Protection of Black Tiger
Melanistic tigers have been recorded only in the Similipal Tiger Reserve in Odisha.
As per the 2022 cycle of the All India Tiger Estimation, 16 individuals were recorded at Similipal Tiger Reserve, out of which 10 were melanistic.
A Standard Operating Procedure has been issued by the NTCA for active management towards the rehabilitation of tigers from source areas at the landscape level. Based on genetic composition, the Similipal Tiger Reserve has been identified as a distinct genetic cluster for conservation.
Funding assistance is provided under the ongoing Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats (CSS-IDWH) to the Similipal Tiger Reserve for the conservation of tigers, raising awareness on tiger & other wildlife conservation, habitat management, protection, eco-development, human resource and infrastructure development, voluntary village relocation, as per sanctioned Annual Plan of Operation of the Tiger Reserve which emanates from a statutory Tiger Conservation Plan.
Mankidiya was denied permission to stay in Simlipal.
Why?
The Mankidiyas, one of the 13 Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) in Odisha, have been deprived of habitat rights inside the Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) under the Historical Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006. Has gone. The state forest department has objected because tribals may be attacked by wild animals, especially tigers.
Definition of Habitat: “‘Habitat’ as defined under Section 2(h) of the FRA (Forest Rights Act) includes the area comprising the customary habitat and such other habitats in reserved forests and protected forests of primitive tribal groups and pre-agricultural communities and other forest dwelling Scheduled Tribes.
Simlipal Tiger Reserve in the
State: Odisha
District: Mayurbhanj
River:
Similipal (abundance of red silk cotton trees growing in the area)Tiger Reserve is part of the Mayurbhanj Elephant Reserve, which includes three protected areas named below—
1. Similipal Tiger Reserve,
2. Hadgarh Wildlife Sanctuary and
3. Kuldiha Wildlife Sanctuary
Also, UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves since 2009
Famous for animals like the Bengal Tiger, Asian elephant, gaur, and chausingha.
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