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The Kamlang Wildlife Sanctuary, established in 1989, is the 50th Tiger reserve in India. In 2024, it was declared as a eco-sensitive zone. [2] 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 ...
This tiger reserve covers a total area of 2,829.38 square kilometres (1,092.43 sq mi), including a core or critical tiger habitat of 2,049.2 square kilometres (791.2 sq mi), which consists of the Guru Ghasidas National Park and the Tamor Pingla Wildlife Sanctuary, along with a buffer zone of 780.15 square kilometres (301.22 sq mi). It is 56th ...
By the late 1980s, the initial nine reserves covering an area of 9,115 km 2 (3,519 sq mi) had been increased to 15 reserves covering an area of 24,700 km 2 (9,500 sq mi). More than 1100 tigers were estimated to inhabit the reserves by 1984. [8] By 1997, 23 tiger reserves encompassed an area of 33,000 km 2 (13,000 sq mi). [9]
Tiger reserves consist of areas under national parks and wildlife sanctuaries. There are 53 tiger reserves in India. [ 1 ] As of January 2023, [update] the protected areas of India cover 173,629.52 square kilometres (67,038.73 sq mi), roughly 5.28% of the total geographical area of the country.
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Tamor Pingla Wildlife Sanctuary is located in Surajpur District, Chhattisgarh, in central India. [1] [2] It was declared as a wildlife sanctuary in 1978.In 2021, National Tiger Conservation Authority has approved the Chhattisgarh government's proposal to declare the combined areas of the Guru Ghasidas National Park and Tamor Pingla Wildlife Sanctuary as a Guru Ghasidas - Tamor Pingla Tiger ...
Subsequently, over the years, five additional reserves were created. Tadoba National Park, formed in 1955, is one of the oldest national parks. In 1993 its merge with Andhari Wildlife Sanctuary led to the creation of Tadobo Andhari Tiger Reserve. Tiger Census As of 2022, Maharashtra has the fifth-largest tiger population among all Indian states.
Namdapha was originally declared a wildlife sanctuary in 1972, a national park in 1983 and became a tiger reserve under Project Tiger in the same year. Its name was a combination of two Singpho words, namely "nam" which means water, and "dapha" which means origin; the river originates at the Dapha Bum glaciers.