Seed Bombs

  • Encouraged by germination and subsequent growth in bamboo plantations, Odisha’s Athagarh Forest Division has begun casting seed balls inside different reserve forest areas to enrich food stock for wild elephants.
  • The prime objective is to meet the needs of the elephants, thus avoiding man-animal conflict since Athagarh Forest Division is one of the worst-hit areas as far as man-elephant conflict is concerned.
  • Elephants frequently raid villages coming under Athagarh and Khuntuni range and damage standing paddy crops. The situation becomes extremely volatile when any human gets killed by marauding elephants.

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