Chaibasa, May 24: Camped in the swathes of the famous Sal forest in West Singhbhum, Kisor Choudhury has been tracking animals for the past few weeks.

His findings, the wildlife consultant and fellow of Royal Geographical Society, London, believes, will help document the bio-diversity and ensure the animals a better future.

The study will cover the current status of the bio-diversity in the green zone, migration corridors of elephants and other animals, impact of mining activities and finally suggest recommendations to overcome the existing problems. The paper will be tabled before the National Environment Engineering and Institute, Nagpur.

?The Sal forests, famous across the Asian continent, have undergone a lot of degradation. The vast species of flora and fauna found in this area will become endangered in the near future,? said the Calcutta-based consultant The elephant corridor, he said, had been damaged in various parts of forested area. ?This would affect the inter-state migration of the elephants. Finally, the movement of these animals are getting confined within the territorial divisions of the district,? Chaudhury added.

Speculating on future problems, Choudhury said mating should be limited within the pockets of forested region.

Talking about the degradation of the forests, he said the gaur, the great Indian bison, had almost become extinct in the Saranda forest. What compounded the woes, he pointed out, was the large-scale deforestation in and around Manoharpur forest areas.

?As the place is located near the railway lines, it is very easy to smuggle out precious timber,? Chaudhury said. In the mining areas, he rued, the green belt had almost been battered.

?There is violation of the Forest Conservation Act in the southern mining region of the district and the forest personnel are silent about it,? alleged Chaudhury.

Asked when the final report would be compiled, he said the research work could be wrapped up by the end of July. Conservator of forest K.K Chatterjee said an independent team of consultants was also camping in forested areas for the research work.