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Kunkuli Village Banj Oak Sacred Grove
Kunkuli village, Chamoli district, Western Himalaya, Uttarakhand
India
Active
Single grove
- Location
- Kunkuli village, Chamoli district, Western Himalaya, Uttarakhand
- Coordinates
- ~30.4°N 79.3°E
- Size
- ~6.0 ha
- Age / Founded
- Community-protected since ~1980s (DGSM-assisted)
- Status
- Active
- Deity & Religion
- Community/sacred conservation (Hindu village)
- Community & Guardians
- Kunkuli village (~20 households, agro-pastoral)
- Vernacular name
- Dev bhumi / Devban
- Record type
- Single grove
Cultural practices & uses
Protected oak forest; fodder/fuel/wild edibles; conflict-to-conservation model
Plant species
Quercus leucotrichophora (Banj oak) dominant; Myrica esculenta, Pyrus pashia, Rhododendron arboreum; Arundinaria falcata (Ringal)
Biome & fauna
Western Himalayan oak forest; barking deer, Himalayan black bear, wild boar, porcupine
Threats & protection
Stone-wall fenced; grazing/invasive Eupatorium controlled
Source
Current Science note, Kunkuli village oak conservation (DGSM/Chandi Prasad Bhatt)