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Will the Western ghats find a place in World Heritage list?
The Karnataka government and several environmentalists might have long been striving to get a World Heritage Site tag for some ecological hotspots in the Western Ghats, but the coffee planters and some local politicians are against the move. The tug-of war has been on since 2003 when the environmentalists urged the state government to approach the UNESCO to get the World Heritage Site tag for Pushpagiri, Talacauvery and Brahmagiri forests. Recently when a two-member UNESCO team visited Coorg for the final study of the proposed areas, the planters staged demonstrations in protest. The reason behind the resentment is said to be the notion that the heritage tag would eventually snatch their means of livelihood. The operational guidelines for the implementation of World Heritage Convention deem human use of some properties inappropriate. The local people, especially in the planters, fear that it could mean the snatching away of thousands of acres of coffee plantations from them.
The central government too in 2003 submitted a proposal to UNESCO requesting for the heritage tag for nine regions in Karnataka including 39 hotspots in the Western Ghats. The UNESCO subsequently constituted a team for studying the proposed areas that visited the areas several times and the recent one was the last round of the procedure. The previous visits did not face any protest as they were kept secret.
However, a section of people thinks that the World Heritage site tag would not harm the interests of the locals. K.M. Chinnappa, a retired forest ranger tells TSI, “The timber mafia is behind these protests as the heritage tag would force the government to protect the forest and it would affect their illegal timber business.” He added, “Rather, the World Heritage tag would help protect our rich ecology.”
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Will the Western ghats find a place in World Heritage list?
The Karnataka government and several environmentalists might have long been striving to get a World Heritage Site tag for some ecological hotspots in the Western Ghats, but the coffee planters and some local politicians are against the move. The tug-of war has been on since 2003 when the environmentalists urged the state government to approach the UNESCO to get the World Heritage Site tag for Pushpagiri, Talacauvery and Brahmagiri forests. Recently when a two-member UNESCO team visited Coorg for the final study of the proposed areas, the planters staged demonstrations in protest. The reason behind the resentment is said to be the notion that the heritage tag would eventually snatch their means of livelihood. The operational guidelines for the implementation of World Heritage Convention deem human use of some properties inappropriate. The local people, especially in the planters, fear that it could mean the snatching away of thousands of acres of coffee plantations from them.
The central government too in 2003 submitted a proposal to UNESCO requesting for the heritage tag for nine regions in Karnataka including 39 hotspots in the Western Ghats. The UNESCO subsequently constituted a team for studying the proposed areas that visited the areas several times and the recent one was the last round of the procedure. The previous visits did not face any protest as they were kept secret.
However, a section of people thinks that the World Heritage site tag would not harm the interests of the locals. K.M. Chinnappa, a retired forest ranger tells TSI, “The timber mafia is behind these protests as the heritage tag would force the government to protect the forest and it would affect their illegal timber business.” He added, “Rather, the World Heritage tag would help protect our rich ecology.”
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