Communities or forest department? Similipal fires rake up debate on ownership of National Park

2021-03-15 09:18
As Similipal National Park and Tiger Reserve in Odisha burned over the past month, the debate over whether ownership of the park should be in the hands of the forest department or the local community, came to the fore. Similipal, Asia’s second-largest biosphere reserve, located in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district has been burning since February 11. […]