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Consider the following statement regarding the status report on the adverse impact of tourism on Satkosia Tiger Reserve. 

1. The National Tiger Conservation Authority is a statutory body under the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change.

2. Satkosia Tiger Reserve comprises four adjoining sanctuaries of central Odisha.

Which among the following statements is/are correct?


1. 1 only
2. 2 only
3. Both 1 and 2
4. Neither 1 nor 2

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Correct Answer - Option 1 : 1 only

The correct answer is 1 only.

  • The National Tiger Conservation Authority has asked Odisha to submit a status report on the adverse impact of tourism on Satkosia Tiger Reserve.

  • The move came after wildlife activist Biswajit Mohanty alleged that ecotourism activities like camping on sand resorts, river cruise and treetop bridge walks were having an adverse impact on the local wildlife.
  • Mohanty had complained that pitching 20 tents at Badmul on the Mahanadi riverbed inside the Satkosia Tiger Reserve would be extremely harmful to local wildlife.
  • Satkosia Tiger Reserve comprises two adjoining sanctuaries of central Odisha named Satkosia Gorge Sanctuary and Baisipalli Sanctuary. Hence, statement 2 is not correct.
  • This Tiger Reserve lies in a transitional zone extending between the Chhota Nagpur Plateau and the Deccan Plateau.
  • The area supports moist deciduous forest, dry deciduous forest and moist peninsular Sal forest.

  • The National Tiger Conservation Authority is a statutory body under the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change. Hence, statement 1 is correct.
  • The objectives of NTCA are:-
    • Providing statutory authority to Project Tiger so that compliance with its directives become legal.
    • Fostering accountability of Center-State in management of Tiger Reserves, by providing a basis for MoU with States within our federal structure.
    • Providing for oversight by Parliament.
    • Addressing livelihood interests of local people in areas surrounding Tiger Reserves.
  • Some of the functions of NTCA are:-
    • To approve the tiger conservation plan.
    • Evaluate and assess various aspects of sustainable ecology and disallow any ecologically unsustainable land use.
    • Lay down normative standards for tourism activities.
    • Provide for management focus and measures for addressing conflicts of men and wild animal.
    • Provide information on protection measures including future conservation plan, estimation of population of tiger and its natural prey species, the status of habitats.
    • Approve, co-ordinate research and monitoring.
    • Facilitate and support the tiger reserve management in the State.
    • Facilitate ongoing capacity building programme.

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