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Protected Area Network in Orissa - Vasundhara

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<strong>Protected</strong> <strong>Area</strong>s:Importance & AssessmentThe establishment and management of comprehensive network of PAs are one of themost important ways of ensur<strong>in</strong>g that the world’s natural resources are conserved sothat they can meet the material and cultural needs of mank<strong>in</strong>d now and <strong>in</strong> the future.The comb<strong>in</strong>ed destructive impacts of a poor majority struggl<strong>in</strong>g to survive and anaffluent m<strong>in</strong>ority consum<strong>in</strong>g a disproportionately large shares of world’s resources <strong>in</strong>underm<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g the very means by which all people can survive and flourish.Humanity’s relationship with the biosphere will cont<strong>in</strong>ue to deteriorate until a newenvironmental ethic is adopted and susta<strong>in</strong>able modes of development become therule rather than the exception. The conservation of liv<strong>in</strong>g resources is essential forsusta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g development by (Mayota 1991);• Ma<strong>in</strong>ta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g the essential ecological processes and life support systems on whichhuman survival and development depend;• Preserv<strong>in</strong>g genetic diversity on which depend the breed<strong>in</strong>g programmes necessaryfor the protection and improvement of cultivated plants and domesticatedanimals, as well as scientific advance, technical <strong>in</strong>novation, and the security of themany <strong>in</strong>dustries that use liv<strong>in</strong>g resources.• Ensur<strong>in</strong>g that man’s utilization of species and ecosystems, which support millionsof rural people as well as major <strong>in</strong>dustries, is susta<strong>in</strong>able.PAs were established worldwide, primarily as wildlife heavens, follow<strong>in</strong>g emotionalas well as national outcries from conservationists9

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