Ensure rights of forest dwellers before creating new tiger reserve in Erode, says CPI
The Hindu
The party said the rights of traditional forest dwellers must be protected, and also highlighted the need to ensure the proposed reserve was not commercialised
With the Tamil Nadu Forest Department in the process of drafting a proposal to create a new tiger reserve in the Erode Forest Division, the Communist Party of India (CPI) has said the rights of forest dwellers needed to be ensured before creation of the reserve.
The division is spread over 82,144 hectares and is home to 15-20 tigers, elephants, leopards and other wild animals. It is surrounded by the Kollegal forest division of Karnataka on the northern side and the Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve on the western side, and a proposal is being prepared for the creation of a new tiger reserve.
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