Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve - Equitable Tourism Options

Restoration Zones
Areas in a highly degraded stage adjacent to the other zones of the NBR
are brought under vegetation cover by scientific afforestation programmes.
The total area is 706 sq Km.
List of PAs in the NBR
S/# Protected Area within the HBR Area (sq
'KmJ
1. Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary 321
2. Mukurthi National Park 80
3. Bandipur National Park 800
4. Nagarahole National Park 572
5. i WaynadWildlife Sanctuary 344
6. Silent Valley National Park 78
Source: http://cpreec.org/nbr.htm
Indigenous people
Adivasi groups like the Todas, Kotas, Irullas, Kurumbas, Paniyas, Adiyans,
Edanadan CheWs, Cholanaickens, Allar, Malayan, etc., are native to the
reserve. Except for Cholanaickens who live exclusively on food gathering,
hunting and fishing, all the other adivasi groups are involved in their
traditional occupation of agriculture.
Several ethnic groups inhabit the area, including the only surviving huntergatherers
of the Indian subcontinent, the Cholanaikans in the New
Amarambalam of Nilambur. The local populations subsist on the use of
natural resources (such as medicinal plants), agriculture, agri-horticulture
and the commercialization ofthese products.
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