write an article about the after effect of eco sensitive area declaration in 150 words
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RESOURCES ESSENTIALS
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1ST, 2010
MOEF Guidelines for Eco-Sensitive Zones (ESZs) around Protected Areas
| MOEF Website
Mining outside Sariska Tiger Reserve

Dharmendra Khandal
The basic aim of the guidelines is to regulate certain activities around protected areas so as to minimise the negative impacts of such activities (like mining, power projects) on the fragile ecosystem encompassing the protected areas.
The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has come out with new guidelines to create eco-sensitive zones (ESZs) around Protected Areas to prevent ecological damage caused due to developmental activities around National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries.
The new ESZ guidelines, declared by the ministry on February 9, 2011 would also ensure that these areas act as “shock absorbers” to the protected areas by regulating and managing the activities around such areas. The guidelines were updated on the ministry website today. “It is prerequisite that an inventory of different land-use patterns and the different types of activities, types and number of industries operating around each of the protected areas be made,” the ministry said.
“The basic aim is to regulate certain activities around National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries so as to minimise the negative impacts of such activities on the fragile ecosystem encompassing the protected areas,” the Ministry said in its new guidelines.
The guidelines include a broad list of activities that could be allowed, promoted, regulated or promoted. This is an important checklist for conservationists to keep in mind while identifying threats in ESZs.
For this purpose, the ministry has asked all states to constitute a committee comprising the wildlife warden, an ecologist and a revenue department official of the area concerned to suggest the requirement of an eco-sensitive zone and its extent.
The panel could also suggest the best methods to manage such zones and broad-based thematic activities to be included in the master plan for the areas, which have been classified as prohibited, restricted with safeguards and permissible. The guidelines said activities, including commercial mining, setting of saw mills and industries causing pollution, commercial use of firewood and major hydro-power projects, are prohibited in such areas.
Eco-sensitive area declaration
Explanation:
The Eco-sensitive area is categorised to save the ecosystem prevailing and prevent ecological damage due to anthropogenic actions (human actions of development). The activities around the area are managed and regulated. The activities are classified as prohibited, restricted and permissible.
After the area declaration, the life of people living there are affected; they have to ensure that their actions do not cause any harm to flora and fauna prevailing there. Also, many local people whose employment was based on using forest resources like forest wood will get seriously affected. The industries and mines setup there are also under prohibited activities.
Though it elevates the prevailing ecosystem to flourish but it does affect the people's lives depending on forest for their livelihood and they have to look for other sources of employment.