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India has 597 Protected Areas including 95 National Parks, 500 Wildlife Sanctuaries and 2 Conservation Reserves, covering 155,979.85 ㎢ which is 4.75% of the geographical area of the
country. All the protected areas in the country are surrounded by human habitations who have been traditionally dependant on the forest resources. After creation of the protected areas people living around were denied access to the forests. This led to conflict and protection problems. Aninitiative was undertaken to train local educated youths to gain employment in lieu of the opportunities lost due to the creation of a protected area. The youths are trained as Nature guides thus achieving the dual objective of providing a livelihood and also strengthening the
protection of the park.