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• Such displacement has not only uprooted people from their home and hearth but also haslanded them in precarious situation.• In many cases as in the present case people have been assured homestead land and farmlandin their new settlement, but very <strong>of</strong>ten the land allotted turns out to be encroached land. Sopeople face resistance in the village while claiming the land allotted. Such situation has alsoresulted in conflict and violence between the displaced and the original inhabitants.• Distur<strong>ban</strong>ce in the social harmony has been found to a direct consequence <strong>of</strong> insensitiveimplementation <strong>of</strong> conservation policies and laws.Human Rights Violation:• Villagers were not permitted to do agriculture on their land after the imposition <strong>of</strong> <strong>ban</strong>.• The farmlands <strong>of</strong> these people were targeted by the forest department which initiatedforceful plantation in the agriculture land.• Example <strong>of</strong> blatant human rights violation in the name <strong>of</strong> conservation is galore in this area.The following example from this village is a case in point where innocent villagers weremeted out with unjustifiable harassment and torture by the forest department <strong>of</strong>ficials.• 2years before Muri Paharia and Jhandru Paharia (Late) were arrested by the Forest <strong>of</strong>ficialswhen they were ploughing their field.• They were told that since that was the ‘Soil Maturity Time/Period’ (Raja), they committed an<strong>of</strong>fence by working on their land.• Once they were picked up on baseless charges they were subjected to untold harassment(physical, mental and financial) by the <strong>of</strong>ficials.• They were released only after the villagers were forced to sign on a paper whose contentswere not revealed to them.42
CASE STUDY-3SIMILIPAL WILDLIFE SANCTUARYBrief Pr<strong>of</strong>ile <strong>of</strong> the Similipal Forest AreaSimilipal is known to the entire world due to its densely forested hill-range and its rich floral andfaunal diversity. It is located around 250 kms from the state capital and is close to Mayurbhanjdistrict headquarter; Baripada.The Similipal forests spread over an area <strong>of</strong> 2750 sq.km <strong>of</strong> which2151.73 sq. km is Reserve Forest Area. In 1973, Similipal forestarea got status <strong>of</strong> Tiger Reserve under ‘Project Tiger’ and in theyear 1979, State Government declared its intention to accord theentire area as Sanctuary under Wildlife Protection Act 1972.Further, in the year 1980 and 1986, the core area <strong>of</strong> the proposedSanctuary, which consists an area <strong>of</strong> 845.70 sq. km has beenproposed to declare as National Park. Till date final notification inrespect <strong>of</strong> Sanctuary and National Park is not published as requiredunder The Wildlife Protection Act 1972.Further, in the year 1994 an additional area <strong>of</strong> 2595 sq. km, covering 10 km radius <strong>of</strong> the buffer area<strong>of</strong> Sanctuary was added to the Sanctuary area and the entire area <strong>of</strong> around 5569 sq. km was decaledas Biosphere Reserve.Demographic Information <strong>of</strong> Similipal Forest AreaThe entire Similipal forest area falls under one <strong>of</strong> the Scheduled Vth districts <strong>of</strong> the state, known asMayurbhanj district. There are 1265 villages inside the Simlipal Biosphere Reserve with a totalpopulation <strong>of</strong> 4.62 lakhs <strong>of</strong> which 73.44% belongs to Schedule Tribes. Out <strong>of</strong> 1265 villages, 65villages are situated inside the Sanctuary area <strong>of</strong> which 61 villages are in the buffer area and rest 4villages are in core area. The total population <strong>of</strong> villages located in buffer and core area is 12000 and449 respectively. In buffer area the percentage <strong>of</strong> Scheduled tribe is 87% while in core area it is100%. (Source: Census 2001)All the villages <strong>of</strong> Biosphere Reserve falls under 8 CD Block, while the 65 villages <strong>of</strong> Sanctuary areacomes under the jurisdiction <strong>of</strong> Joshipur and Bangiriposi CD Block. The 65 villages which arecoming under Sanctuary falls under the 5 Gram Panchayats namely Gudugudia, Astakuanr,Barehipani from Joshipur CD Block and Brahmangoan and Sarispal GP <strong>of</strong> Bangiriposhi CD Block.According to Census 2001 the total ST population in the two blocks is around 11,520 which isaround 91.77% <strong>of</strong> the total population.Similipal Forest area is also known for the homeland <strong>of</strong> tribal ethnic groups. It is being inhabitatedby Ho, Kolhas, Bathudi, Santhal, Bhumij, Munda tribes. The population <strong>of</strong> Kol/Kolhas is higher43
Page 1 and 2: IMPACT OF CONSERVATION POLICIES (SP
Page 3 and 4: ABSTRACTThe word Conservation is on
Page 5 and 6: MethodologyMethodology for the stud
Page 7 and 8: Issues in Protected Areasacross the
Page 9 and 10: non-timber forest produce, fish and
Page 11 and 12: those people who have been cultivat
Page 13 and 14: face lot of diffic
Page 15 and 16: The Order of Supre
Page 17 and 18: Forest DivisionsBoudh Forest Divisi
Page 19 and 20: item especially after monsoons. Lea
Page 21 and 22: CASE STUDY - 2SUNABEDA WILDLIFE SAN
Page 23 and 24: Manikgarh hill range extends in a s
Page 25 and 26: History of Protect
Page 27 and 28: The opinion of the
Page 29 and 30: sanctuary area. Dhaniram majhi, who
Page 31 and 32: surveyed villages but due to the pr
Page 33 and 34: In the year 2003, 134 households fr
Page 35 and 36: Village: KatingpaniKatingpani came
Page 37 and 38: Loss of KL Income
Page 39 and 40: 9%Growing Food Insecurity10%14%32%
Page 41: Village: GadgadaTotal Household- 18
Page 45 and 46: diet of the people
Page 47 and 48: THE ONLY OPTION OF LIVELIHOOD SNATC
Page 49 and 50: is no bus service or any other mean
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