wildlife india
national wildlife action plan to wildlife action plan(02-16)
1983, provides for d framework, indian board of wildlife reconstituted in 2001 with pm as head
conservation reserves
1st one in 2005, identified by some environmental peculiarity, nd notified to b maintained as such, 7 in total
project tiger 1973
29 tiger reserves, 17 states, sucessful so we started project elephant(14 reserves, 12states) in 1992, providing financial nd technical assistance to states to ensure long tern survival
elephants
`in thousands, wb assam uttranchal central india karnataka kerela tn
wild buffalo
assam cg
impt snakes
cobra krait viper
salim ali centre for orinthology nd natural history
coimbatore
wildlife institute of india
denradun
national institute of animal welfare
faridabad,
crocodile gharials
ganga mahanadi
lion
gir forest gujrat
indian cheetah
got extinct 6 decades ago!!!
national park
habitat oriented
high density in national parks
high chances of disease spread, high chance of wiping popu by flood
wild sheep nd goats nd yaks
himalayan region
animal welfare board
hq chennai
factors for wildlife falling
hunting, falling forest cover, loss of biodiversity
indian board of wildlife
in 1952 for advising d govt on means of conservation of wildlife
rhinoceros
less thn 1500 in wb assam. mostly in kaziranga manas reserves and jaldapara(wb) sanctuary
monal bird
most beautiful bird, himachal pradesh, hunted close to extinction
tiger
mostly in wildlife reserves sancturies national parks himalayan foothill, wb mp
gangetic dolphin
national aquatic animal, in ganga nd sm other rivers
biospheres recognised by unesco
nilgiri, gilf of mannar, sunderbans, nanda devi, nokrek,simlipal,panchmarchi,
ridley's turtle
odisa coast
biosphere reserves
protected areas maintained in their natural state, created by parliament statutes, 17 in total, not open to human activity
wildlife sanctuary
species specific in their natural habitat
wildlife protection act 1972
statuary policy, is periodically amended to add more animals to endangered list (except in jnk), prohibits trade in endangered species, india is signatory of CITES, also MOU concerning d conservation of siberian cranes(they migrate via india in winters)
hawksbill turtle
tn coast
