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Wild Life Sanctuaries
There are four wildlife sanctuaries in the state
covering about 6% of the total geographical area
of the
state. Currently there is one National Park in the State
namely Trishna Wildlife Sanctuary. There is also a proposal
of declaring one more Wildlife Sanctuary (Atharamura WLS)
especially for the conservation of elephants.
Protected Area Network
Pursuant to the need for in-situ conservation and
development of bio-diversity, a network of 4 sanctuaries has
been established in the State, which represent diverse
ecosystem and wildlife habitat spread through out the State.
Sanctuary wise area with targeted species for conservation
are tabulated below:
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Name of
the sanctuary |
Area in
Km2 |
Important flora and fauna found |
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Sepahijala
Wildlife Sanctuary |
18.540 |
Birds and
primates, migratory birds in the winter |
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Gumti
Wildlife Sanctuary |
389.540 |
Elephant,
samber, barking deer, wild goats, serrow etc. |
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Trishna
Wildlife Sanctuary |
194.710 |
Bison,
leopard, barking deer, wild dog, capped langur, king
cobra, spectacled monkey, slow lorries, etc. |
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Roa
Wildlife Sanctuary |
0.860 |
Many
species of birds and primates |
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Total |
603.650 |
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In addition to in-situ conservation
efforts, ex-situ conservation measures are being fulfilled
in the State through Sepahijala zoo. The zoo houses 512
animals (as on 1.4.2002) belonging to 53 different species.
Conservation breeding programme on leopard cat, binturong,
and primates is being taken up along with conservation
education and awareness promotion efforts.
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