet.com /fl1818/18180640.htm

	Who has been undermined?
		Km within the boundary of Kudremukh National Park, a Government of India enterprise is involved in continuous extraction of ore to recover 22.5 million tonnes of concentrate every year.
		The tussle was between the company's plan for extended mining for another 20 years and the stand of the environmentalists that the working of the company was detrimental to the eco-fragile region of Kudremukh, which was hence declared a national park.
		Kudremukh is a company involved in beneficiation of low-grade iron ore like in the present case from about 38% to 67%.
	www.digantik.com /Digantik/Templates/kr_trb_undermined.htm

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		The court also clearly held that the exclusion of the company's land (37 sq kms) while issuing the final notification of the Kudremukh National Park was not in order though the same was being used for mining and comprehensively rejected the company's plea for a 20 year extension and for additional unbroken forest land.
		This clearly demonstrates the adverse impact of mining in Kudremukh on sediment discharge in the Bhadra River and the Bhadra basin far beyond the devastation within the Kudremukh National Park.
		The small sub-catchment at Kudremukh, comprising the mining area, which is less than 6 % of total Bhadra catchment, is contributing 53 - 67% of the total silt load entering the reservoir.
	www.indiabirds.com /discussion/message.asp?MessageID=658

	The Hindu : Karnataka / Mangalore News : Activists suggest plans for Kudremukh mines
		The goal of the management of the Kudremukh National Park is to conserve, preserve and restore the ecosystem of the Western Ghats.
		Ashokvardhan said mining has resulted in irreparable damage to the ecology and illegal roads have been constructed in eco-sensitive areas in the Kudremukh National Park.
		The Comptroller-Auditor General has recorded losses to the forests of Kudremukh to the tune of Rs.
	www.hindu.com /2005/07/19/stories/2005071915990300.htm

	Kudremukh tribals refuse to move out - Deccan Herald
		For the tribal families residing in Kudremukh national park area, the vast forest has been their lifeline and source of existence and they are unwilling to move out even if they are given compensation and rehabilitated elsewhere.
		As most of the tribals are illiterates, successive governments have neglected them and have failed to address their problems", said Mr K N Suresh Bhat, secretary, Nellibeedu Samrakshana Samithi and vice-president of Kudremukh National Park Virodhi Okkoota.
		The tribals, who have been living here for decades have been coexisting with nature and there are instances wherein they have prevented forest fires, he said.
	www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/nov24/s1.asp

	Kudremukh
		To protect the forests and the Bhadra river which flows close to the KIOCL mines, the Kudremukh forest has been declared as a national park, not without great resistance of course.
		This section reflects not only the damages KIOCL has inflicted upon the Western Ghats spread over DK, Udupi districts but also the impact of the creation of the national park on the tribal inhabitants of the Kudremukh forest.
		DK is known for its lush green forests of the Western Ghats and gushing rivers.
	www.digantik.com /Digantik/Templates/kudremukhhome.htm

	Clark Labs News
		India's Western Ghats is one of 25 biodiversity hot spots in the world and is home to the Kudremukh National Park, an area characterized by rich evergreen forest and significant populations of endangered species, including the lion-tailed macaque and tiger.
		One of its most recent projects has been to assess the impact of open-cast iron-ore mining on the sediment load in the Bhadra River in the Kudremukh National Park.
		The study was carried out during the monsoon of 2002 and was the first rigorous study done in the wet-season to assess the impacts of mining and associated activities in Kudremukh on the sediment load in the Bhadra river.
	www.clarklabs.org /Autum2003b.asp?cat=5&subcat=1

	The Hindu : Karnataka News : Regenerating forests in Kudremukh
		Conservationists Kota Ullas Karanth and Niren Jain have brought out a special paper, "Suggestions for the Future Management Plan of Kudremukh National Park," on the issue.
		The tourism zone should be created around the revenue enclosure of the Kudremukh mining township where infrastructure for accommodation and other ancillary facilities are already available for visitors.
		Some parts of the highways passing through the park can also be declared part of the tourism area and it could be used to create awareness on the status of wildlife and the need to protect them.
	www.hinduonnet.com /2005/01/22/stories/2005012204700500.htm

	Ethan Frome
		Checklist of the Mammals of KUDREMUKH NATIONAL PARK
		Also, Park is marked by numerous settlement enclosures including the country’s largest iron ore mining company, Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Ltd. (KIOCL).
		Abundant in the Kudremukh range, these bulbuls were seen fluttering in the trees near the streams, generally in association with Yellowbrowed bulbuls.
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	Mr
		Leo started his talk by discussing the threats to Kudremukh National Park, which is being destroyed by the ongoing open cast iron ore mining by the Kudremukh Iron Ore Co. Ltd.
		The impact of the mining operations on the unique forests in the Kudremukh Park has been an environmental disaster for the flora and fauna in the forests of Karnataka.
		This is occurring even when evidence points to the fact that KIOCL is claiming to be profit oriented, when a closer look of its finances reveal its operations are highly uneconomical and the company in a loss.
	www.ashanet.org /mit/Public/www/Talks/saldanha-talk-10-21-2001.html

	rediff.com: Money: Kudremukh to shut down as lease runs out
		As Kudremukh falls in the rich virgin forests of the Sahydri mountain range, the PSU is at the mercy of the environment ministry as the Wildlife Act of 1972 empowers the assistant or revenue commissioner of the area to either allow or ban any mining activity if the region is notified as a national park.
		The saga of Kudremukh (which in the local lingua franca means hills in the shape of a horse face) began in the early seventies.
		This is not the first time the 2,400-odd Kudremukh employees have been kept on tenterhooks.
	www.rediff.com /money/2000/jul/24kudre.htm

	Surfing Bangalore - Kudremukh National Park
		Kudremukh National Park is one of the Karnataka’s most recently declared, protected areas, located almost in the heart of the hill chains of Western Ghats.
		The Kudremukh Iron Ore Company conducts mining operations, benefaction and transportation of the ore as slurry through pipelines to the post at Panambar near Mangalore.
		Kudremukh is well connected by road to Chikmagalur, Mangalore, and Sringeri.
	www.bangalorenet.com /katour/wkudre.htm

	Chapter3c
		(2000) carried out an intensive study on the status of Lion-tailed Macaque in Sringeri range of Kudremukh National Park.
		Because of its relatively high density of large ungulate prey such as gaur and sambar, Kudremukh is probably one of the few areas in the tropical rainforests of Western Ghats where a potentially viable population of wild tigers can be recovered and established.
		They also observed that since rainforests are contiguous in fairly long stretches in Kudremukh, the region serves as the best habitat for sustaining a biologically viable population of Lion-tailed Macaques in the wild.
	incert.tripod.com /incert/id16.html

	Impending Closure of the Kudremukh Iron Ore Mines
		Since the grant of the mining lease to the Company, Kudremukh has been declared a National Park and a decision also taken by the Central and State governments not to renew the mining lease.
		The Kudremukh iron ore company too seems to be reconciled to its fate and is reported to be on the look out for an alternative mining site in Karnataka in the Bellary region.
		This industry was planned to exploit the huge magnetite iron ore resources, estimated at a billion tonnes, forming a part of the Kudremukh range at an average elevation of 2000 m, overlooking the west coast of India some 50 km away.
	www.bestindia.com /jgsi/edit_sept03.htm

	WWF-India supports ESG's Appeal to Stop Mining Save Kudremukh
		The state government communicated that it would exclude 4605 hectares from the purview of the area to be finally notified as a National Park.
		Kudremukh would be a great opportunity for the MoEF to send a very clear signal to mining companies that they cannot manipulate the system anymore to destroy the environment in the name of development and foreign exchange.
		Vyas categorically states that ^ÓKudremukh would be a great opportunity for the MoEF to send a very clear signal to mining companies that they cannot manipulate the system anymore to destroy the environment in the name of development and foreign exchange".
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	Environmentalists appeal to save Kudremukh - NDTV.com - News on Environmentalists appeal to save Kudremukh
		The Kudremukh National Park, dubbed as one of the 18 hotspots of global biodiversity, is back in the news.
		"They said that they are committed to protecting Kudremukh and now if the state government is going to reverse its decision it's going to be a tragedy," he added.
		In October 2002 a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court, headed by the Chief Justice of India, had asked the Kudremukh Iron Ore Company to close down its mining activities by December 2005.
	www.ndtv.com /template/template.asp?template=Environment&slug=Environmentalists+appeal+to+save+Kudremukh&id=69005&callid=1

	GoodNewsIndia~∞~Kudremukh will ride again
		In 1987 the state government declared it a National Park.
		And so the Kudremukh Iron Ore Co Ltd [KIOCL] came into being with a lease to mine an area of over 4000 ha right in the middle of a notified forest.
		But it chose to pelletise the ore at Mangalore and this called for massive sieving at Kudremukh, which left a monumental tonnage of slurry --called tailings-- in the forests.
	www.goodnewsindia.com /Pages/content/newsclip/story/47_0_2_0_C

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		As yet undiscovered by tourists, Kudremukh is a trekker’s paradise.
		The Kudremukh, or Horse Face Range, gets its name from the unique shape of its peak.
	www.indianwildlife.org /the-national-parks-and-wildlife-sanctuaries-of-%20india/Kudremukh-National-Park.html

	webindia123.com -Kudremukh National Park -karnataka - kudremukh
		They include Samse, Kudremukh (on the Mudigere-Kudremukh State highway in the heart of the park), Kerekatte (located along Sringeri-Mangalore National highway), Navoor rest house near Belthangadi (20 km) etc. The rest houses also are starting points for treks.
		Country’s largest iron ore mining company, Kudremukh Iron Ore Company (KIOCL) is situated within the park area.
		The park is divided into four ranges Kudremukh, Kerekatte, Kalsa, Shimoga.
	www.webindia123.com /wildlife/parks/karnataka/kud.htm

	The Hindu : Karnataka News : Kudremukh Wildlife Foundation refutes allegations
		This was done through assisting local families that were isolated in revenue enclosures within the Kudremukh National Park, he said.
		The Kudremukh Wildlife Foundation, which was raided by the Deputy Conservator of Forest, Kudremukh Wildlife Division, Anita S. Arekal, recently, has refuted the allegations made by the authority against it.
		As part of the efforts, and with the knowledge of the Forest Department and the then Deputy Conservator of Forests, Kudremukh, the foundation initiated a dialogue with eight families in Bhagawathi for their rehabilitation.
	www.hinduonnet.com /2004/05/06/stories/2004050604160500.htm

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