In Odisha, nutrition gardens cultivated by Adivasi women are providing food and income security scroll.in - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from scroll.in Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Similipal fires: Who should manage the national park – Adivasis or the forest department?
Data suggests that the areas where locals have forest rights are the least damaged by wildfire. Mar 17, 2021 · 01:30 pm The timely intervention by the villagers stopped the spread of the inferno in Gudgudia gram panchayat, a Community Forest Rights area, inside the Similipal Tiger Reserve. | Pragati Prava/ Mongabay India
As Similipal National Park and Tiger Reserve in Odisha burned over the past month, the debate over whether ownership of the park should be in the hands of the forest department or the local community, came to the fore.
In Photos: Wildfire in Odisha s Simlipal Biosphere Reserve has put Mankidia Adivasis in jeopardy scroll.in - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from scroll.in Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Wildfire Ravages Similipal, Asiaâs Second Largest Biosphere Reserve
The flames have reportedly devoured eight of the reserve s 21 ranges, and further spread to Anadapur, Kandachira and Balimal hills in the Podadhia forest range.
Image posted by Odisha chief forest officer on March 4, 2021, of fire service personnel inspecting a charred forest area in Similipal National Park. Photo: Twitter
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A wildfire raging for over 10 days has destroyed nearly a third of the Similipal biosphere reserve in Odishaâs Mayurbhanj district. The state government has said that firefighters have brought the fire under control but conservationists have also demanded an immediate impact assessment.