ECO-DUCTS

Dec. 9, 2020

Ramnagar Forest Division in Nainital district, Uttarakhand, recently built its first eco-bridge for reptiles and smaller mammals.

About:

  • Eco-ducts or eco-bridges aim to enhance wildlife connectivity that can be disrupted because of highways or logging.

  • These include
    • canopy bridges (usually for monkeys, squirrels and other arboreal species);

    • concrete underpasses or overpass tunnels or viaducts (usually for larger animals); and

    • amphibian tunnels or culverts.



  • Usually these bridges are overlaid with planting from the area to give it a contiguous look with the landscape.

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