Barbara Forest

In Context 

• The Barbara Forest will be thrown open to the public from the next tourist season for promoting ecotourism.

About Barbara forest

• It is named after a British forest officer’s wife, who was killed in a tiger attack in the area, 100-odd years ago.
• It is situated in Odisha and is dubbed as Asia’s largest teak and sal forest.
  • Its teak plants are about 80-ft tall with a girth of 10-feet each, rarely found anywhere else in the country. Teak species from 10 different States are also preserved here.
• Spread over 870-sq km, the forest touches three districts Khordha, Nayagarh and Ganjam of Odisha.
• It  is an enriched area that boasts several century-old plants sown by the British back in 1910.
•  It was perhaps the only forest in India guarded by the jawans of the Central Reserve Police Force (for protecting forest resources). 

Source:TH