In a significant contribution to a longstanding debate, the Anthropological Survey of India has come out with a study showing that four villages in the core zone of Orissa's Similipal Reserve cause very little ecological damage. The debate over relocating the four villages has raged on for over three decades now.
The survey worked out two indices
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/villages-orissas-similipal-reserve-do-not-cause-ecological-damage
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/down-earth
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-conservation
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-villages
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sacred-groves
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/religious-beliefs
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/simlipal-np
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/orissa
