Odisha forest

Nanda Kishor Bhujabal, an ex-poacher, has helped poachers of Mangalajodi village in Odisha quit hunting and work towards conserving migratory birds in Chilika Lake through his NGO, Sri Sri Mahavir Pakshi Suraksha Samiti

It is because of the efforts taken by the divisional forest officer Pradeep Mirase of Malkangiri forest in Odisha that the fire incidents have drastically reduced from 2,152 cases to 288 in just two years