Forest officials of the Sunabeda Wildlife Sanctuary in Nuapada district boycotted the tiger census fearing danger to their live as they suspected a large number of Maoists have entered the area.
Primitive tribal communities like the Chuktia Bhunjias living in Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Orissa continue to practise traditional agriculture using bio-cultural resources. Policymakers must learn from them in order to challenge the conventional model of agricultural production and food insecurity, as also about how to make development sustainable.
BHUBANESWAR: The Left wing extremists have done it again. With the State Government focussed on combatting them elsewhere, the Red rebels have targeted another wildlife sanctuary, also a tiger habitat, without facing any resistance whatsoever.
