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Protected Area Network in Orissa - Vasundhara

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people with<strong>in</strong> the protected areas. Such <strong>in</strong>cidents are be<strong>in</strong>g reported from almost allprotected areas <strong>in</strong> the State.13. Increas<strong>in</strong>g Man-Animal conflictsCrop depredation by wild elephants is grow<strong>in</strong>g and has emerged as a seriousproblem not only <strong>in</strong> core villages but even <strong>in</strong> the villages located <strong>in</strong> the periphery ofthe Sanctuary. The frequency of <strong>in</strong>trusion of elephants <strong>in</strong>to the paddy fields of people<strong>in</strong>creases dur<strong>in</strong>g harvest<strong>in</strong>g season when the herds destroy lot of stand<strong>in</strong>g cropsfall<strong>in</strong>g on the way. Besides, attack on human lives has also <strong>in</strong>creased and every year acase of human casualty is reported from the surround<strong>in</strong>g villages.14. Increas<strong>in</strong>g Developmental ActivitiesVarious developmental projects like m<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g; big dams, etc. are immerg<strong>in</strong>g around<strong>Protected</strong> <strong>Area</strong>s. Various protected areas are denotified for these developmentalprojects. <strong>Protected</strong> <strong>Area</strong>s possesses rich stocks of m<strong>in</strong>eral resources, which areviewed as very critical for <strong>in</strong>dustrial growth. But m<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g projects are seriouslyimpact<strong>in</strong>g overall conservation scenario by negatively affect<strong>in</strong>g ecosystem, it is notonly adversely affect<strong>in</strong>g ecosystem but also creat<strong>in</strong>g <strong>Protected</strong> areas as island ofconservation by destroy<strong>in</strong>g important under natural habitats of considered speciesout side the protected areas. (e.g. m<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> Keonjhar region is seriously impact<strong>in</strong>gelephant corridor thereby, brought out behavioral changes <strong>in</strong> elephants caus<strong>in</strong>g<strong>in</strong>creased cases of man-elephant conflict, elephant poach<strong>in</strong>g, etc.) Furthermore bigdams are also threaten<strong>in</strong>g wildlife conservation by submerg<strong>in</strong>g large patches ofbiodiversity rich forests (e.g. Rengali, Hirakud, Indravati, etc. had submerged largepatches of biodiversity rich forests). Other projects like national highways, pipel<strong>in</strong>esare also impact<strong>in</strong>g biodiversity adversely, thereby disturb<strong>in</strong>g ecological balance.139

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