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INDEX
1. Sikkim--- --------------------------------------------4
2. Assam-----------------------------------------------6
3. Arunachal Pradesh----------------------------12
4. Meghalaya---------------------------------------16
5. Nagaland-----------------------------------------18
6. Manipur--------------------------------------------20
7. Mizoram -------------------------------------------22
8. Tripura-----------------------------------------------25
9. Himachal Pradesh------------------------------27
10. J&K + Ladakh-------------------------------------31
11. Haryana + Chandigarh-----------------------34
12. Punjab-----------------------------------------------36
13. Uttarakhand---------------------------------------38
14. Uttarpradesh--------------------------------------41
15. West Bengal---------------------------------------44
16. Jharkhand------------------------------------------50
17. Bihar--------------------------------------------------52
18. Odisha-----------------------------------------------55
19. Chhattishgarh-------------------------------------58
20. Madhya Pradesh---------------------------------61
21. Rajasthan-------------------------------------------66
22. Gujarat-----------------------------------------------69
23. Maharashtra----------------------------------------72
24. Telangana-------------------------------------------75
25. AndhraPradesh------------------------------------77
26. Tamil Nadu------------------------------------------80
27. Karnataka-------------------------------------------83
28. Goa----------------------------------------------------85
29. Kerala-------------------------------------------------86
30. Andaman--------------------------------------------87
31. Miscellaneous-------------------------------------- 89

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National Park
An area, whether within a sanctuary or not, can be notified by the state government to be
constituted as a National Park, by reason of its ecological, faunal, floral, geomorphological, or
zoological association or importance, needed to for the purpose of protecting & propagating
or developing wildlife therein or its environment. No human activity is permitted inside the
national park except for the ones permitted by the Chief Wildlife Warden of the state under the
conditions given in CHAPTER IV, WPA 1972.

They are the areas that are set by the government to conserve the natural environment.

 A national park has more restrictions as compared to a wildlife sanctuary.

 Their boundaries are fixed and defined.
 The main objective of a national park is to protect the natural environment of the
area and biodiversity conservation.
 No human activity is allowed.
 Grazing of livestock and private tenurial rights are not permitted here.
 Species mentioned in the Schedules of the Wildlife Act are not allowed to be
hunted or captured.
 No person shall destroy, remove, or exploit any wildlife from a National Park or
destroy or damage the habitat of any wild animal or deprive any wild animal of its
habitat within a national park.
 They cannot be downgraded to the status of a ‘sanctuary’

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Declaration of the Protected Area by the State government:

 Initial notification: The State government may, by notification, declare its

intention to constitute any area within or outside any reserve forest as a
sanctuary/national park if it considers that such area is of adequate ecological, faunal,
floral, geomorphological, natural, or zoological significance, for the purpose of
protecting, propagating or developing wildlife or its environment.
 Final notification: After the initial notification has been issued and the period for
preferring claims has elapsed, the State government may issue a notification specifying
the limits of the area which can be comprised within the sanctuary and declare the said
area shall be a sanctuary/national park from such date as may be specified in the
notification.

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Declared by the Central government:

 The Central Government may declare an area to be a sanctuary/national park if it

is satisfied that the area is of adequate ecological, faunal, floral,
geomorphological, natural, or zoological significance, for the purpose of protecting,
propagating or developing wildlife or its environment.

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 Forests and wildlife are included in the Concurrent List of the Indian Constitution.
Therefore, the Union government makes the policies and plans for Wildlife
Conservation. On the other hand, the State Forest Departments are the ones implanting
those national policies and plans at the state level.

 National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) puts forward a policy framework for wildlife
conservation in India. The Board was constituted under Wildlife (Protection) Act,
1972. It is chaired by the Prime Minister.

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 SIKKIM

Shingba Rhododendron WLS

Khangchendzonga BR

Khangchendzonga National Park

Fambong Lho WLS

Kyongnosla Alpine WLS

Barsey
Rhododendron
Sancruary

Pangolakha WLS
Maenam WLS

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 Tsomgo lake which shares its catchment area with Kyongnosla Alpine Sanctuary is a
biodiversity-rich area known for species like red panda, Himalayan black bear, musk
deer apart from being a stopover for migratory birds.

 The Maenam Wildlife Sanctuary is a treasure house of Medicine as it houses rich

assortment of Medicinal plants and herbs. It covers an area of 36.34 sq km and is located on
the Maenam-Tendong ridge which runs from north to south, almost bisecting Sikkim
longitudinally.

 The Fambong Lho Wildlife Sanctuary is located about 20 kilometres from Gangtok. It covers
an area of about 52 sq km above the road between Singtam and Dikchu with the highest
point at a place called Tinjure at 2130 metres. Fambonglho derives its name from the
Lepcha word "Hambomloh" referred to the wild local Avacado trees. The Sanctuary shelters
the Himalayan black bear, red panda, civet cat (including a rare civet called the binturong or
bear-cat), and many varieties of birds and butterflies.

 The Shingba Rhododendron Sanctuary is located in Yumthang valley in North Sikkim. The
sanctuary is surrounded on the east by Chuba-Sagochen mountain ranges and on the west
by Chomzomei Tso that extends till the Lava Pass.

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 ASSAM
Dibru-Saikhowa NP
Manas NP & TR Orang NP & TR (Brahmaputra River)
Nameri NP & TR
(Beki River) (Brahmaputra River) (Kameng River) Kaziranga NP & TR

Raimona NP Dihing Patkai NP

(2021) (2021)

When we speak of India's national parks, the first name that inevitably crops up in our minds is that of
Kaziranga National Park. One of the country’s leading national parks, the Kaziranga National Park has
been accorded the statues of the elite UNESCO World Heritage Site. The park is possibly Assam's
oldest and foremost national park that is located in Golagaht District and is renowned for housing the
nearly endangered species of the Indian one-horned rhino and the Hollock Gibbon genus of apes.

Another eminent World Heritage Site, the Manas National Park at the picturesque meeting point of
the Himalayan foothills and the Beki River. However, the sanctuary also houses several other species
of wildlife and variegated birds apart from the majestic predator, the Royal Bengal Tiger.

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The Dibru-Saikhowa National Park is shared between the districts of Dibrugarh and Tinsukia and
happens to be the state's fourth national park that houses several unique species of wildlife and birds.
Nameri National Park laced by the Jia Bhoroli River has an unmistakable charm that can be attributed
to the lofty jungle-clad hills, sylvan water bodies and dense forests. Orang (Rajiv Gandhi) National
Park that shelters several rare and near-extinction species of animals and birds has been bestowed
with the honor of a mini Kaziranga National Park.

In News

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Raimona National Park is located in extreme western part of Assam. It is spread
across Gossaigaon and Kokrajhar subdivisions of Kokrajhar district of BTR (Bodoland
Territorial Region), It was declared to be National Park on 5 June 2021 by the
announcement of Assam's Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on the occasion
of World Environment Day (5th June) , Raimona adjoins the Buxa Tiger Reserve in
West Bengal to its west, Phipsoo Wildlife Sanctuary in Bhutan to its north and the first
addition to Manas National Park to the east. (Location based Q is very fascinating to
UPSC, so remember which NP or WLS is where with respect to other.)

Dehing Patkai National Park is located in the Dibrugarh and Tinsukia

districts of Assam and covers an area of 231.65 km2 (89.44 sq mi) rainforest. It was
declared a wildlife sanctuary on 13 June 2004. On 13 December 2020 Government
of Assam upgraded it into a national park, On 9 June 2021 Forest Department of
Assam officially notified it as a national park.

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The “last remaining
stretches” of the
Assam Valley tropical
wet evergreen forests
have become Assam’s
seventh National
Park.

The State government

on Wednesday
notified Dihing Patkai
as a National Park,
four days after creating the 422-sq. km Raimona National Park in western Assam’s Kokrajhar
district.

Assam now has the third most National Parks after the 12 in Madhya Pradesh and nine in
the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, forest officials said.

The five older National Parks in the State are Kaziranga, Manas, Nameri, Orang and
Dibru-Saikhowa.

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 WILDLIFE SANCTUARY-ASSAM

Sonai Rupai WLS Burachapori WLS

East Karbi Anglong WLS

Amchang WLS Pobitora WLS Marat Longri WLS

Barail WLS
Laokhowa WLS

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 The 44.6 square km Bura Chapori Wildlife Sanctuary, an old sandbank turned permanent and
which was declared a reserved forest in 1974 and became a sanctuary in 1995, has lost 22.4
percent of its land area in 30 years, (1987–2017), remote sensing data shows.

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 ARUNACHAL PRADESH

Dihang Dibang Dibang WLS Mehao WLS

Talle Valley WLS Mouling NP BR

Kamlang WLS Namdhapa NP

Pakke WLS Itanagar WLS
Eaglenest WLS

NOTE: Always try to remember One National Park (or TR or WLS) with respect to others, UPSC
is very much known about the Qs regarding arrangement of these from East to West or North
to South and Vice versa.

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The Namdapha flying
squirrel was first
collected in the park
and described. It
is endemic to the
In Arunachal Pradesh in northeast India, the bird has been
park and critically
endangered. It was sighted before, at the Namdapha Tiger Reserve, and the first
last recorded in 1981 in nesting site was recorded in 2014. Camera trap images have
a single valley within
the park.
recorded the species in the adjacent Kamlang Tiger Reserve.

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 MEGHALAYA

Nongkhyllem WLS

Nokrek NP Baghmara Pitcher

Siju WLS Balpakram NP
Plant Sanctuary
Narpuh NP

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NAGALAND

Singphan WLS

Intaki NP Puliebadze WLS Fakim WLS

Rangapahar WLS
Fact
Hornbill Festival is famous festival of Nagaland, but Hornbill is not the State Bird
of Nagaland, Its Blyth's tragopan or the grey-bellied tragopan.

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Fakim Wild Life Sanctuary

Situated close to the India Myanmar border in the Pungro circle headquarter in Nagaland,
Fakim Sanctuary with an area of 642 hectares is a must visit attraction on a wildlife tour to
Nagaland. With hills, high ridges, deep gorges and narrow valleys; here one can see good
variation in landscapes. Because of this variation in altitude, vegetation is equally varied. Eloped
in green meadows, and vegetation, Fakim Sanctuary is home to rich fauna like Slender, Loris,
Panther, Himalayan bear, Jungle cat Barking deer, Hoolock gibbon etc. Not to be missed are
good variety of bird species like Great Hornbill, Tragopan, Jungle Fowl, and Doves, which can
be discovered during the winter season, November to February. Throughout the year, the
region experiences heavy rainfall because of which forests are full of undergrowth. Due to
which here one can find dozen species of ferns and orchids Bay flower, and cinnamon trees.

Pulie Badze Wildlife Sanctuary is located in Kohima District of Nagaland. It was first
designated as a protected area in 1980. The park is named after the 2,296-metre (7,533 ft)
mountain Pulie Badze, which means "Pulie's Seat", named after the legendary folktale
character "Pulie".

• Intaki NP, Puliebadze WLS, Fakim WLS and Singphan WLS together constitutes a
meagre 1.45% of the total geographical area of the state.
• With most of the forest wealth not under control of government, the onus of
conservation and protection of wildlife rests on the communities or the people.

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MANIPUR

Yangoupokpi-Lokchao WLS
Keibul-Lamjao NP
(Ramsar Wetland)

Keibul-Lamjao NP is the only floating NP in the World-Located on the Loktak Lake, it is

the natural habitat of “Sanghai” deer (The dancing deer of Manipur).

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Sanghai Deer

Nestled in the valley of Manipur, Loktak Lake is the largest freshwater lake in northeast
India. It is a Ramsar-designated wetland of international importance and home to the last wild
population of the highly endangered brow-
antlered, or sangai, deer. However, according
to locals and environmentalists, a recent
hydropower project is gradually destroying the
lake’s ecosystem, greatly harming local
livelihoods and threatening the habitat of
Manipur’s beloved sangai.

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MIZORAM

Thorangtlang WLS
Pualreng WLS
Dampa WLS & TR

Lengteng WLS

Murlen NP

Tawi WLS

Khawnglung WLS

Phawngpui Blue
Mountain National
Park

Ngengpui WLS

Murlen National Park is a national park located in the Champhai district Mizoram in India. The size
of the park area is 200 km2 (77 sq mi). The park is situated about 245 km east of Aizawl, and is
close to the Chin Hills. It lies close to Lengteng Wildlife Sanctuary in the same district. It covers an
area of approximately 100 km2

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The team said in a statement that

two workers of Myrmecina
bawai were collected from
Phawngpui National Park, often
called Blue Mountain National
Park. This is the highest
mountain peak in Mizoram with
a maximum altitude of 2157 m
above sea level.
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Lengteng Wildlife
Sanctuary
Lengteng Wildlife
Sanctuary is
a protected area in
Saitual district in
eastern Mizoram, northeast India. It is an alpine forest and contains the second highest peak in
Mizoram. It was declared a protected area in 1999, and a national wildlife sanctuary by the Indian
Ministry of Environment
and Forests on 31 May
2001.

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TRIPURA

Rowa WLS

Sepahijala WLS

Clouded Leopard NP

Bison (Rajbari) NP

Gomati WLS
Trishna WLS

Clouded Leopard National Park is a national park in the Sepahijala Wildlife Sanctuary
Tripura, India. It covers an area of about 5.08 square kilometers (1.96 sq mi) and is
home to four species of primate monkey including Phayre's langur.

Rajbari National Park is a national park in the Trishna Wildlife Sanctuary, in Tripura,
India. It covers an area of about 31.63 square kilometres

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Rowa Wildlife Sanctuary is a Wildlife Sanctuary in Tripura, India. It covers an area of

only 0.86 square kilometers (0.33 sq mi).

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HIMACHAL PRADESH

Cold Desert BR
Dhauladhar WLS Kibber WLS

Inderkilla NP

Pong Dam Lake WLS

The Great Himalayan NP

Rupi Bhaba WLS

Simbalbara NP
Pin Valley NP

Great Himalayan National Park

Great Himalayan National Park was constituted in 1984 and was

formally notified as a national park in 1999. It is located in Banjaar
Sub-Division of Kullu District of Himachal Pradesh, India, in the far
Western Himalayas. GHNP is one of the most recent additions to
a huge network of wildlife reserves found in Himalayan region in
India and adjoining countries.

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The cold deserts of India are located adjacent to the Himalayan Mountains.
They are not affected by the Indian monsoons because they lie in the rain shadow of
the Himalayas.

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JAMMU & KASHMIR + LADAKH

Shandur NP Karakoram WLS

Deosai NP Changtang Cold Desert
WLS

Dachigam NP
Hemis NP
Tral & Hokesar Kistwar NP
Wetland WLS
NOTE: There is no Biosphere
Surinsar Manas WLS Reserve or world heritage site in J&K.

Hemis is the Largest NP of India, Shapo (Sub-species of Wild sheep

found here)

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HARYANA +CHANDIGARH

Kalesar NP

Sultanpur NP

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List of WLS in Haryana

BAKHIRA: UTTAR PRADESH

KHIJADIA: GUJARAT

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PUNJAB

Takhni-Rehmapur WLS
Kathlaur-Kaushlian WLS Nangal WLS

Harike WLS

Abohar WLS

Jhajjar-Bachauli WLS

NOTE: There is no National Park in Punjab

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More WLS in Punjab are listed below:
• Bir-Bhadson WLS
• Bir-Gurdialpura WLS
• Bir-Motibagh WLS
• Bir-Bhunerheri WLS
• Bir-Dosanjh WLS
• Bir-Mehas WLS
• Bir-Aishwan WLS

Note: Nangal WLS is a manmade wetland located in the foothill of

shiwalik.
Note: Harike Wetland locate at the confluence of Beas and Sutlej.
Note: Ropar is a Man-made wetland (Sutlej)

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UTTARAKHAND

Gangotri NP
Govind Pashu Vihar NP Valley of Flower NP
Nanda Devi NP

Kedarnath WLS

Rajaji NP & TR

Jim Corbett NP & TR Askot WLS

Binsar WLS
Sona Nadi WLS
Sitabani WLS Nandhaur WLS

Rajaji National Park is an Indian national park and tiger reserve that encompasses the Shivaliks, near
the foothills of the Himalayas. It is spread over 820 km2 and includes three districts of Uttarakhand:
Haridwar, Dehradun and Pauri Garhwal. In 1983, three wildlife sanctuaries in the area namely, Chilla,
Motichur and Rajaji were merged into one.Rajaji National Park has been named after C. Rajagopalachari
(Rajaji), a prominent leader of the Freedom Struggle, the second and last Governor-General of
independent India and one of the first recipients of India's highest civilian award Bharat Ratna.

The Union government has given the nod to a proposal to grant the Rajaji National Park in Uttarakhand
the status of a tiger reserve. It will be the second tiger reserve in the state after the Corbett Tiger Reserve
and 48th Tiger Reserve of India. As per directions of the Tiger Conservative Authority of India, the Rajaji
National Park will be core area of the Rajaji Tiger Reserve, while about 300 km2 of Shyampur range of

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the Haridwar forest division and parts of Kotdwar and Laldhang forest division, which function as a
buffer zone, will also be included in the Tiger Project, augmented area to 1150 km2.

Final approval was accorded to Kudremukh (Karnataka) and Rajaji (Uttarakhand) for declaring
as a tiger reserve on 15 April 2015. Rajaji became the second tiger reserve in Uttarakhand.

Jim Corbett National Park is a national park in India located in the Nainital district of Uttarakhand
state. The first national park in India, it was established in 1936 during the British Raj and named Hailey
National Park after William Malcolm Hailey, a
governor of the United Provinces in which it was
then located. In 1956, nearly a decade after India's
independence, it was renamed Corbett National
Park after the hunter and naturalist Jim Corbett,
who had played a leading role in its establishment
and had died the year before. The park was the
first to come under the Project Tiger initiative.

Valley of Flowers National Park is an Indian national park which was established in 1982. It is located
in Chamoli in the state of Uttarakhand and is known for its meadows of endemic alpine flowers and the
variety of flora. This richly diverse area is also home to rare and endangered animals, including the
Asiatic black bear, snow leopard, musk deer, brown bear, red fox and blue sheep. Birds found in the
park include Himalayan monal pheasant and other high-altitude birds.

Gangotri National Park is a national park in Uttarkashi District of Uttarakhand in India, covering about
2,390 km2. Its habitat consists of coniferous forests, alpine meadows and glaciers. Gaumukh at Gangotri
glacier, the origin of river Ganga, is located inside the park. Gangotri National Park was established in
1989.

Govind Pashu Vihar National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary is a national park in Uttarakhand, India
established initially as a wildlife sanctuary in 1955, and was later converted into a national park. It is
named after a prominent Indian freedom fighter and politician Govind Ballabh Pant, who became Home
Minister in 1955 and is remembered for his achievement in establishing Hindi as an official language.
The Snow Leopard Project started by the Government of India is being managed at this sanctuary. Also,
it is one of the remaining strongholds in the Himalayas of the bearded vulture, a vital ecological catalyst.

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Askot Musk Deer Sanctuary is located 54 km from

Pithoragarh near Askot in Uttarakhand state of India.
This sanctuary has been set up primarily with the
object of conserving the musk deer and its habitat.
Intensive efforts have been initiated to conserve this
rare species. Other mammals found in this sanctuary
include the Bengal tiger, Indian leopard, Himalayan
jungle cat, civet, barking deer, serow, goral and
Himalayan brown bear. Many species of high-
altitude birds are also found in this sanctuary.

Kedarnath Wild Life Sanctuary, also called the Kedarnath Musk Deer Sanctuary, is a wildlife
sanctuary declared under Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 and located in Uttarakhand, India. Its
alternate name comes from its primary purpose of protecting the endangered Himalayan musk
deer. Consisting of an area of 975 km2 , it is the largest protected area in the western
Himalayas.It is famous for alpine musk deer, Himalayan Thar, Himalayan Griffon, Himalayan
Black bear, Snow Leopard and other flora park and fauna. It is internationally important for the
diversity of its flora and fauna.

The Nanda Devi National Park or Nanda Devi

Biosphere Reserve, established in 1982 is a
national park situated around the peak of Nanda
Devi in Chamoli Garhwal district of Uttarakhand,
in northern India. The entire park lies at an
elevation of more than 3,500 m (11,500 ft) above
mean sea level.

The National Park was inscribed a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1988. It was later expanded
and renamed as Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks in 2005. Within the National
Park lies the Nanda Devi Sanctuary, a glacial basin surrounded by a ring of peaks between 6,000
meters and 7,500 m high, and drained by the Rishi Ganga through the Rishi Ganga Gorge, a
steep almost impassable defile.

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UTTAR-PRADESH

Dudhwa NP Katarniaghat WLS

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LIST OF WLS IN UTTAR-PRADESH

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The Dudhwa National Park is a national park in the Terai belt of marshy grasslands in
northern Uttar Pradesh, India. It stretches over an area of 490.3 km2 , with a buffer zone of 190
km2 . It is part of the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve in the Kheri and Lakhimpur districts. The park is located
on the Indo-Nepali border in the Lakhimpur Kheri District, and has buffers of reserved forest
areas on the northern and southern sides. It represents one of the few remaining protected
areas of the diverse and productive Terai ecosystem,
supporting many endangered species, obligate
species of tall wet grasslands and species of
restricted distribution.

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Neora Valley NP
Gorumara NP Jaldapara NP &TR
Singalila NP

Buxa TR

Mahananda
WLS

Sajnakhlai
WLS

Lothian
Sundarbans NP & TR
Island WLS

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Neora Valley National Park is a national park in Kalimpong district, West
Bengal, India that was established in 1986. It spreads over an area of
88 km2 (34 sq. mi), and is a rich biological zone in eastern India. It is the land of
the red panda in the pristine undisturbed natural habitat with rugged inaccessible
hilly terrain and rich diverse flora and fauna. It is linked to Pangolakha Wildlife
Sanctuary (SIKKIM) of Pakyong District as well as forests of Samtse
District, Bhutan via thick cover of forests.

Singalila National Park is a national park of

India located on the Singalila Ridge at an
altitude of more than 7000 feet above sea
level, in the Darjeeling district of West Bengal.
It is well known for the trekking route to
Sandakphu that runs through it.

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Gorumara National Park is a National Park in northern West Bengal, India. Located
in the Dooars region of the Himalayan foothills, it is a medium-sized park with
grasslands and forests. Gorumara National Park was established in 1994. It is
primarily known for its population of Indian rhinoceros.

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Jaldapara National Park & Tiger Reserve is a national park situated at the foothills of the
Eastern Himalayas in Alipurduar District of northern West Bengal, India, and on the banks
of the Torsa River. Jaldapara is situated at an altitude of 61 m and is spread across 216.51
km² of vast grassland with patches of riverine forests.

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Note: Raidak is a tributary of Teesta

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Lothian Island Wildlife Sanctuary is situated in South 24 Parganas district, West

Bengal, India. The wildlife in this sanctuary includes estuarine crocodiles, olive ridley
sea turtles, spotted deer, jungle cats and rhesus macaques.

Other WLS in West Bengal are as follows:

1. Bethuadhari WLS
2. Chapramari WLS
3. Haliday Island WLS
4. Senchal WLS
5. Ramnabagan WLS

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JHARKHAND

Gautam Budhh WLS

Hazaribagh WLS

Betla NP

Palamu
TR

Palkot WLS Dalma WLS

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The Palamau Tiger Reserve is one of the nine original tiger reserves in Jharkhand and the only one in
this state. It forms part of Betla National Park and Palamau Wildlife Sanctuary.

Gautam Budha Wildlife Sanctuary is a wildlife sanctuary located in Gaya district of

Bihar state and Koderma district of Jharkhand state in east-central India. The
refuge was established in 1976, and covers an area of 259 km². Prior to becoming a
wildlife refuge, the area was a private hunting reserve.

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BIHAR
Valmiki NP & TR

Udaypur WLS

Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin

Kaimur WLS Rajgir WLS Sanctuary

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Valmiki National Park is a Tiger Reserve in the West Champaran

District of Bihar, India. It is the only national park in Bihar. Valmiki Tiger Reserve
covers 898.45 km2 (346.89 sq mi), which is 17.4% of the total geographical area of
the district. As of 2018, there were 40 tigers in the Reserve.

Udaypur Wildlife Sanctuary is a wildlife sanctuary located in West Champaran

district of Bihar state, India. It was established in 1978, and covers an area of 8.74
km². The wildlife sanctuary is predominantly wetland, located on an oxbow lake in
the floodplain of the Gandaki River.

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ODISHA

Simlipal NP

Bhitarkanika
NP

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CHHATTISGARH

Guru Ghasidas NP
Tomar Pingla WLS

Sanjay (Dubri) WLS

Semarsot WLS

Bagdara WLS
Badalkhol WLS

Achanakmar WLS & TR

Gomarda WLS

Bhoramdev WLS Bharnawapara WLS

Indravati NP & TR

Udanti WLS & TR

Bhairamgarh WLS Sitandi WLS

Pamed WLS Kangerghati NP

 Indravati NP & TR is situated on the bank of river Indravati, which is a tributary of river
Godavari.
 Udanti-Sitandi TR is named after Sitandi river which originates in reserve and joins
Mahanadi.
 Achanakmar is very close to Amarkantak which is the source of river Narmada and Son.
 There are 2 Elephant Corridor in Chattisgarh: (1. Lemru, 2. Badalkhol-Tamorpingal).

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Kanger Ghati National Park (also called Kanger Valley National Park) was declared
a national park in 1982 by the
Government of India.
Near Jagdalpur in the Bastar region
of Chhattisgarh, it is one of India's
densest national parks, and is known
for its biodiversity, landscape,
waterfalls, and subterranean
geomorphologic limestone caves,
and as the home of the Bastar hill
myna, the state bird of Chhattisgarh.

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MADHYA PRADESH

Mandla Plant Fossil NP

Kuno NP Madhav NP Panna NP
Sanjay NP

Kanha NP

Bandhavgarh NP
VanVihar NP Pench NP
Satpura NP

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Kuno Palpur WLS Ghatigaon WLS

Karera WLS Nauradehi WLS

Bagdara WLS
Gandhi Sagar WLS
Chambal WLS Bori WLS Panchmarhi WLS

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Kuno is a national park in Madhya Pradesh, India. Established in 1981 as a wildlife sanctuary with
an area of 344.686 km² in the Sheopur and Morena districts, it was also known as Kuno-Palpur and Palpur-
Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary. In 2018, it was given the status of a national park.

Ghatigaon Wildlife Sanctuary is a wildlife sanctuary situated at Ghatigaon in India. Ghatigaon covers 511.0
km² in Madhya Pradesh state, west of the city of Gwalior. It extends to Tigra Dam, and includes part of the
reservoir. It was established in 1981 to protect habitat of the great Indian bustard.

Gandhi Sagar Sanctuary is a wildlife sanctuary situated on the northern boundary of Mandsaur and
Nimach districts in Madhya Pradesh, India. It is spread over an area of 368.62 km2 (142.32 sq mi)
adjoining Rajasthan state in India. It was notified in 1974 and more area was added in 1983. The
Chambal River passes through the sanctuary dividing it into two parts. The western part is in
Nimach district and eastern part is in Mandsaur district. It is in the Khathiar-Gir dry deciduous forests
ecoregion.

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National Chambal Sanctuary, also called the National Chambal Gharial Wildlife Sanctuary, is a 5,400
km² tri-state protected area in northern India for the protection of the Critically Endangered gharial, the red-
crowned roof turtle and the Endangered Ganges River dolphin.

The Bori Wildlife Sanctuary is a wildlife sanctuary in Hoshangabad District of Madhya Pradesh state in
central India. The sanctuary covers an area of 646 km², located in the northern foothills of the Satpura
Range. It is bounded by the Satpura National Park to the north and east, and by the Tawa River to the
west.

The Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve is a conservation area and biosphere reserve in the Satpura Range of
Madhya Pradesh state in central India. The conservation area was created in 1999 by the Indian
government. It also contains animals from the Himalayan peaks and from the lower western ghats.

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Nauradehi Wildlife Sanctuary, covering about 1,197 km², is the largest wildlife sanctuary of Madhya
Pradesh state in India. This wildlife sanctuary is a part of 5500 km² of forested landscape. It is located in the
centre of the state covering parts of Sagar, Damoh, Narsinghpur, and Raisen Districts of MP.

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RAJASTHAN

Sariska NP & TR

Desert NP
Keoladeo NP

Ranthambore NP &TR

Mukundra hill NP & TR

Ramgarh Vishdhari TR

GREAT INDIAN BUSTARD(GIB)

 IUCN:CR
 State bird of Rajasthan
 Among the heaviest of the flying birds
 Formerly widespread in India and Pakistan. Presently, 75% of GIB are found in Thar region of
Rajasthan, and remaining in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh
 Species for the recovery programme under the Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats

 Mukundra Hill situated in a valley formed by two parallel mountains viz. Mukundra and Gargola,
situated on the bank of river Chambal.
 Keoladeo NP is a part of Montreux record under Ramsar Convention, recognized as World Heritage Site.

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Desert National Park is a national park situated in the Indian state of Rajasthan, near the towns of Jaisalmer and
Barmer. This is one of the largest national parks, covering an area of 3162 km². The Desert National Park is an
excellent example of the ecosystem of the Thar Desert.

Ranthambore National Park is a vast wildlife reserve near the town of Sawai Madhopur in Rajasthan, northern
India. It is a former royal hunting ground and home to tigers, leopards and marsh crocodiles. Its landmarks include
the imposing 10th-century Ranthambore Fort, on a hilltop, and the Ganesh Mandir temple. Also in the park, Padam
Talao Lake is known for its abundance of water lilies.

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GUJARAT
Indian Wild Ass WLS Jessore WLS
Kutch Desert WLS

Narayan Sarovar
Nal Sarovar
WLS
WLS

Khijadiya WLS

Marine NP

Shoolpaneshwar

WLS
Gir NP

Vansda NP
Blackbuck NP

 Nal-Saroval Bird sanctuary is the largest wetland bird sanctuary in Gujarat.

 Shoolpaneshwar Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected area in India's Gujarat state, located in the western
Satpura Range south of the Narmada River and is 607.7 km² large. It shares a common boundary with
Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra.

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 Narayan Sarovar Sanctuary also popularly known as Narayan Sarovar Wildlife Sanctuary or Narayan Sarovar
Chinkara Sanctuary notified as such in April 1981 and subsequently denotified in 1995 with reduced area, is a
unique eco-system near Narayan Sarovar in the Lakhpat taluka of Kutch district in the state of Gujarat, India.
The desert forest in this sanctuary is said to be the only one of its kind in India.

•Indian Wild Ass Sanctuary also

known as the Wild Ass Wildlife
Sanctuary is located in the Little
Rann of Kutch in the Gujarat state of
India. It is spread over an area of
4954 km². The wildlife sanctuary
was established in 1972 and came
under the Wildlife Protection Act of
1972.

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Blackbuck National Park is a national park in India located at
Velavadar in the Bhavnagar District of Gujarat state, India. Established
in 1976 in the Bhal region of Saurashtra, the park is located around 42
km from the district headquarters city of Bhavnagar. Hugging the
coasts of the Gulf of Khambhat on the south, it is spread over an area
of 34.08 km2, which was primarily a "vidi" (grassland) of the maharaja
of the princely state of Bhavnagar for hunting the blackbucks with his
famous hunting cheetahs.

Vansda National Park, also known as Bansda National Park, is a

protected area which represents the thick woodlands of the Dangs
and southern Gujarat, and is situated in the Vansda tehsil, Navsari
District of Gujarat state, India. Riding on the banks of Ambika River
and measuring roughly 24 km2 in area, the park lies about 65 km east
of the town of Chikhali on the National Highway 8, and about 80 km
northeast of the city of Valsad.

Jessore Sloth Bear Sanctuary is situated in the Banaskantha district

formerly under Palanpur State in the Indian state of Gujarat at the
Gujarat-Rajasthan border. It was declared as a sanctuary in May 1978,
covering an area of about 180 square kilometers (69 sq mi), principally
for protection of the sloth bear, their numbers are declining in the wild
and they are threatened with extinction, The sanctuary is located in the
Jessore hills of Aravalli hills, to the south of the Thar desert. It was declared
a sanctuary covering an area of 180.66 square kilometers (69.75 sq mi)
in 1978.The sanctuary area lies between the desert ecosystem and the
dry deciduous type of ecosystem, and the forested area helps in
arresting desertification and advancement of Thar desert.

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MAHARASHTRA

Gugamal NP
Yawal WLS Nawegaon NP
Tadoba NP

Tungareshwar WLS

Sanjay Gandhi, Borivilli

NP

Bhimashankar WLS

Phansad WLS

Chandoli NP

Radhanagari
WLS

Mayureshwar WLS
Ghodazari WLS

Chandoli National Park is a

national park spread over
Satara, Kolhapur and Sangli
Districts, Maharashtra state,
India, established in May
2004. Earlier it was a Wildlife
Sanctuary declared in 1985.

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Gugamal National Park is an Indian national park that is one of seven protected areas in the Melghat
Tiger Reserve (Maharashtra). Founded on 22 February 1974, this park is located in the Chikhaldara and Dharni
tehsils of Amravati, Maharashtra.

Navegaon National Park is a national park located in the Arjuni Morgaon subdivision of Gondia district in state
of Maharashtra, India. The Dr Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary, Navegaon is home to almost 60% of the bird species
found in entire Maharashtra. Every winter, flocks of migratory birds visit the lake.

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Radhanagari Wildlife Sanctuary is a wildlife sanctuary and natural World Heritage Site of category ix
and x since 2012, located in Kolhapur district, Maharashtra State, India. It lies at the southern end of the
Sahyadri hills in the Western Ghats. It is notable as the first declared wildlife sanctuary in Maharashtra, notified
in 1958, as "Dajipur Wildlife Sanctuary" and is popularly known as the "Bison Sanctuary".

Ghodazari Wildlife Sanctuary is a wildlife reserve established in 2018 in Nagbhir in the Chandrapur district of
the Vidarbha region in Maharashtra, India. It includes 159 km2of southern tropical dry forest and a lake. The
forest is considered a key region on the connecting corridor for the tiger migration between the Tadoba Andhari
Tiger Project and Umred Karhandala Wildlife Sanctuary.

Bhimashankar Wildlife Sanctuary was created in the Ambegaon and Khed talukas of Pune District, in the
Western Indian state of Maharashtra in order mainly to protect the habitat of the Indian Giant Squirrel.

The Indian giant squirrel or

Malabar giant squirrel is a large
multi-coloured tree squirrel
species endemic to forests and
woodlands in India. It is also a
state animal of Maharashtra
State.

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TELANGANA
Kawal WLS & TR Pranahita WLS Eturnagaram
WLS

Mahavir
Harina
Vanasthali NP

Kasu
Brahmananda
Reddy NP

Mrugavani NP

Amrabad TR Nagarjunsagar Srisailam TR

Mrugavani National Park is a national park located in Hyderabad, Telangana State, India. It is situated
at Chilkur in Moinabad mandal, 20 km from MGBS and covers an area of 3.6 square kilometres (1.4 sq
mi) or 1211 acres. It is home to a 600 different types of plant life. The Park is home to around 350
spotted deers.

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Kawal Tiger Reserve is located at Jannaram mandal of Mancherial District (Old Adilabad district) in
Telangana state of India.Govt of India declared Kawal wildlife sanctuary as Tiger Reserve in 2012. The
reserve is the oldest sanctuary in the northern Telangana region of the state. It is well known for its
abundant flora and fauna. This sanctuary is catchment for the rivers Godavari and Kadam, which flow
towards the south of the sanctuary.

Pranahita wildlife sanctuary is a protected area located in Mancherial district (Old Adilabad District)
of Telangana State, India. This sanctuary is on the bank of Pranahita River, 35 km away from Mancherial
town. It is famous for Blackbuck and over 20 species of reptiles, over 50 species of birds, over 40 species
of mammals.

Nagarjunsagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve is

the largest tiger reserve in India . The reserve
spreads over five districts, Kurnool District,
Prakasam District, Guntur District, Nalgonda
District and Mahabub Nagar district. The
total area of the tiger reserve is 3,728
km2. The core area of this reserve is 1,200
km2. The reservoirs and temples of Srisailam
are major attraction for many tourists and
pilgrims.It is the largest tiger reserve forest
in India and is located inside Nallamala
forest area.

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ANDHRA PRADESH

Papikonda NP Coringa WLS

Gundla
Brahmeswaram
WLS

Kolleru Bird
Sanctuary
Rajiv Gandhi
NP

Krishna WLS

Seshachalama BR

Sri Lankamalleswara WLS

Sri Venkateswara NP
Pulicat Lake Bird Sanctuary

Koundinya WLS
Papikonda National Park is a national park in India, located near Rajamahendravaram in the Papi Hills of the
East Godavari and West Godavari districts of Andhra Pradesh, and covering an area of 1,012.86 km2 (391.07 sq
mi). It is an Important Bird and Biodiversity Area and home to some endangered species of flora and fauna.No
part of Papikonda remains outside East and West Godavari districts after 2014 and after the construction of
Polavaram Dam. NOTE: Papikonda Wildlife Sanctuary was established in 1978.It was upgraded to a national park
in 2008.

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Rajiv Gandhi National Park is a national park located in Rameswaram of Kadapa District, Andhra Pradesh,
India.Its area is about 2.4 square kilometers of tropical dry deciduous forest mostly growing on a sandy soil. It lies
on the north bank of the Penna River. The area was originally noticed as "Rameshvaram National Park" on 19
November 2005 and on 26 December 2005 the name was changed to "Rajiv Gandhi National Park". The 500 meter
eco-zone around the park was noticed on 15 May 2017

Sri Venkateswara National Park is a national park and biosphere reserve in Andhra Pradesh, India. The total
area of the park is 353 km2. The park is known for its many waterfalls, including the Talakona, Gundalakona and
Gunjana. As the government of India declared the Seshachalam Hills as one of the biosphere reserves of India in
2010, this national park becomes the part of it. The National Park is located in Eastern Ghats spread over the
Seshachalam hills of Kadapa district and Tirumala hills of Chittoor district. The elevation varies from 150 to 1,130
m. The terrain is undulating with forest covered valleys. Most of the rainfall is received from the northeast
monsoon and a little from the southwest monsoon. The vegetation here is a mix of dry deciduous and moist deciduous
types.

Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary is a wildlife sanctuary and estuary

situated near Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh, India. It is the third largest
stretch of mangrove forests in India with 24 mangrove tree species and
more than 120 bird species. It is home to the critically endangered
white-backed vulture and the long-billed vulture. In a mangrove
ecosystem the water bodies of the ocean/sea and the river meet at a
certain point.

Kaundinya is a region to which elephants have returned after 200 years. In the last decade, elephants
have been migrating more than ever before, looking for habitable forests. From 1983 to 1986, a sizable

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number of elephants began their journey from the forests of Anekal-Hosur in Tamil
Nadu and Bannerghatta in Karnataka to seek alternative homes in other regions. The habitat of
Kaundinya sanctuary is rugged with high hills and deep valleys. The sanctuary has dry deciduous forests
with thorny scrubs interspersed with trees. These forests have small ponds, tanks and the Kaindinya
and Kaigal tributaries of Palar River.

Krishna Wildlife Sanctuary is a wildlife sanctuary and estuary located

in Andhra Pradesh, India. It is one of the rarest eco-regions of the world
because it harbors vast tracts of pristine mangrove forests. It is
believed by conservationists to be one of the last remaining tracts of
thick primary mangrove forests of South India, which is rapidly
disappearing due to absence of protective measures.

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TAMIL NADU

Satyamangalam WLS & TR

Pulicat WLS

Mudumalai NP Vedanthangal WLS

Guindy NP

Mukurthi NP

Point Calimere WLS

Anamalai NP

Glizzled Squirrel WLS

Mundanthurai WLS

Vallanadu Black Buck WLS

Mudumalai National Park is a national park in the Nilgiri Mountains in Tamil Nadu, south India. It covers 321 km2
at an elevation range of 850–1,250 meter in the Nilgiri District and shares boundaries with the states of Karnataka
and Kerala. A part of this area has been protected since 1940. The national park has been part of Nilgiri
Biosphere Reserve since 1986 and was declared a tiger reserve together with a buffer zone of 367.59 km2 in
2007. Mudumalai National Park covers 321 km2 in the eastern hills of the Western Ghats at an elevation range of
850–1,250 mit is bordered in the west by Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary, in the north by Bandipur National Park and
in the east by Sigur Reserve Forest.In the south, it is bordered by Singara Reserve Forest.The Moyar River enters
the national park in the south and is joined by five tributaries.

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Mukurthi National Park (MNP) is a 78.46

km2protected area located in the western corner
of the Nilgiris Plateau west of Ootacamund hill
station in the northwest corner of Tamil Nadu
state in the Western Ghats mountain range of
South India. The park was created to protect its
keystone species, the Nilgiri tahr

Nilgiri Tahr

Anaimalai Tiger Reserve, earlier known as Indira Gandhi

Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park and as Anaimalai
Wildlife Sanctuary, is a protected area in the Anaimalai
Hills of Pollachi and Valparai taluks of Coimbatore District
and Udumalaipettai taluk in Tiruppur District, Tamil Nadu,
India.

Guindy National Park is a 2.70 km2 protected area of

Tamil Nadu, located in Chennai, India, is the 8th-
smallest National Park of India and one of the very few
national parks situated inside a city. The park is an
extension of the grounds surrounding Raj Bhavan,
formerly known as the 'Guindy Lodge', the official
residence of the governor of Tamil Nadu, India.

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Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve, the Gateway to Western Ghats, is a significant ecosystem and a wildlife corridor
in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve between the Western Ghats and the rest of the Eastern Ghats and a genetic link
between the five other protected areas which it adjoins, including the Billigiriranga Swamy Temple Wildlife
Sanctuary, Sigur Plateau, Mudumalai National Park, Bandipur National Park and the Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary.

Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve (KMTR) located in the

South Western Ghats montane rain forests in Tirunelveli district
and Kanyakumari district in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu,
is the second-largest protected area in Tamil Nadu. It is part of the
Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve

Pulicat Lake Bird Sanctuary is a sanctuary for birds, 759 km2 in area,
located in the Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh and a protected
area of the Thiruvallur District of Tamil Nadu, India. Pulicat Lake is
the second largest brackish-water eco-system in India after Chilka
lake in Odisha. The sanctuary's international name is Pulicat Lake Wildlife Sanctuary,327.33 km2 is managed by
the Andhra Pradesh Forest Department and 153.67 km2 is managed by the Tamil Nadu Forest Department.

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KARNATAKA

Kali TR (Anshi) NP
Daroji Sloth Bear
WLS

Kudremukh NP

Bannerghatta
Brahmagiri WLS
NP

Nagarhole NP

Malai
Mahadeshwara
Bandipur NP WLS
Ranganathittu
Birs Sanctuary

Kali Tiger Reserve is a protected area and tiger reserve. It is located in Uttara Kannada district, in Karnataka,
India. The park is a habitat of Bengal tigers, black panthers and Indian elephants, amongst other distinctive fauna.
The Kali River flows through the tiger reserve and is the lifeline of the ecosystem and hence the name. The tiger
reserve is spread over an area of 1300 square kilometres. Despite high rainfall in this area, water holes go dry
very early in the summer because the soil is laterite, with minimal water-holding capacity.

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Nagarahole Tiger Reserve (formerly known as Rajiv Gandhi (Nagarahole) National Park) is a national park
located in Kodagu district and Mysore district in Karnataka, India. This park was declared the 37th Tiger Reserve
of India in 1999. It is part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve. The Western Ghats Nilgiri Sub-Cluster of 6,000 km2,
including all of Nagarhole National Park, is under consideration by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee for
selection as a World Heritage Site.

Bandipur National Park is a national park covering 868.63 km2 in

Chamarajnagar district in the Indian state of Karnataka. It was established
as a tiger reserve under Project Tiger in 1973.It is part of the Nilgiri
Biosphere Reserve since 1986

Daroji Sloth Bear Sanctuary (Gudekote Sloth Bear

Sanctuary) Is located in Ballari district in Karnataka. This is Asia's
first sloth bear Sanctuary. It is spread over 82.72 km2 . The
sanctuary was created exclusively for the conservation of the
sloth bear. It is about 50 km from Ballari and about 15 km from
the World Heritage Site Hampi. The area between Daroji in
Sandur taluka and Ramasagar of Hospet Taluk is host to
numerous sloth bears.

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GOA

Mhadei WLS

Bhagwan Mahaveer Sanctuary and

Mollem NP

Netravali WLS

Cotigaon WLS

The Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary is a 208.5-km2 protected area in the Indian state of Goa in the Western Ghats
of South India. It is located in the North Goa District, Sattari taluka near the town of Valpoi.

The Cotigao Wildlife Sanctuary is located in Canacona Taluka, South Goa district, of Goa, India, established
in 1968. There is an eco-tourism complex at the entrance of the sanctuary that houses a nature interpretation
centre, cottages, toilets, library, reception area, rescue centre, canteen, children's park, and forest ranger office.

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KERALA
Aralam WLS

New Amarambalam WLS

Silent Valley NP

Anamudi Shola NP

Chinnar WLS

Pambadum Shola NP

Eravikulam NP

Mathikettan Shola NP

Periyar Shola NP
Neyyar WLS

• Chinnar WLS earned the name for only

rehabilitation Centre for Indian Star
Tortoise

New Amarambalam reserved forest is a

reserved forest in the Western Ghats, situated in
the Malappuram District of Kerala state of India. It
extends till Silent Valley National Park of the
Palakkad District to the south and to Nadugani in
the Nilgiri District of Tamil Nadu to the North.

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List of National Parks in Andaman and Nicobar Island

There is NO National Park in

Lakshwadweep

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DIPOR BEEL (ASSAM)

Dipor Bil, also spelt Deepor Beel (bil or beel means "lake" in the local Assamese language), is located to
the south-west of Guwahati city, in Kamrup Metropolitan district of Assam, It is a permanent freshwater
lake, in a former channel of the Brahmaputra River, to the south of the main river. It is also called a
wetland under the Ramsar Convention which has listed the lake in November 2002, as a Ramsar Site
for undertaking conservation measures on the basis of its biological and environmental importance.
Considered one of the largest beels in the Brahmaputra valley of Lower Assam, it is categorized as
representative of the wetland type under the Burma monsoon forest biogeographic region. The Dipor
Bil is reported to provide, directly or indirectly, its natural resources for the livelihood of fourteen
indigenous villages (1,200 families) located in its precincts, Freshwater fish is a vital protein and source
of income for these communities; the health of these people is stated to be directly dependent on the
health of this wetland ecosystem.

AGASTHYAMALA BIOSPHERE RESERVE (KERALA + TAMIL NADU)

The Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve is a biosphere reserve in India established in 2001, located in the
southernmost end of the Western Ghats and includes 3,500.36 km2 (1,351.50 sq mi) of which 1828 km2
is in Kerala and 1672.36 km2 is in Tamil Nadu. It encompasses the
wildlife sanctuaries Shendurney Wildlife Sanctuary, Peppara
Wildlife Sanctuary, Neyyar Wildlife Sanctuary, and Kalakkad
Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve. Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve
became part of World Network of Biosphere Reserves in 2016.

ABR straddles the border of Pathanamthitta, Kollam and

Thiruvananthapuram Districts in Kerala and Tirunelveli and
Kanyakumari Districts in Tamil Nadu, South India at the southern
end of the Western. The reserve now covers parts of Tirunelveli
and Kanyakumari Districts in Tamil Nadu and
Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam and Pathanamthitta Districts in
Kerala.

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NILGIRI BIOSPHERE RESERVE

• Designated as a biosphere reserve in the year 1986, Nilgiri falls within the state boundaries of Karnataka,
Kerala, and Tamil Nadu, along the western ghats.
• The key fauna of the Nilgiris is the Lion-tailed Macaque and Nilgiri Tahr.
• It includes the Aralam, Mudumalai, Mukurthi, Nagarhole, Bandipur, and Silent Valley national
parks, as well as the Wayanad and Sathyamangalam wildlife sanctuaries.

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