🧭 [Environment + Ethics] Jharkhand’s 1st Tiger Safari —📍 Latehar,

GS3 (Environment) | GS2 (Governance) | GS4 (Ethics)

Jharkhand plans a tiger safari on 150 ha in Barwadih fringe forest (outside core/buffer zones of Palamau TR).
🎯 Goal: Eco-tourism, conservation education, jobs
🐅 Tigers: Only rescued/injured/orphaned ones

⚖️ Legal Context
❌ Not defined under Wildlife Protection Act (1972)

✅ NTCA 2012: Allowed in buffer for conflict/rescued tigers

🏛️ SC 2024: Safari must be outside core/buffer

🎯 CZA: Species selection, enclosure & welfare oversight

⚠️ Concerns

Tribal displacement, FRA violation (no Gram Sabha consent)
Disrupted grazing, forest produce access
Ecological imbalance risk

🗣️ George Monippally (Activist): “Without Gram Sabha nod, it breaches forest rights.”

#UPSC #GPSC #Environment #TribalRights #Conservation #Ethics #CurrentAffairs2025

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