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The present study includes impact assessment of road development project on flora and fauna that has been recorded from Narsan to Dehradun Uttarakhand, India. Study includes the survey of existing green plants on the both side of National Highway from Narshan to Dehradun and Identification of different species and assessment of socio-economic importance of green plants. The methodological approach was divided into four main steps: flora and fauna loss impact assessment, mitigation, monitoring and recommendations. At the beginning of the study a preliminary survey was conducted in the study area for research design and the study was includes key information interviews and elderly and knowledgeable people, group discussion and map and transect walks. The total length of highway road in Uttarakhand is 110 km within two districts Haridwar and Dehradun. The major impact of road widening network was on flora and fauna that involves the removal of trees and destruction of animal’s habitat. As a result about 19934 trees are required to be cut for the proposed project on the left side and the right side due to the proposed widening. This study would provide integrated approaches to mitigate and manage to achieve sustainable road development project in India or abroad.
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References
Byron H J. 2003. Biodiversity issues in road environmental impact assessments: guidance and case studies. 362 D. Geneletti Environ. Impact Assess. Rev. 23 pp.343–365
Forman RTT, Alexander LE.,1998. Roads and their major ecological effects. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics. pp. 207–31.
Southerland MT., 1995. Conserving biodiversity in highway development projects. The Environmental Professional.17:226– 42.
Treweek JR, Thompson S, Veicht N, Japp C., 1993. Ecological assessment of proposed road developments: a review of environmental statements. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. 36(3):295–307.