LIVELIHOOD IN BHITARKANIKA WILDLIFE SANCTUARY, INDIA: AN IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF ECOTOURISM PRACTICES

Madhumita Das and Bani Chatterjee ()
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Madhumita Das: Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India
Bani Chatterjee: Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India

The Singapore Economic Review (SER), 2020, vol. 65, issue 03, 653-681

Abstract: The present study examines the livelihood impact of ecotourism policy in Bhitarkanika Wildlife Sanctuary (BKWS), Odisha, India. Results confirm that ecotourism has created several employment opportunities for the locals and the participants earn better compared to the non-participants. However, the locals suffer due to man-animal conflict and the non-participants suffer the most as farming is their major occupation. Crop damage and livestock depredation by wild animals cause a great economic loss to the villagers. The losses often result in aggravating poverty, food insecurity, additional expenses for investing on mitigating measures and consequently diminished state of socio-economic wellbeing. Thus proper measures can go a long way in founding a better relationship between the forest department and the villagers.

Keywords: Ecotourism; livelihood; man-animal conflict; Bhitarkanika Wildlife Sanctuary (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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