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{{Infobox protected area<br />
| name = Jogimatti Wildlife Sanctuary<br />
| iucn_category = IV<br />
| map = India Karnataka#India<br />
| relief = 1<br />
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| location = Chitradurga district, Karnataka, India<br />
| area = 100.48 km²<br />
| established = 23 December 2015<br />
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'''Jogimatti Wildlife Sanctuary''' is located in the [[Chitradurga district]] of [[Karnataka]]. The wooded region of [[Jogimatti]] is a hill station and is rich in [[biodiversity]]. The area is [[picturesque]], and is relatively compact with a wide range of [[flora]] and [[fauna]]. It is notified through an official notification on 23 December 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jogimatti will be a Wildlife Sanctuary |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2015/dec/21/jogimatti-will-be-a-wildlife-sanctuary-858754.html |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=The New Indian Express}}</ref> Jogimatti Sanctuary covers an area of 100.48&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> of [[grassland]]s and shrub [[forest]]s, approximately.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=2016-01-13 |title=Jogimatti declared sanctuary |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/Jogimatti-declared-sanctuary/article60545838.ece |access-date=2023-12-20 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> In the hilly forests of Jogimatti jackals, wolves, sloth bears and leopards roam amidst [[windmill]]s.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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The Jogimatti forests are home to one of the few wild surviving [[endangered]] leopards. In the hilly forests of Jogimatti, Indian jackals, wolves, sloth bears, porcupines, and jungle cats roam amidst windmills.<ref name=":0" /> With its contiguous single-block intersperse of [[hillock]]s and [[plain]]s, the Jogimatti forest is known as ‘Ooty of Dryland’.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=May 26, 2016 |first=Niranjan |last=Kaggere |title=Exclusive sanctuary for chinkaras soon |url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/others/exclusive-sanctuary-for-chinkaras-soon/articleshow/52437735.cms |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=Bangalore Mirror |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Background ==<br />
There is a long-standing demand to clearing the proposal of declaring Kappathagudda as a [[conservation reserve]] and the state government, after persistent calls from the [[activist]]s, notified this ecologically sensitive region as a [[Nature reserve|Wildlife Sanctuary]].<ref name=":1" /> The hillocks are referred to as Western Ghats of north Karnataka region.<ref name=":1" /><br />
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== Mining ==<br />
Activists claim that the government has, for long, did not act against [[illegal mining]] activities around the Jogimatti wildlife sanctuary. This has posed a serious threat to wildlife, flora and [[human habitat]]s.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=At Jogimatti, mining ban remains on paper as depts not on same page |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/karnataka/at-jogimatti-mining-ban-remains-on-paper-as-depts-not-on-same-page-947605.html |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}</ref> A proposal to declare it as eco-sensitive zone (ESZ) is pending from 2019.<ref name=":2" /><br />
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[[Category:Reserved forests of India]]<br />
[[Category:Hill stations in Karnataka]]<br />
[[Category:Geography of Chitradurga district]]</div>DrshivambjpIND