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43% of total landmass as forestland and 17% of total forestland is covered with dense forest. |
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More than 10million people critically depend on forest for their livelihood. |
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In general forest provides 20-40%of gross annual income to the marginalised section of the state in forestlands and women play greater role in forest based household economy. |
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53% of total forest fringe villages are actively involved in community based forest protection and management. And |
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Orissa represents the only state in India where self-initiated forest protection activities have taken pioneer work and successful in managing the forest ecologically to greater extent. |
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Orissa Flora: Rich in floral diversity. Atleast 27 taxa endemic (like Eria meghasaniensis and Oryza jeyporensis) |
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Rare and endangered fauna: Royal Bengal Tiger, Black Buck, Salt water Crocodile, Irawadi Dolphin |
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Around 8111.55 sq.km i.e., 4.2% of Geographical area and 11.4% of forest area of Orissa have been declared as Protected Areas. |
