Abstract

Bhuiyan Juang Pirha (BJP) in Kendujhar district is a tribal-dominated forest fringe area. Lack of agricultural land, unfertile soil, lack of irrigation and poor communication compel the local people to depend completely on the forest ecosystem for their daily needs. Collections and sale of different non-timber forest products (NTFPs) for domestic and commercial purposes are considered as important means of their livelihood. The tribal people seasonally collect various NTFPs to satisfy the needs for their food, fodder and also medicine. The present study tries to explore the importance of NTFPs on the livelihood of the tribal people in the forest fringe areas. Continuous field surveys and interviews were done with a structured questionnaire for data collection. The nature and pattern of NTFPs utilization by the Bhuiyan and Juanga tribes for domestic and commercial uses have been estimated indirectly. The conservation of these forest products is to be given priority in forest management. Strategically, on the basis of the information thus collected from field surveys in NTFP resources obtained in the local Sal-dominated forest ecosystem have been ranked according to their importance in tribal livelihood. Such importance has been assessed in terms of monetary value, volume of collection, availability and uses.

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