Introduction to SEPL Management

Pressures and Issues Population, increased by 64 per cent since 1961. Out of total geographical area of 16579 sq. km. approximately 937 sq. km is cleared annually for shifting cultivation Evidence of decrease in jhum from 1.87 million in 2003 to 1.2 million hectares in 2005-06 (NEPED, 2011).

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