Biodiversity Conservation

New initiatives for ground level survey based research and documentary making is boon for promoting biodiversity conservation and tribal the indigenous people restorations. 

Howrah Suparna, has recently initiated for making a documentary film on the Dongriya Khond Tribe of western Odisha.

The major focus was on identifying medicinal plants and herbs from the remote forests of Western Odisha across the Raigad and Kalahandi district including herbs, shrubs, trees and medicinal mushrooms. The ground survey was rewarding in the sense many species were recorded and their corresponding conservation status are now being investigated in the lab. The comprehensive survey recorded around 250 species across Odisha.

Howrah Suparna, under the leadership of Secretary, Prof. (Dr.) Suparna Sanyal Mukherjee and movie director Sourav Sarkar is working towards finishing a documentary on the socio-cultural, socio-economic and ethnographic elements of the local Dongriya Khond primitive tribe from the Niyamgiri hills in Western Odisha. The documentary highlighting the tribal lifestyle, the role of the tribe in protecting the local forests, wildlife and biodiversity as well sustainable environment-friendly indigenous tribal technology important for their survival in the present juncture. 

Niyamgiri hill is famous for the buxite mine. There were an incident occurred which was initiated by the tribals only, the Dongriya Khond. Hence the Niyamgiri is still maintaining its natural beauty and greenery which is the ultimate source of natural resources.