Little Andaman Island is the fourth largest of the Andaman Islands with an area of 739 km², lying at the southern end of the archipelago. Little Andaman is home to the Onge tribe and has been a well-known tribal reserve since 1957. The low-lying island of Little Andaman has widespread rainforest and several rare species of marine turtle. In the 1960s, the Government of India initiated a colonisation programme related to forestry, but this was later largely abandoned and a court order in 2002 confirmed its protection. Little Andaman is often considered the counterpart of the Great Andaman island group.