BARANTI WILD LIFE & NATURE STUDY ORGANISATION

The Objects for which the Baranti Wildlife & Nature Study Organization is established are :

1. To conserving the Natural heritage of the country by preserving the natural forests social plantation and wild life with vast variety of flora & fauna which represent remarkable biological diversity and genetic resource of the country.



2. To promote, inspire and help conservation of forest.



3. To encourage efficient utilization of forest product.



4. To promote environmental management and sustainable use of regional resources.



5. To create the conditions for increasing eco-tourism in a sustainable and environmentally sound manner.



6. To protect environment, preserve green places and natural areas and adopt energy saving measures.



7. To help the people protect their culture, society and environment.



8. To create awareness about environment protection.



9. To help improve the quality of local craft.



10. To Building up the community’s capacity through income generation and working days generation programs.



11. To provide education to the needy rural and urban population.



12. To promote and help all type of forest research and wild life research programme;



13. To nurse the sick wild life and plant;



14. To promote and help to increase the productivity of forests to meet essential national needs.



15. To establish, help and maintain basic knowledge development programme about flora and fauna, conservation of forest social plantation etc.;



16. To encourage the use of scientific and technological advancement while conserving the balance on the natural environment for the good of the people;



17. To encouraging villagers to cultivate and trade in medicinal plants, the project aims to increase access to preventative and primary health care. By promoting the sustainable use and cultivation of native medicinal plants



18. To send members in various National and International training, workshop and seminars related with conservation of forest, flora & fauna and object of the organization.



19. To promote and participate in any type of Government/Private survey, research work related with rural development, forest, wild life etc.



20. To organize seminars and festivals national and international for the understanding and dissemination of wild life forest protection social forestry etc.;



21. To render relief to the suffering in times of famine, flood, drought, earthquake, forest fire, epidemic and other natural calamities;



22. To help to promote agricultural activities for development of the country;



23. To help to promote plantation and forestation;



24. To help the people in marriage, funeral and cremation of the dead;



25. To cloth the poor village people;



26. To print, publish, sell and distribute journals etc. related with the mission and vision of the organization;



27. To help members in their physical culture through sports, games, traveling, trekking, climbing, swimming, boating etc.;



28. To help to promote cottage and home industries;



29. To improve the welfare of the village people;



30. To achieve a quality of life which will promote a genuine sense of integration harmony and international goodwill;



31. To support and promote cultural activities through the universally appreciated medium of fold art, music, theatre, film, painting and literature;



32. To acquire by purchase, lease or otherwise and hold lands building and property of every description for furthering the object;



33. To accept any request gift, donation etc. for raising fund;



34. To borrow from banks and other financial institutions and may be necessary for the furtherance of the objects;



35. To encourage the advancement of international understanding, goodwill and peace through the spirit of co-operation;



36. To encourage and to promote all rural development activities;



37. To move the Govt. and other appropriate authorities whenever necessary for providing maintaining and improving the object of the organization.



38. To do all such other things as are incidental and conducive to the attainments of the above objects or any one of them;

Mission Statement

(a) To strengthen forest and wild life-related work and movement, to enhance the scope and effectiveness of activities related to the management, conservation and sustainable development of forests and wild life , to strengthen the capacities and capabilities of the local people and organizations to enable them to acquire the necessary knowledge for the protection and conservation of forests and wild life , as well as to expand their scope and, correspondingly, enhance the effectiveness of programmes and activities related to the management and development of forests and wild life;

(b) To trengthen and improve human, technical and professional skills, as well as expertise and capabilities to effectively formulate and implement policies, plans, programmes, research and projects on management, conservation and sustainable development of all types of forests , wild life and eco-tourismt-based resources.
Information about us

Baranti wildlife & Nature Study Organization is currently constituted of 10 youths. they all are ordinary employees who survive on monthly salaries. They planned about the welfare of the flora and fauna of Baranti area and also about the development of Eco-tourism/Village Tourism, in 1995, merely capitalizing their hard labour and meagre pocket-money. They are making efforts voluntarily in this direction, accordingly

BARANTI

Purulia is a backward and draught prone district in West Bengal, India. Baranti is a small picturesque hamlet by a beautiful lake surrounded by hillocks and forests under Santuri police station in this district. Majority of the villagers are below poverty level. Massive deforestation during the 1970s spelt havoc on flora and fauna of the area.

Muradi, a small railway station situated after 3 consecutive railway stations from Asansol, is 261 km away from Kolkata. Baranti or Ramchandrapur Irrigation Project can be reached from Muradi, by Trekker or Rickshaw. A water reservoir has been constructed by erecting a dam between Muradi Hill, at one side, and Baranti Hill, on the other. The water reservoir is being used for irrigation purpose and also for supplying drinking water to the local villages. The Panchkot Hill, at one side of the area and the Biharinath Hill, on the other, can be reached by trekking. The area is shrouded with trees like Sal, Mahua, Piyal, Palash etc. The forest is abode of faunas like Rabbits, Wild Boars, Foxes, Wolves and Dears. The reservoir swarms with seasonal birds. Coos of birds in the forest are worth-remembering. One can travel to Panchet, Maithan, Kalyaneshawari Temple and Jaichandi Hill from here. The entire Saturi P.S. area is covered with small hills and hillocks. The temperature remains quite high during the months of May & June but is very comfortable during August to March. The climate is beneficial to the patients suffering from heart and stomach ailments. Since last few years, this place has earned its fame as an important Eco-tourism destination in the Rahr Area of West Bengal. Inside the forest, a number of small hamlets are situated in scattered manner and most the dwellers are tribal and living below poverty line.

At present 2000 man-days are created every year and 250-300 families visit this place for its natural beauty. As a result local grocers, rickshaw pullers etc earn Rs.600000 to Rs.700000 per year, which helps local economy. Except that, four permanent staffs of our establishment are maintaining their families. In this way an unknown remote place is gradually developing.

Information about Organizar

A group is currently constituted of 10 youths. All are ordinary employees who survive on monthly salaries. They planned about the welfare of the flora and fauna of Baranti area and also about the development of Eco-tourism, in 1995, merely capitalizing their hard labour and meagre pocket-money. They are making efforts voluntarily in this direction, accordingly.

What they have done

1. In spite of availability of irrigation facilities, cultivation and farming could not be done throughout the year. But because of their continuous encouragement, cultivation of economic crops has increased. At primary level, They conducted cultivation activities by their own hand and their friends from Kalyani Krishi Viswavidyalaya regularly visited the place and provided local people and them with necessary advices.



2. In 1995, they developed a forest of Delbergia Sishoo tree on 1.5 acre of land and constructed a Hut. In the same year, They organized a conference of all Ban Committees of Saturi Block. The Honourable DFO of Purulia District was the Chief Guest in this conference. The principal objective of the conference was to encourage social forestation and to increase awareness regarding the necessity of forest and wild life conservation which is their regular work.



3. They planted Simul Tree of high-yielding variety, in this area, on experimental basis and that was a success. The trees are now being used for seed collection, as Mother-tree.



4. They are making necessary arrangements to conserve the trees of the forest and the hills and to observe and provide remedies to their ailments.



5. Conserve the fauna and to stop poaching.



6. Stop the poaching of migratory birds at Baranti Lake.



7. Distribute the plants and seeds of high-yielding variety for social forestation.



8. Encourage nature study and wild-life study.



9. Appoint (temporary) local people (one day in a week) to collect and destroy plastic packets, polithin bags from the picnic spot area of Baranti in picnic season.



10. Organize plantation programmes through local school children in every rainy season.



11. Take necessary efforts to develop eco-tourism.



12. Cooperate in providing medical facilities to the local poor people.



13. Donate necessary clothing items to limited local poor.



14. Maintaining various data base of flora and fauna & socio economic condition of this area (13 villages) and regular updating work.