National Parks Flashcards
NP est under?
- section 35 (4) of the wildlife protection act 1972
- protected natural habitats est by central and state gov- acc to regulations from IUCN (international union for conservation of nature)
- Protection to the entire ecosystem
Restrictions in NP
very much.
human intervention greatly restricted
Exception to the NP by
chief wildlife warden of the state under the conditions given in Chapter 4, WPA 1972
no of NPs
104
First NP
Hailey NP in 1936
known as Jim Corbett NP Uttarakhand
Largest NP
Hemis National Park (Ladakh) - largest NP in South Asia
Smallest NP
South Button Island National Park in Andaman and Nicobar - 0.03 km
State with largest numbers of NP
Madhya Pradesh - 11 (latest - Kuno)
Number of Marine national parks in India
6
First marine national park in India
Gulf of Kutch, Gujrat
Floating National Park
Keibul Lamjao National park in Manipur’s Loktak Lake
Rudyard Kinpling’s Mowgli from?
Pench and Kanha
NP in Jammu Kashmir
- City Forest (Salim Ali NP)
- Dachigam NP (10 villages)
- Kishtwar NP
Key species of Kishtewar NP
Snowcock and brown bear
HP NP
- Great Himalayan NP
- Simbalbara NP
- Inderkila NP
- Pin Valley NP
- Khirganga NP
World Heritage Site in HP
Great Himalayan NP
valley of Flowers
Uttarakhand
- Nanda Devi
- Govind Pashu Vihar NP
- Rajaji NP
- Valley of Flowers NP
- JIM Corbett NP
(Nanda D In UT thus a man called Govind bound to be there, a god in fact, the temples built by raja himself who offer flowers at their feet
First NP to come under Project tiger initiative
Jim Corbett
NP of UP
- Dudhwa NP
Dudhwa’s species
Indian Rhinos, Leopard, tigers
Bihar NP
Valmiki NP
Jharkhand NP
Betla NP