IRTA 2020 - Mangalajodi in Odisha

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IRTA 2020 Travel safe. And travel to support rural India! This World Tourism Day, come along with us as we head out again to some of India’s most extraordinary, most colourful places. Our next pitstop is… Mangalajodi in Odisha! Spot some of the rarest, most spectacular birds with the local guardians of this celebrated wetland in eastern India!

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00:00 The villagers of Mangla Jodi were engaged in rampant poaching of the birds.
00:07 Then RBS Foundation and Indian Grameen Services decided to reverse the situation by introducing
00:15 ecotourism.
00:16 The villagers' economic condition was not so stable, so poaching contributed their livelihood
00:23 basket.
00:26 Once they changed their mindsets, then they have been involved in each and every part
00:31 of this journey.
00:33 The ecotourism enterprise has been established as a trust and all the transactions happened
00:40 are benefiting the local communities.
00:42 We give more importance to the conservation of birds because that is why we get small
00:49 jobs.
00:50 By conducting this, we have become more educated and we are learning more and better things.
00:57 (chimes)