[Prelims 2020] List of National Park, Tiger Reserves and

Wildlife Sanctuaries in News

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Written by: ForumIAS March 28th, 2020

Hello students,

In the previous article, we had posted a comprehensive list of National Parks in India.
Now let us have a look at all the national parks, tiger reserves and wildlife sanctuaries
that have featured in News since 2019.

List of National Parks, Tiger Reserves and Wildlife Sanctuaries in News

National Location Important Why in news?

Park/Wildlife Detail
Sanctuary/Tiger
reserve

1 Mukurthi Tamil Nadu Part of Nilgiri Tamil Nadu government

National Park Biosphere is constructing fire lines’
Reserve or ‘fire breaks’ ahead of
Nilgiri Tahr is a summer and peak fire
Keystone species season.
of the park

2 Madhav Madhya Home to Encroachment issues

National Park Pradesh Particularly
Vulnerable
Tribal Groups
(PVTG)s like
Saharia

3 National Madhya Home to Gharial Recently declared as an

Chambal Pradesh (critically eco-sensitive zone
Sanctuary endangered), (ESZ)
Gangetic river
dolphin
(Endangered)
and red-crowned
roofed turtle
(critically
endangered)

4 Kanha National Madhya Also, a Tiger Increase in population

park Pradesh Reserve of Hard ground swamp
deer (Barasingha)

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5 Manas National Assam Also, a UNESCO India, Nepal and
Park Natural World Bhutan drafted a
Heritage site, memorandum of
Project tiger understanding to create
reserve and a a trans-boundary
biosphere wildlife conservation
reserve. ‘peace park’ which will
an extension of the
Manas National Park

6 Bandipur Karnataka Part of the Ban on vehicular

National Nilgiri Biosphere movement on the forest
Park/Tiger Reserve stretch of NH 766
Reserve Forest fires in 2019

7 Sanjay Gandhi Maharashtra One of the major Death of last captive

National Park national parks white tiger Bajirao
existing within a
metropolis limit

8 Thane Creek Maharashtra Supports a large Concerns over

flamingo congregation of ambitious bullet train
sanctuary flamingos project between
Ahmedabad-Mumbai

9 Ranthambhore Rajasthan Also, a Tiger Risk of transfer of

National Park Reserve canine distemper from
the dogs to tigers and
leopards

10 Bannerghatta Karnataka part of the Area of Eco-sensitive

National Park national park zone curtailed
was designated
as Bannerghatta
Biological Park-
also has a
butterfly park,
first in India

11 Rajaji National Uttarakhand Ganga and Song Supreme Court halted

Park/ Tiger rivers flow further construction of
reserve through the Park the Kandi road project
which passes through
the park

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12 Jim Corbett Uttarakhand Established in Supreme Court halted
National 1936 as Hailey further construction of
Park/Tiger National Park- the Kandi road project
Reserve the first national which passes through
park in India. the park
First to be
declared as Tiger
reserve in 1973

13 Kaziranga Assam UNESCO world split into two divisions

National Park heritage site — the existing Eastern
Home to greater Assam Wildlife and the
one-horned new Biswanath Wildlife
rhinoceros park with Brahmputra
flowing in between
Recognized as an
‘Important Bird
Area’ by Birdlife
International.

14 Nauradehi Madhya The NTCA informed the

wildlife Pradesh Supreme court that the
sanctuary cheetahs, to be
translocated in India
from Namibia, will be
kept at the sanctuary

15 Singphan Nagaland Declared as an Elephant

Wildlife Reserve
Sanctuary

16 Dampa Tiger Mizoram Emerged as a worst

Reserve managed tiger reserve
in India (4th National
Tiger Estimation)

17 Pench National Madhya Pench River Emerged as best

Park/Tiger Pradesh flows through managed Tiger Reserves
Reserve the park in India ((4th National
Tiger Estimation))

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18 Periyar Kerala Also, an Emerged as best
National Elephant managed Tiger Reserves
Park/Tiger Reserve in India ((4th National
Reserve Periyar and Tiger Estimation))
Pamba Rivers
originate in the
forests of the
reserve

19 Gir National Gujarat Only surviving Asiatic Lion

Park/Wildlife free-ranging Conservation Project
Sanctuary population of the launched in 2019
Asiatic lion
exists in the Gir
forest region

20 Kuno National Madhya Previously a Possible site for Cheetah

Park Pradesh wildlife reintroduction project
sanctuary, it was
designated as
National Park in
2018

21 Vikramshila Bihar Only dolphin Gangetic River Dolphin

Gangetic sanctuary census conducted
Dolphin
Sanctuary

22 Bhitarkanika Odisha Inundated by the Increase saltwater or

National Park rivers Brahmani, estuarine crocodile
Baitarani, population
Dhamra,
Pathsala.
Second-largest
mangrove
ecosystem in
India, the first
being
Sundarbans
(West Bengal)

Ramsar site.

23 Gahiramatha Odisha Known as the Odisha forest

Marine world’s largest department put a ban
Sanctuary Olive Ridley on fishing in
rookery Gahiramatha Marine
Sanctuary

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24 Desert National Rajasthan Home to Great NGT asked the Centre to
Park Indian Bustard prepare a time-bound
(Critically action plan within two
Endangered) months for protection of
the Great Indian
Bustards.

25 Phansad Maharashtra Indian gaur

Wildlife (Vulnerable) spotted in
Sanctuary the sanctuary for the
first time in recorded
history

26 Valmiki Bihar Located on the Drone camera

National banks of River surveillance to start
Park/Tiger Gandak soon
Reserve Only National
park in Bihar

27 Malai Karnataka Part of a To be declared as Tiger

Mahadeshwara contiguous tiger Reserve. NTCA approval
Wildlife habitat located awaited
Sanctuary very close to the
tri-junction of
the states of
Karnataka,
Kerala and Tamil
Nadu

28 1. Bhagwan Goa Goa is the only Wildlife activists have

Mahaveer state in India demanded that certain
Sanctuary which has areas in wildlife
2. Mollem protected the sanctuaries of the state
National complete be notified as ‘tiger
Park Western Ghats’ reserve’.
3. Cotigao section within a
Wildlife state.
Sanctuary
4. Netravali
Wildlife
Sanctuary
5. Mhadei
Wildlife
Sanctuary

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 29 Pakke Tiger Arunachal Bounded by Arunachal Pradesh
Reserve Pradesh Kameng River in Government cleared
the west and 692.7 km highway
north, and by through the reserve to
Pakke River in build the East-West
the east. Industrial Corridor.
Famous for
Hornbill Nest
Adoption
Programme

30 Ratapani Madhya Bhimbetka rock Madhya Pradesh

sanctuary Pradesh shelters, are government decided to
located within declare the Ratapani
Wildlife Sanctuary a
tiger reserve. An
approval for the same
was received by NTCA
back in 2013.

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