Deal #608

India

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Created at

2013-08-16

Last update

2020-11-12

Last full update

2020-11-12

Former land owner (not by constitution)

Former land owner

Community, Indigenous people

Former land use

Shifting cultivation, Pastoralism, Forestry, Conservation, Other

Comment on former land use

Conservation: The Mountain of Niyamgiri is protected under Section 18 of the Indian Wildlife Act as an area of extraordinary natural beauty. The forest covering the mountain has been officially recognised for its rich wildlife population. Niyamgiri was proposed as a wildlife sanctuary by Ministry of Environment and Forests in 1998. In 2004, The Orissa government declared it an elephant reserve. Other: Niyamgiri Hill is a sacred land for the tribes

Former land cover

Cropland, Forest land, Shrub land/Grassland (Rangeland)