Wildlife Conservation In India
- insideindianjungle
- Sep 19, 2018
- 3 min read
Updated: Feb 20, 2019
Tiger Conservation in Bandhavgarh
The Bandhavgarh Fort, in the center of the Reserve, a top the Bandhavgarh hill, was the seat of the rulers of erstwhile Rewa State until they shifted to Rewa town in 1617 A.D.
The area of the Reserve, with its surrounding forests were the favorite hunting grounds of the erstwhile rulers and were zealously protected as such.
Tiger Conservation in Jim-Corbett
The Reserve area was named as Hailey National Park in 1936. This was renamed in 1954-55 as Ram Ganga National Park and again in 1955-56 as Corbett National Park.
It is the oldest National Park in India. It was one of the nine Tiger Reserves created at the launch of the Project Tiger in 1973.
Wildlife Conservation in Dudhwa
Dudhwa Tiger Reserve was created in the year 1987-88, comprising Dudhwa National Park and Kishanpur Sanctuary (203.41 sq. km. ). With an addition of 66 sq. km. to the buffer zone in 1997, the present area of the Tiger Reserve is 884 sq. km.
Wildlife Conservation in Ranthambhore
Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve was among the first nine Tiger Reserves declared in 1973 at the launch of Project Tiger in India. It comprised the former Sawai Madhopur Wildlife Sanctuary of 392.5 Sq. km. Reserved Forest (constituted in 1955).
(Constituted in 1983),Sawai Mansingh Sanctuary with an area of 127 sq. km .(constituted in 1984), Kualji Close Area of 7.58 sq. km. And some other forest areas were added to the Reserve.
Wildlife Conservation in Panna
Panna National Reserve was created in 1981. It was declared a Project Tiger Reserve in 1994, the 22nd in the country and 5th in the State.
The National Reserve consists of areas form the former Gangau Wildlife Sanctuary created in 1975. This sanctuary comprised of territorial forests of the present North Panna Forest Division to which a portion of the adjoining Chhatarpur Forest Division was added later.
The reserved forests of the Reserve in Panna district and some protected forests on Chhatarpur district were the hunting preserves of the erstwhile rulers of Panna, Chhatarpur and Bijawar princely states.
Wildlife Conservation in Sariska
Sariska Tiger Reserve was created in 1978. The present area of the Reserve is 866 sq. km. In the pre-independence period, the forests within the Reserve were a part of the erstwhile Alwar State and maintained as a hunting preserve for the royalty. After independence, these were first notified as a Reserve wherein it was unlawful to hunt, shoot, net, trap, snare, capture or kill any kind of wild animals in 1955.
Wildlife Conservation in Sunderbans
Sunderbans Tiger Reserve, created in 1973, was the part of the then 24-Parganas Forest Division. Subsequently, the area comprising the present tiger reserve was constituted as a Reserve Forest in 1978.
The area of the Reserve is 2585 sq. km. , covering a land area of 1600 sq. km. and the water body occupying over 985 sq. km. Within this area, 1330.12 sq. km. is designated as core area, which was subsequently declared as Sundarbans National Park in 1984.
Tiger Conservation in Kanha
Kanha National Park is one of the first nine, Tiger Reserve constituted in our country when Project Tiger was initially launched way back in 1973. There present Park area encompasses two important valleys vix the Banjar and the Halon.
Kanha tiger Reserve is constituted on a "core-buffer" strategy. The entire National Park area of 940 sq. km. km. is visualized as a "core zone", free from biotic. Disturbances of any sort. A Buffer zone of 1005 sq. km. km. surrounding the core is treated as a multiple use area.
Wildlife Conservation in Bandipur
A Sanctuary with 90sq. km. area was created in the Bandipur Reserve Forest in 1931. It was realized that this Sanctuary was too small for effective conservation of wildlife.
The Bandipur Tiger reserve was constituted by including most of the forest area of the Venugopala Wildlife Park and its sanctum sanctorum at Bandipur, in the year 1973 and named Bandipur National Park.
All the forests included in the Reserve are reserved forests notified prior to independence. Notification for the proposed Bandipur National Park was issued in 1985. The final notification is still pending.
Wildlife Conservation in Manas
Manas Tiger Reserve was created in 1973, with Manas Sanctuary as its core. Manas Sanctuary with an area of 360 sq. km., was created way back in 1928 Prior to the declaration setting up the sanctuary, the area was a Reserved Forest called Manas R.F. and North Kamrup R.F.
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