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'Wild Orissa’ works in close co-ordination with the state wildlife
wing as well as the state forest department in the state of Orissa.
Its members are few of most widely traveled persons in wildlife areas
and natural areas in the country. Immense data and information has
been collected by the organization over the years. Yet the
organization has been carrying on its mammoth tasks at hand without
any much infrastructural support like vehicles, computers, and many
others. The lack of funds has sometimes been a bit of constraint but
the members have withstood these problems and continued with the same
vigour for the last 10 years! The future of ‘Wild Orissa’ once again
lies within the ambit of the aims and objectives laid down, as well as
on the broad guidelines of functioning decided upon by its members.
‘Wild Orissa’ is aware that the style of wildlife conservation
practiced by it is long drawn but at the same time it has ensured some
long term gains for wildlife. The organization understands that the
time has come where pooling of resources of both governmental and
non-governmental requires to be done to save our wildlife. ‘Wild
Orissa’ also realizes that it is in our own hands to hand down a
better earth to our forthcoming generations. ‘Wild Orissa’ is
confident of similar success in the coming years.
OUR VISION FOR THE STATE OF ORISSA
The state is
bestowed with some of the bewildering bio-diversities the conservation
of which is the duty of its citizens. But lack of information and
knowledge by planners and policy makers could derail natural Orissa.
Though an ardent wild lifer would like all places to go back decades,
when nature reigned supreme, where the Indian sub-continent was
teeming with wildlife of a considerable diversity, and where the iota
of unknown ruled supreme, yet we are aware that apart from a very few
places left there is not much hope to regain the past. It is in this
state of mind that one earnestly hopes that the natural heritage of
Orissa is not destroyed and the many remaining places of exquisite
diversity are left for posterity. One also hopes that the large herds
of elephants are allowed to move from one part of the state to the
other as they have been doing for ages. One also hopes that the major
faunal species do not face a dark future where different population
niches are unable to breed and maintain genetic balance. We hope that
the forest fires, which are playing a major role in degradation of
forests in Orissa, are controlled so that the beautiful Sal forests
could regenerate. We hope that human greed does not overtake the power
of regenerative capacity and carrying capacity of our forests, so that
a healthy interdependence between man and wildlife and forests exists.
We also hope that the little attended to problem of decimation of our
small fauna is given a major policy attention, as unknowingly we are
or on the verge of losing many species. We also hope that requirement
of minor forest produce extraction is not at the cost of a balanced
eco-system. We also hope that the relatively unpolluted waters of
Orissa remains as such for many more years to come. We hope that
dangerous practice of shifting cultivation being practiced in the
southern and western parts of the state is discontinued. We hope that
some of mega projects which are in the pipeline and which would
destroy large tracts of forests are not taken forward and
implemented.
How can you help Wild Orissa :-
1. YOU
COULD SPONSOR OUR CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES
(you may post banking transaction
instruments)
2. YOU
COULD CONSIDER DONATING FIELD EQUIPMENTS, LIKE BINOCULARS, MONOCULARS,
TELESCOPES, ETC., FOR USE DURING FIELD TRIPS AND ALSO FOR IMPARTING
EDUCATION AND TRAINING TO CHILDREN AND YOUTH.
3. YOU
COULD DONATE BOOKS AND MANUALS
4. YOU
COULD DONATE OTHER EQUIPMENTS LIKE BOATS, VEHICLES, ETC. TO BE USED IN
CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES
5. YOU
COULD SPREAD THE GOOD WORD TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD OF OUR INITIATIVES
6. YOU
COULD ENQUIRE ABOUT THE PROGRESS AND VISIT THE CONSERVATION SITES.
7. OFFER
YOUR VOLUNTARY SERVICES FOR THE CAUSE OF WILDLIFE CONSERVATION IN
ORISSA.
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