{"id":293,"date":"2017-03-10T11:40:12","date_gmt":"2017-03-10T11:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/ela\/wordpress\/?page_id=293"},"modified":"2018-11-12T13:22:12","modified_gmt":"2018-11-12T13:22:12","slug":"ela-habitate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.elafoundation.org\/ela\/ela-habitate\/","title":{"rendered":"Ela Habitat"},"content":{"rendered":"
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ELA HABITAT<\/strong><\/span>
\nThis 8 acre of land belonging to Ela Foundation is located in the serene surroundings of beautiful mountains in the ecotone of India\u2019s two bio-geographic Zones: The Sahyadris (a part of the Western Ghats \u2013 a global biodiversity Hot Spot) and The Deccan Plateau. Ela Habitat is blessed with bird life and flora representative of both bio-geographical zones. It houses the “Ela Center for Ornithology”<\/strong>, the “Center for Education and Research”<\/strong> and Administrative Office. The Ela Habitat harbors indigenous flora, water harvesting system, and other habitat conservation initiatives. Tree plantation activities, community education, and citizen participation initiatives are promoted.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The Vision<\/strong>:<\/span>
\nAt Ela Habitat, Ela Foundation envisions to create a suitable and safe habitat for birds and other animals by nurturing a living gene bank of indigenous trees and making a field research station to promote conservation research. Your participation is valuable.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Community Health:<\/strong><\/span>
\nEla Foundation conducts Health Camps for the enhancement of community health focused on child health, women health and geriatric health with an emphasis on early detection and treatment of anemia, diabetes, hypertension, ophthalmic and ENT related diseases.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Cultural Geography:<\/strong><\/span>
\nIt is situated in the village of Pingori, at Kawdewadi, taluka Purandar, district Pune. It is 61 km from Pune and about 13 km from the temple town of Jejuri, the place of Lord Khandoba, the revered deity of Maharashtra.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Some trees in Ela Habitat:<\/strong><\/span>
\nAbrus precatorius<\/em> GUNJ; Acacia catechu<\/em> KHAIR; Acacia horrid<\/em> DEV-BABHUL; Acacia leucophloea<\/em> HIVAR; Acacia nilotica<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BABHUL; Agave\u00a0 GHAYPAT; Alainthus excelsa<\/em> MAHARUKH; Albezzia lebbeck<\/em> SHIRISH; Alstonia scholaris<\/em> SAPTAPARNI; Annona squamata <\/em>SITAPHAL; Anthocephalus indicus<\/em> KADAMB; Azadirachta indica<\/em> NEEM; Bahuinia purpurea<\/em> KANCHAN; Bahuinia racemosa<\/em> APTA; Bambusa dendrocalamus<\/em> BAMBOO; Bombax insigna<\/em> SHALMALI; Caryophyllus <\/em>sp. CACTUS; Calotropis gigantea<\/em> RUI; Carissa conjesta<\/em> KARVAND; Caesalpinia bondulcella<\/em> SAGARGOTA; Caesalpinia pulcherima<\/em> SHANKASUR; Cassia auriculata<\/em> TARWAD; Cassia fistula<\/em> BAHAWA; Cestrum nocturnum<\/em> RATRANI; Dalbergia sissoo<\/em> SHISAM; Delonix regia<\/em> GULMOHOR; Fluggea leucopyrus<\/em> PANDHARPHALI; Jatropha<\/em> sp. JATROPHA; Emblica officinalis<\/em> AVALA; Erythrina indica<\/em> PANGARA; Feronia limonia<\/em> KAVATH; Ficus amplissima<\/em> PIMPARNI; Ficus bengalensis<\/em> VAD; Ficus glomerata<\/em> AUDUMBAR; Ficus microcarpa<\/em> NANDRUK; Ficus religiosa<\/em> PEEPAL; Khaya<\/em> species; Mangifera indica<\/em> AMBA; Michelia champaca<\/em> SONCHAFA; Milletia pinnata<\/em> KARANJ; Millingtonea hortensis<\/em> BUCH; Moringa oleifera <\/em>SHEVGA; Nyctanthes arbortristis<\/em> PARIJAT; Plumeria alba<\/em> DEVCHAFA; Saraca arborescens<\/em> SITECHA ASHOK; Spathodea campanulata<\/em> PICHKARI; Syzigium cumini <\/em>JAMBHUL; Tamarindus indica<\/em> CHINCH; Tectona grandis<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SAGWAN; Terminalia bellirica <\/em>BEHADA; Vitex nigundo<\/em> NIRGUDI; Zizyphus mauritiana<\/em> BOR.<\/p>\n

Members of Ela Foundation have conducted trees plantation programs at Ela Habitat for the past 2 years. Planted trees are watered by drip irrigation facility.<\/p>\n\r\n

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    Prakruti - Rural Community Health Center<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n \r\n <\/li>\r\n
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    Prakruti - Rural Community Health Center<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n \r\n <\/li>\r\n
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