The main motto of this initiative is to keep NSTR free from plastics, so that wild animals will experience pristine nature. Under this initiative, locals especially tribes engaged as Swatcch Sevaks will collect the plastics and other foreign objects from the eco-system along the highways in their designated stretch. There are four major highways passing through NSTR and accounts for around 220 kms. The collected plastics and etc., are segregated, baled into discrete units in NSTR Swatcch Nilayam and transported / sold for recycling purpose. A win-win situation between forest conservation and locals livelihood has been emerged which will support in achieving sustainability in near future. So far, more than one (1) tonne of plastics have been transported to recycling units.
Indian paradise 昀氀ycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi)
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NSTR-Livelihood at door step Considering the vastness of NSTR, dependence of Scheduled Tribes on forest have to be acknowledged. There are more than 15 villages / gudems with population more than 2000 individuals residing in the Critical Tiger Habitat of NSTR. Trimming o昀昀 their dependence of forests is paramount for wildlife conservation. To make the scheduled tribes self su昀케cient, training on handicrafts and cottage industrial units at small scale are being encouraged by NSTR team and hand holding by 昀椀eld o昀케cers have yielded results. Tribes are also showing keen interest in skill development on jute / cloth bag manufacturing, paper bag manufacturing, mushroom cultivation. These initiatives in a long run, will support protected area managers to keep the forests undisturbed and in-turn alleviate poverty among local tribal population, especially the Chenchus-Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups.
Monitor lizard (Varanus bengalensis)
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NSTR – Mission Save Snakes :- We are all aware “Snakes are friends of farmers” by keeping the rodents population especially rat at check. However, the human fear for snake is time immemorial and the urge to kill it on sight is an obvious re昀氀ex to get rid of enemy, which is a misnomer. NSTR team emerged with a novel paradigm of engaging locals as snake rescuers and trained them to be professionals of snake rescue in con昀氀ict and release them in the wild. Rescuers lightening response for complaint calls and rescue of snakes have installed a sense of con昀椀dence among the public and attrition on kill rate is clearly re昀氀ected. The rescue results are impeccable. Thanks to our snake rescuers who does the noble work round the clock, the public and the snakes are at peace.
SNAKE IN FRINGE VILL2022
RESCUE LAGES OF NSTR 2-23
APR 29 MAY 74 JUN 68 JUL 112 AUG 130 SEP 125 OCT 213 2023 2022 RESCUE
NOV 237 DEC 236 JAN 164 FEB 116 MAR 129 TOTAL 1633
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EMOTION 304
IT IS A SYMBOL O305
F CO - EXISTENCE 306
IT IS A C307
CULTURE 308
LET US COEXIST AND309
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SCAN TO FOLLOW US ON NSTR SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORKS 314
Picture Credits Sri S. Mohammad Hayath, Forest Range O昀케cer Biodiversity. Sri. A.Bhanu Prasad, Forest Beat O昀케cer Peddamanthanala beat, Korraprolu Range. Sri. S.Anjani Kumar,Wildlife photographer. Sri. K.Vikram Singh, NSTR Designer.