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2006: A part of Rao Jodha Desert Rock Park chock-full of Baavlia
2009: The same part of the Park with Baavlia uprooted
2019: Thriving landscape with native rock-loving plants
2006: A part of Rao Jodha Desert Rock Park chock-full of Baavlia
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How the Park was made
Rao Jodha Park was created in 2006 to try and restore the natural ecology of a large, rocky wasteland next to Mehrangarh Fort in Jodhpur. It had suffered years of neglect and was overrun by an invasive, thorny shrub (Baavlia) introduced from central America almost a century ago. The challenge was to eradicate Baavlia and create a suitable home for native rock-loving plants that were brought from the desert.
'Ecological Restoration' is the term we use to describe what we do at Rao Jodha Desert Rock Park. We set out to try and restore this tract of land to what it might have been like before it was 'interfered' with by human activity. Our models are rocky, relatively unspoilt hills and scarps in Marwar's desert.
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