'Shahjahan of Timber Mahal'
Forest plays an important role in enhancing livelihood requirements for rural community and in maintaining ecological balance. The rural communities directly rely on forest for their day-to-day requirement. The dependence of communities on forest can be judged from the fact that an average tribal family draws half of its annual income from forest.
Eastern Ghats Forests play a very significant role in the rural economy for thousands of years in terms of providing employment, income potential and life support.
Odisha (Orissa) is the homeland of roughly sixty two types of tribes and almost 25% of its population are Tribals. Though with the Time, the Tribes have lost their own identity and mingled with other community in search of better life or comfortable living, some of these Tribes managed to live with their own isolation and they are termed as Persons of Vulnerable Tribal Group.
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