Micro, Macro & Mezzo Geoinformation (Dec 2020)
COMPOSITION OF COASTAL VEGETATION IN AND AROUND THE TRADITIONAL GRAZING ROUTES OF CAMELS IN KACHCHH, GUJARAT-INDIA
Abstract
Natural resources provide a range of interrelated environmental interaction and socioeconomic benefits, which support a diversity of livelihood policies for different stakeholders of the local community. The Pastoralist community locally called Maldharis who is sifting one place to another place for their survival. Since the land is not suitable for agriculture, conventional development by-passed the region. Some Part of Landscape in Kachchh is considered as a biosphere reserve for its wildlife and plant ecosystem. The nomads tend to migrate with their economic betterment and better livelihood. Both food crops and multipurpose crops are being grown together with livestock management. The people lighting their hopes with the migration process. This region is rich in natural resources and livestock resources. The existing natural resources and the long coastline is also contributing a major part in the district economies. The grazing animals depended on natural vegetation, so need to prepare a cluster level seasonal Grazing route map of Camel pastoralist with the help of a participatory approach. Through the natural resource map, the community will easily find out the areas which are rich in natural vegetation and nearest safe water bodies for the animals on their grazing route. The participatory method helped a lot for this study to identify their temporal grazing location as well as the grazing routes around the largest district (Kachchh) of India. The shrubs and scrubs apart from the Prosopis juliflora are not in strength to protect erosions and since considered as an invasive species, should be remove from native habitats of Kachchh. The sweeping high wind velocity and high-temperature increase evaporation both from the soil and all living flora and fauna. Saving land and maintaining it for better agricultural use in a planned way for eco-system development retaining agrobiodiversity is a need. Wherever the environment is suitable (not affecting the soil water relationships and efficiency) keeping in view rainfed system agro-ecology needs to be developed.
