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Kamlang Tiger Reserve and Wildlife Sanctuary. The Kamlang Wildlife Sanctuary, established in 1989, is the 50th Tiger reserve in India. The Sanctuary is rich with floral and faunal diversity. It is situated in the Lohit District of the northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. The park is named after the Kamlang River which flows through it.
The tiger reserves in India were set up as a part of Project Tiger initiated in 1973 and are administered by the National Tiger Conservation Authority of Government of India. As of March 2024, there are 55 protected areas that have been designated as tiger reserves. As of 2023, there were 3,682 wild tigers in India, which is almost 75% of the ...
International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) is a mega global alliance launched by India in April 2023 during the 50th anniversary of Project Tiger. [1] The alliance aim at conservation of world's seven principal big cats, which include the tiger, lion, snow leopard, leopard, jaguar, puma, and cheetah. [2] Through the alliance, the member nations will ...
NA. Governing body. Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India. Dampa Tiger Reserve or Dampha Tiger Reserve is a tiger reserve of western Mizoram, India. It covers an area of about 500 km 2 (190 sq mi) in the Lushai Hills at an altitude range of 800–1,100 m (2,600–3,600 ft). It was declared a tiger reserve in 1994 and is part ...
Nagarjunsagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve is the largest tiger reserve in India. The reserve spreads over five districts, Nandyal District, Prakasam District, Palnadu District, Nalgonda District and Mahabub Nagar district. The total area of the tiger reserve is 3,728 km 2 (1,439 sq mi). [1] The core area of this reserve is 1,200 km 2 (460 sq mi).
The Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve was created in 1988 by combining Kalakad Wildlife Sanctuary (251 km 2) and Mundanthurai Wildlife Sanctuary (567 km 2), both established in 1962. Notification of 77 km 2 of parts of Veerapuli and Kilamalai Reserve Forests in adjacent Kanyakumari district, added to the reserve in April 1996, is pending.
50 years of Project Tiger: In the first part of a series exploring India’s relationship with its national animal, wildlife experts tell Maroosha Muzaffar about the threat posed by this innocent ...
The Dudhwa Tiger Reserve is a protected area in Uttar Pradesh that stretches mainly across the Lakhimpur Kheri and Bahraich districts and comprises the Dudhwa National Park, Kishanpur Wildlife Sanctuary and Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary. It covers an area of 1,284.3 km 2 (495.9 sq mi). Three large forested areas are extant within the reserve ...