Bangalore University bio-park produces oxygen worth Rs 16k crore

Works for the diversion of this land were stopped after continuous efforts and steps taken by various organisations and Walker’s Association.

Bangalore University’s Biodiversity Park recently received the scientific accreditation of being a unique ecosystem in the city. According to the reports, the Bio-Park is receiving recognition as a significant oxygen bank, while the value of net oxygen produced by more than six lakh trees on the Jnana Bharathi campus is estimated at Rs 16,725 crore. Talking about the overwhelming results, Deputy Conservator of Forests, BBMP, and member, Biodiversity Management Committee, Ranganathswamy said, “Such bio-parks should be conserved in the interest of sustainable future. It is requested that these urban mini-forests should be conserved and no development activities and encroachments should be allowed.”

Talking about Bangalore University’s Biodiversity Park Karnataka Biodiversity Board member Vijay Nishanth says, “The scientific report brings out the urgent need for conservation of this unique biodiversity park with innumerable floral and faunal species that justifies the demand for its preservation.”

The report comes as a shot in the arm for environmentalists, who are fighting it out in the High Court to preserve the Bio-Park, even as the State Government has leased 17 acres of land for setting up of a CBSE study centre and an Inter-University Centre for Yogic Sciences.

Works for the diversion of this land were stopped after continuous efforts and steps taken by various organisations and Walker’s Association. Later, a PIL was filed in the High Court to stop all construction activities in the 650-acre Bio-Park. A report written by Professor Nandini N, Department of Environmental Science, states, “Comprising more than 6 lakh trees with 3,000 species in about 450 hectares, the Bio-Park which is a major carbon sink produces about 7.07 crore litres of oxygen annually. Further, a riparian forest along the Vrishabhavathi River is enriched with floral and faunal diversity. For a disease-free life and sustainable future, we need to protect such green spaces in Bengaluru.”

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