Community, Forest Fire and Conservation: Keys of Wildlife Management

Sanath Kumar N; Sanjeet Kumar; S. K. Biswal

doi:10.36808/if/2023/v149i5/169034

Community, Forest Fire and Conservation: Keys of Wildlife Management

Authors

Sanath Kumar N Forest, Environment and Climate Change Department, Government of Odisha, Odisha
Sanjeet Kumar Biodiversity and Conservation Lab., Ambika Prasad Research Foundation, Odisha
S. K. Biswal School of Applied Sciences, Centurion University of Technology and Management, Odisha

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36808/if/2023/v149i5/169034

Keywords:

Wildlife Management Plan, Community Conservation, Global Ecological Issues, Forest Fire.

Abstract

Forest fire and loss of biodiversity are alarming issues throughout the world. Together, both issues are creating lots of negative impacts globally in all aspects of life on earth. The issues could be reduced and solved only with community under long-term strategy. Keeping this in view, an attempt has been taken to interact with community and discussed on the issues at Bonai Forest Division (BFD), Sundargarh, Odisha, India. Barsuan range of BFD is rich with floral diversity and unique landscapes along with mining activities. Six villages were selected. Through Passport Data Form (PDF), semi-structured questionnaire was done using standard methods. Results revealed that, community make fire to get livelihood, collection of NTFPs (Non-timber Forest produces) and food. The paper highlights the causes of forest fire and biodiversity loss and suggests the mitigation measures to make a long-term strategy for the conservation of biodiversity and management of wildlife.

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