National_park_of_India

List of national parks of India

List of national parks of India

IUCN (International union of conservation of Nature)


National parks in India are International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) category II protected areas. India's first national park was established in 1936, now known as Jim Corbett National Park, in Uttarakhand. In 1970, India had only five national parks. In 1972, India enacted the Wildlife Protection Act and Project Tiger in 1973 to safeguard the habitats of conservation reliant species and currently there are 106 national parks in India. Further legislation strengthening protection for wildlife was introduced in the 1980s.

There are 106 existing national parks in India covering an area of 44,402.95 km2 which is 1.35% of the geographical area of the country (https://wii.gov.in/nwdc_national_parks, Nov. 2023). In addition to the above, 75 other National Parks covering an area of 16,608 km2 (6,412 sq mi) are proposed in the Protected Area Network Report.  The network of parks will go up 176 after full implementation of the above report.

Hemis National Park is largest national park with an area 4,400 km2.

Definition

According to the Indian Ministry of Environment & Forests, a national park is an area, whether within a sanctuary or not, [that] can be notified by the state government to be constituted as a National Park, by reason of its ecological, faunal, floral, geomorphological, or zoological association or importance, needed to for the purpose of protecting & propagating or developing wildlife there in or its environment. No human activity is permitted inside the national park except for the ones permitted by the Chief Wildlife Warden of the state under the conditions given in CHAPTER IV, WPA 1972".[1]

Overview

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National parks in India

State-wise List of National Parks

Source : [2]

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Andaman and Nicobar Islands

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UTTAR PRADESH |- !Image ! Name !Location !Formed ! Notable Features ! Flora and Fauna ! Rivers and lakes inside the national park |-

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National Park seen from Godavari river

| Papikonda National Park |Near Rajamahendravaram |2008 | Important bird and biodiversity area by BirdLife International|| Royal Bengal Tiger, Leopards, rusty-spotted cat, King cobra .[3] | Godavari river |- | |Rajiv Gandhi National Park (Rameswaram) |Near Rameswaram |2005 ||| | Penna River |-

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National Park along with Eastern Ghats

|Sri Venkateswara National Park |Near Tirumala,Seshachalam Hills and Tirumala Hills |1989 |||Yellow-throated bulbul, White-rumped vulture | |}

Arunachal Pradesh

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Assam

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Bihar

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Chhattisgarh

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Goa

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Gujarat

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Haryana

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Himachal Pradesh

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Jammu and Kashmir

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National Parks not under the administration of the Government of India

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Jharkhand

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Karnataka

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Kerala

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Ladakh

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National Parks not under the administration of the Government of India

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Madhya Pradesh

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Maharashtra

Manipur

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Meghalaya

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Mizoram

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Nagaland

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Odisha

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Rajasthan

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Sikkim

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Tamil Nadu

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Tripura

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Uttarakhand

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West Bengal

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See also


References

  1. "National Parks". wiienvis.nic.in. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  2. "2-ANDHRA PRADESH AND TELANGANA.pdf". Google Docs. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  3. Lawrence S. Hamilton (15 June 1995). "New Parks for Pakistan" (PDF). Mountain Protected Areas Update. International Union for Conservation of Nature. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2013. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
  4. The Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh parts of the Pench National Park are administered separately. Tigris called Collar Wali is found there which has given 29 cubs in total.
  5. The Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh parts of the Sanjay National Park are administered separately.

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