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.
Report calls for addressing management issues of sanctuaries
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Fire, grazing, invasive species, plantations among problems faced by reserves in Kerala
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Fire, grazing, invasive species, plantations among problems faced by reserves in Kerala
Wildlife sanctuaries in Kerala should address the “overarching problems” of fire, grazing, invasive species and monoculture plantations to improve their scores in management effectiveness, suggested a national-level evaluation report.
The Management Effectiveness Evaluation (MEE) of the national parks and wildlife sanctuaries in the State was done as part of a national exercise, jointly carried out by the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and the Wildlife Institute of India.
Ecotourism centres in Kerala bubbling with activity
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Domestic tourists prefer nearby destinations to unwind
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Sixty-odd ecotourism centres across the State, including Chinnar in photo, were thrown open to visitors after remaining closed for eight months due to the pandemic.
Domestic tourists prefer nearby destinations to unwind
The 60-odd ecotourism centres across the State which were thrown open to visitors after remaining closed for eight months due to the pandemic are witnessing heavy footfall.
Though the visitors cannot stroll freely as during the pre-COVID-19 days and have to follow the physical distancing norms, the ecotourism centres have emerged as favourite places for domestic tourists to unwind after remaining confined to homes for months.