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“Biodiversity Heritage Sites” (BHS) are well defined areas that are unique, ecologically fragile ecosystems - terrestrial, coastal
and inland waters and, marine  having rich biodiversity comprising of any one or more of the following components: richness
of wild as well as domesticated species or intra-specific categories, high endemism, presence of rare and threatened
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varieties, past pre-eminence of biological components represented by fossil beds and having significant cultural, ethical or
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Maharashtra S. Name of the Name of the Importance of
State Taluk Area Government Notification
Manipur No. Site District the area
1 Nallur  Karnataka Bengaluru Devanahalli 54 acres It is popularly Aaapaji 154 ENV 200
Meghalaya
Tamarind believed to be a B'lore dt.24.01.2007
Mizoram Grove relic of the
Nagaland Chola Dynasty
that ruled
Orissa nearly 800
Punjab years ago, is
spectacle of
 Rajasthan awesome
wonder and a
Sikkim
freakish site.
Tamil Nadu This BHS
Tripura spread over 54
acres
Uttar Pradesh comprising a
Uttarakhand population of
nearly 300
West Bengal
trees, is a
Andaman Nicobar Islands picture of
Chandigarh dynamic
pattern of plant
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
diversity. The
Daman & Diu significant
Lakshadweep
component of
this popular
Delhi structure is a
Puducherry group of old
plants standing
PA Updates like ageless
sentinels, firmly
Recent Research Papers In Wildlife
rooted to the
Human - Wildlife Conflict
ground with
Wild Species their gigantic
Illegal Wildlife Trade trunks, along
with large
Geospatial Portal picturesque
crowns spread
Uttarakhand Biodiversity
very high and
Biodiversity Governance & Policy aloft like open
Global Conventions wings.
2 Hogrekan  Karnataka Chikmagalur Kadur, 2508.15 The area has No.FEE.35 ENV 200
Government Policy Documents Balliganuru acres unique Shola dated 4.9.2010
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floral species
Climate Change: Impacts On
Wildlife which are
unique and
having lot of
medicinal
value.
Hogrekan is
moderately
wooded land
and its
vegetation is of
dry deciduous
type and has a
link with
Bababudanagiri
and
Kemmangundi,
adjoining
Bhadra Wildlife
Sanctuary and
Yemmedode
Tiger Reserve
and serving as
"Wildlife
Corridor"
between
Kudremukha
and Bhadra
Wildlife
Sanctuary.
3 University of  Karnataka Bengaluru -- 167 The GKVK No.FEE.132 ENV 200
Agricultural hectares campus is dated 2.9.2010
Sciences, considered one
GKVK of the greenest
Campus, areas in
Bengaluru Bengaluru.
Biological
diversity of this
campus
constitutes a
critical
repository of
various forms
 of flora and
fauna
(including 13
sp of
mammals, 10
sp of reptiles,
165 sp of birds
and 530 sp of
plants) which
needs to be
protected
nurtured to
posterity.
4 Ambaraguda Karnataka Shimoga   3857.12 It is a revenue 2011
hectares land located
between
Sharavathi Wild
Life Sanctuary
and
Someshwara
Wildlife
Sanctuary. It
has Shola
vegetation
which is
primitive
vegetation in
the Western
Ghat and also
has
grasslands.
5 Glory of Maharashtra Gadchiroli --- 6 hectares It is a reserved No.WLP.0914/C.R.317/M
Allapalli forest being 1 dated 15th July 2014
preserved as
natural forest
having
biological,
ethinical and
historical
values.
6 Tonglu BHS West Bengal Darjeeling --- 230 It is a Medicinal No.716-ENT/T-11-7/003
under the hectares Plant ii/2003 dated 20
Darjeeling Conservation March, 2015
Forest Areas
Division
7 Dhotrey BHS West Bengal Darjeeling --- 180 It is a Medicinal No.716-ENT/T-11-7/003
under the hectares Plant ii/2003 dated 20
Darjeeling Conservation March, 2015
Forest Areas
Division
8 Dialong Manipur Tamenglong --- 11.35 --- No.24/3/2017-For
Village Sq.km &ENVT dt. 23rd Ma
2017
9 Ameenpur Telangana Sangareddy Ameenpur --- --- 449/EFS&T (FOR.
lake Department, date
21.11.2016
10 Majuli Assam Majuli --- 875 It is an island FRW 57/2005/Vol.II/1
Sq.km situated in the dated 29th March, 2017
Brahmaputra
River which is
harboring
unique
Ecological and
Cultural
Heritage.
11 Ghariyal Uttar Lucknow Kukrail 10 It is a centre 1348/XVI-5-2016-
Rehabilitation Pradesh Reserve Hectares established for 15/2016 dated 11
Centre Forest conservation August, 2016
and
rehabilitation of
critically
endangered
species of
Gharial.
12 Chilkigarh West Bengal Jhargram Chilkigarh 55.9 Chilkigarh No. 926/EN/T-II-7/00
Kanak Durga Acres Kanak Durga II/2003 dt 16th April 201
(Perimeter Sacred Grove is
a remnant
 Of 1,969 forest with
Meters) traditional
beliefs and
taboos of local
inhabitants and
rich in
biodiversity
covering an
area of 55.9
acres in
Jhargram
District of West
Bengal.
13 Khlaw Kur  Meghalaya Ri-Bhoi Umling 16.05 ha It is a mosaic No. FOR.53/2018/5
Syiem of natural dated 13th Decembe
KmieIng habitats along 2018  issued b
with significant Government
diversity of life Meghalaya
forms. It is also
an old  Sacred
Grove with
monoliths and
religious spots.
14 Mandasaru Odisha Kandhamal Raikia 528 ha Mandasaru Office Order issued b
gorge is an Government of Odisha
adobe of 1563
species of
plants, animals
and fungi
spreaded over
an area of 528
ha.
15 Purvatali Rai Goa North Goa Bicholim 7300 Sq. Sacred Grove Office Order issued b
mts. Government of Goa
16 Naro Hills Madhya Satna   200 hect Unique and Notifications b
Pradesh varied geology Government of Madhy
and it supports Pradesh
a large number
of ecosystem
and species of
Flora and
Fauna.
17 Patalkot Madhya Chhindwara   8367.49 terrain of 1700 Notification b
Pradesh hect., feet deep valley Government of Madhy
and ecosystem Pradesh
of estimated
age of 6 Million
years and
species of rare
flora and fauna
including rare
Bryophytes and
Pteridopytes;
18 Asramam Kerala Kollam   57.53 The BHS hosts Notification b
hect., a unique Government of Kerala
diversity of
Mangrove
species with
diverse flora
and fauna. The
area harbours
15 sp. of true
mangroves, 22
sp. of
mangroves
associated.
122 sp. of
plants, 34 sp.
of edible fish
and about 62
sp. of birds.
Most
importantly, the
site has the
rare and
endangered
heritage trees
of Syzygium
travancoricum
 which is listed
as critically
endangered in
IUCN Red List.
  (Source: http://nbaindia.org)
 
 

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