Protected Area Network in Orissa - Vasundhara

Makdia (ST) Siali fibre 100Khadia, (ST)Bathudi(ST)Sal and Siali leafplatestitchingMore than 50• The villagers residing inside the STR experience restrictions on carryingKaranj (seeds of Pongamia pinnata), Tentuli (seeds of tamarind) etc even thoughthese products are collected from their own private lands with the suspicionthat these products might have been collected by entering the forests.Similarly, there had been greater restriction on collection of Kusum seeds,Pala (wild variety Phonoex spp) and its finished products such as mats,Phulajhadu (Hill brooms), Badhuni (thorn brooms), Jhuna (Sal resin), Sialifibres (climbers of the climber Bauhinia vahlii) honey, arrowroot. As a result ofthese restrictions most of the NTFPs are consumed locally and rarely theseproduces are sold now which once added some livelihood opportunities tothe local tribal inhabitants. Other agricultural produces such as Sorisha(mustard), Rashi (sesamum) and Sakarkanda (sweet tubers) are also restrictedwith the view that these are cultivated in the high lands of the protected area• Interior villages face the problem of transport as the surplus agriculturalproduces are not being carried to out of the STR boundaries. Carrying ofsurplus agricultural produces are restricted to cycle loads only which limitstheir income opportunities.• The Makdias rehabilitated in Durdura village still retain the collection of Sialiclimbers clandestinely into the STR. Adequate movement is however notallowed restricting their livelihood options. On the other hand, the STRauthorities have not justified with the amount of landholdings beingprovided to the Makdias for alternative sources of livelihood opportunitiescould have been taken up by these nomadics otherwise. Each household hasbeen assigned with only 4 decimal of landholdings which is not adequatelyfertile. The Khadia and Makdia development authorities has supplied jutes as109