The Chief Minister of Kerala, Pinarayi Vijayan seeks the intervention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to alleviate the concerns of the people of Wayanad about thhe Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) notice draft, which is envisaged in Wayanad Establish a buffer zone wildlife sanctuary (WWS) around.
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♦ However, Kerala hopes that ESWS will have an area of 88.2 square kilometers around WWS. The government believes that densely populated areas should be excluded when notifying ESZ.
♦ Such a move will severely affect the lives of thousands of farmers who live on the edge of shelters in the six villages of Mananthavady and Sulthan Bathery taluks.
♦ All development in ecologically sensitive areas, including the construction of roads and houses, will be affected, and farmers will not be able to cut down the trees they plant on the land without the permission of forest officials.
♦ Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary is part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve (5,520 square kilometers) and an important part of the Seventh Elephant Sanctuary in South India. This is the only refuge in Kerala, where four-horned antelopes were reportedly witnessed.
♦ The existence of Egyptian vultures, Himalayan lion riffs, and gray-black vultures have also been reported in the reserve. Two bald eagles (red-headed vultures and white-backed vultures) that were once common in Kerala are now limited to Wayanad plateau.
♦ The Nagarhole-Bandipur-Mudumalai-Wayanad forest base is also one of the most important tiger habitats in the country. Recent estimates of tigers using camera traps indicate that there are 79 tigers in the reserve. The forest of the wildlife division constitutes the main catchment area of the tributaries of the Kabani River.
♦ Ecological Sensitive Zone (ESZ) or Ecological Fragile Zone (EFA) is the area around protected areas, national parks and wildlife sanctuaries notified by MoEFCC.
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