I have been an observer all my life, observer of things around me, observer of nature and of course people. This sense of observing things has helped me understand the things around me much better or rather better then other people. I am sometimes amazed and surprised of how people don't even put an effort to understand the things happening around them, either they just ignore it or believe in what others says, but ever have their own views and ideas about things. That's the whole point of this blog anyway, my views about the world around me.
For the past 3 week I am in my native of Kolar Gold Fields, since I have time in hand have been travelling around KGF and exploring new places and taking some snaps as well (to be uploaded later in Panoramio and google earth). The one thing I have noticed is that there has not been much change in the landscape of KGF and the surrounding regions. It remains the same either scrub land or vast Eucalyptus plantations. The scrubland remains as no one has bothered to replace the once cut down trees. the Eucalyptus trees remain as the have grown and regrown several times over the years after cutting them for various purposed.
I was not so bothered about the scrub land as it provided with some sort of grazing to the sheep and cattle and probably over the years some sort of trees will start to get hold and maybe one day cover it with forest. I am most upset is with the eucalyptus trees, they look so boring and monotonous, cant see any wild life around these plantations and there are no other trees around if there are eucalyptus trees.
As a kid I just thought it as a part of the local enviornment, but later on came to know that it was a introduced species from Australia. People were encouraged to grow them as they are fast growing needing little help from man and once cut has the tendency to regrow. These plants were tough and survived in harsh conditions and the dry area around Kolar with its unpredictable rainfall suited its use. The tree has advantages and has helped boost the income of farmers, but has also had an devastating effect on the environment, the wild life has completely disappeared around KGF, these trees do not allow either grass or other trees to grow around it as the leaves are toxic.
Just looking at these plantations makes me go mad with anger, instead of these trees the Forrest department could have planted some indigenous trees which could have helped boost the wildlife and also would have been pleasant to watch. I am not going to talk about the lowering underground water level here as that's a often discussed topic.
For the past 3 week I am in my native of Kolar Gold Fields, since I have time in hand have been travelling around KGF and exploring new places and taking some snaps as well (to be uploaded later in Panoramio and google earth). The one thing I have noticed is that there has not been much change in the landscape of KGF and the surrounding regions. It remains the same either scrub land or vast Eucalyptus plantations. The scrubland remains as no one has bothered to replace the once cut down trees. the Eucalyptus trees remain as the have grown and regrown several times over the years after cutting them for various purposed.
I was not so bothered about the scrub land as it provided with some sort of grazing to the sheep and cattle and probably over the years some sort of trees will start to get hold and maybe one day cover it with forest. I am most upset is with the eucalyptus trees, they look so boring and monotonous, cant see any wild life around these plantations and there are no other trees around if there are eucalyptus trees.
As a kid I just thought it as a part of the local enviornment, but later on came to know that it was a introduced species from Australia. People were encouraged to grow them as they are fast growing needing little help from man and once cut has the tendency to regrow. These plants were tough and survived in harsh conditions and the dry area around Kolar with its unpredictable rainfall suited its use. The tree has advantages and has helped boost the income of farmers, but has also had an devastating effect on the environment, the wild life has completely disappeared around KGF, these trees do not allow either grass or other trees to grow around it as the leaves are toxic.
Just looking at these plantations makes me go mad with anger, instead of these trees the Forrest department could have planted some indigenous trees which could have helped boost the wildlife and also would have been pleasant to watch. I am not going to talk about the lowering underground water level here as that's a often discussed topic.
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