19-12-2020 | 16:14 PM
Eco-Bridges or Eco-ducts
The Ramnagar Forest Division in the Nainital district of Uttarakhand constructed the first eco-bridges for small mammals and reptiles.
Eco-Bridges or Eco-Ducts are built to improve habitat communication, which is typically interrupted by logging or highways. It requires concrete underpasses, canopy bridges or overpass tunnels, amphibious tunnels.
These bridges are usually overlaid with planting from the area to give a contiguous look with the landscape. The eco-bridges also include overpasses, fish ladders, green roofs, tunnels, canopy bridges.
About Eco-Bridges:
The scale and location of the two major factors included in the design of the eco bridges. These bridges can be based on the patterns of animal activity.
Scientist Divya Mudappa of the Nature Conservation Foundation has constructed canopy bridges for Nilgiri Langurs and lion-tailed Macaques. The IUCN Red List of Endangered Species lists Lion Tailed Macaque and Nilgri Langur as "Endangered."
