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'''Sri Ananth Hegde Ashisara''' is an environmentalist from [[Uttara Kannada]] District, [[Karnataka]], India and chairman, Karnataka Biodiversity Board, government of Karnataka.<br />
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==Fight to protect Western Ghat==<br />
Mr. Ashisara is also the former chairperson of Western Ghats Task Force (WGTF) and is involved in protection of environment, especially [[Western Ghats]], a [[World Heritage]] site.<ref name="deccan1">{{cite news | title =10 ancient trees named arboreal heritage | newspaper =Deccan Herald (Bangalore) | date =4 August 2010 | url =http://www.deccanherald.com/content/86164/10-ancient-trees-named-arboreal.html |access-date=12 January 2015}}</ref> He is also convenor of ''Vriksh Raksha Andolan'', a group of people from [[Malenadu]] dedicated to protect environment.<br />
He is involved in people's movement against mining activities in and around [[Ambaragudda]] hill range of Western Ghats located in [[Shimoga District]], Karnataka.<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.thehindu.com/2005/08/17/stories/2005081702670300.htm|archive-url = https://archive.today/20150117140237/http://www.thehindu.com/2005/08/17/stories/2005081702670300.htm|url-status = dead|archive-date = 17 January 2015|title = Andolan seeks restoration of ban on mining at Ambargudda|date = 17 August 2005|work = The Hindu|access-date = 12 January 2015}}</ref><br />
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He has put efforts to get ''arboreal heritage'' tag to 10 old trees of Karnataka, which include Big Banyan tree, Bangalore (400 years old), ''Adansonia digitata'' – Malvaceae, Bijapur Taluk (600 years old), "Pilali" tree ''Ficus micro corpus'', [[Banavasi]], [[Uttara Kannada]] etc.<ref name=deccan1/> He expressed concern over safety of nuclear energy in the wake of damage experienced by [[nuclear power]] projects in Japan [[tsunami]] (2010).<ref>{{cite news | last =Pinto | first =Stanley | title =Task force concerned | newspaper =The Times of India | url =http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Task-force-concerned/speednewsbytopic/keyid-592068.cms |access-date=5 October 2012}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Ambaragudda]]<br />
*[[Kodachadri]]<br />
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