Dash, Suraj Kumar
Payra, Arajush
Sonker, Gaurav
Palei, Himanshu Shekhar
Mishra, Arun Kumar
Mishra, Rabindra Kumar
Article History
Received: 9 March 2022
Accepted: 3 October 2022
First Online: 18 October 2022
Declarations
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: Before conducting the field survey, the necessary approval was taken from the Athgarh forest division, Odisha (Memo No. Comp-I dated 20/12/2014). The Ethical approval to conduct this study was granted from the PG Department of Wildlife and Biodiversity Conservation, North Orissa University vide letter no. NOU-WLBC/67/15 dated 06/01/2015. In addition, the authors have also taken verbal permission from the village heads (Pradhans) before conducting questionnaires.
: All the respondents were verbally asked, and necessary consent was obtained before participating in this study.
: All respondents were informed that their statements would be used for public welfare and that all the recorded data would be used for scientific research before their participation.
: The authors declare they have no conflict of interest.