Manuscript Number : IJSRSET21952

Study of Natural Crop Produce and Tribal of Melghat Tiger Reserve Area

Authors(3) :-Dr. P. K. Wankhade, R. K. Wankhade, Dr. P. B. Shingwekar

The melghat tiger reserve have both the impact of the local population on the protected areas and possibility to improve the capacity of the protected area management to effectively conserve biodiversity and support collaboration between the forest property and local communities in and around ecologically rich areas. Melghat tiger reserve, is the protected area in the state of Maharashtra with the potential to hold accountable presence of tiger. It is located in the central high land biotic province of the deccan bio-geographic zone, a largest and oldest tiger reserve in the state supports typical dry teak forest of the central India. All the forest protected areas in the region are subject to anthropogenic limitations of various types. The present paper is based on the groundwork of melghat tiger project reserve and secondary data collection with objectives, need for monitoring tiger and its tribal population for examining the impacts of management and human interventions of protected areas as an effective tool for biodiversity conservation.

Authors and Affiliations

Dr. P. K. Wankhade
SGB Amravati University, Amravati, Maharashtra, India
R. K. Wankhade
Chief Conservator of forest (IFS) Pune, Maharashtra, India
Dr. P. B. Shingwekar
SGB Amravati University, Amravati, Maharashtra, India

Conservation, bio-geographic, management, Melghat Tiger Reserve, Tree density, Disturbance scores, Grazing

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Publication Details

Published in : Volume 9 | Issue 5 | July-August 2021
Date of Publication : 2021-07-25
License:  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Page(s) : 07-11
Manuscript Number : IJSRSET21952
Publisher : Technoscience Academy

Print ISSN : 2395-1990, Online ISSN : 2394-4099

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Dr. P. K. Wankhade, R. K. Wankhade, Dr. P. B. Shingwekar, " Study of Natural Crop Produce and Tribal of Melghat Tiger Reserve Area , International Journal of Scientific Research in Science, Engineering and Technology(IJSRSET), Print ISSN : 2395-1990, Online ISSN : 2394-4099, Volume 9, Issue 5, pp.07-11, July-August-2021. Journal URL : https://res.ijsrset.com/IJSRSET21952

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