Tiger Conservation Efforts – Project Tiger, etc.

India’s 56th Tiger Reserve notified in Chhatisgarh

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Prelims level: Guru Ghasidas-Tamor Pingla Tiger Reserve

India's 56th Tiger Reserve notified in Chhatisgarh

Why in the News?

The Indian government has notified Guru Ghasidas-Tamor Pingla Tiger Reserve in Chhattisgarh as the country’s 56th Tiger Reserve, now recognized as the third-largest tiger reserve in India.

Largest Tiger Reserves in India:

  • First: Nagarjunasagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve, Andhra Pradesh
  • Second: Manas Tiger Reserve, Assam
  • Third: Guru Ghasidas-Tamor Pingla Tiger Reserve, Chhattisgarh

About the Guru Ghasidas-Tamor Pingla Tiger Reserve (TR):

Details
Location   • Located across Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur, Korea, Surajpur, and Balrampur districts of Chhattisgarh.
• Total area: 2,829.38 sq. km.
• Core area: 2,049.2 sq. km (Guru Ghasidas National Park + Tamor Pingla Wildlife Sanctuary).
• Buffer area: 780.15 sq. km.
Regional Significance Contiguous with Sanjay Dubri Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh forming a 4,500 sq. km landscape.
• Connected to Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve (west) and Palamau Tiger Reserve (east).
Biodiversity 753 species documented by Zoological Survey of India.
230 bird species.
55 mammal species, including several threatened species.
Landscape  • Located within the Chota Nagpur Plateau and partly in the Baghelkhand Plateau.
• Features dense forests, streams, and rivers, providing a rich habitat for tigers and diverse fauna.

 

PYQ:

[2020] Among the following Tiger Reserves, which one has the largest area under “Critical Tiger Habitat”?

(a) Corbett

(b) Ranthambore

(c) Nagarjunsagar-Srisailam

(d) Sunderbans

 

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