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The tiger reserves in India were set up as a part of Project Tiger initiated in 1973 and are administered by the National Tiger Conservation Authority of Government of India. As of December 2024, there are 57 protected areas that have been designated as tiger reserves. As of 2023, there were 3,682 wild tigers in India, which is almost 75% of ...
Nameri National Park was declared as Tiger Reserve in the year 2000, and is the second Tiger reserve of Assam after Manas Tiger Reserve. It has two core areas: Nameri National Park and Sonai- Rupai Wildlife (Satellite Core of the Nameri Tiger Reserve).
Manas National Park is a national park, Project Tiger reserve, and an elephant reserve in Assam, India. Located in the Himalayan foothills, it borders the Royal Manas National Park [2] in Bhutan. The park is known for its rare and endangered endemic wildlife such as the Assam roofed turtle, hispid hare, golden langur and pygmy hog.
It is a closely managed tiger program called the Species Survival Plan (SSP), with the objective to improve the genetic diversity of managed animal populations. Under this programme, the project titled "Ecological Monitoring of Wild Tigers in Orang National Park, Assam, India" has been launched, in association with AARANYAK, a non-governmental ...
According to a March 2018 census conducted jointly by the Forest Department of the Government of Assam and some recognized wildlife NGOs, the rhino population in Kaziranga National Park is 2,613. It comprises 1,641 adult rhinos and 385 calves. [3] In 2015, the rhino population stood at 2,401. Kaziranga National Park was declared a Tiger Reserve ...
3 Biosphere reserve. 4 See also. 5 References. 6 External links. ... Assam protected areas includes Seven national parks (2.51% of Assam's area), 17 wildlife ...
By the late 1980s, the initial nine reserves covering an area of 9,115 km 2 (3,519 sq mi) had been increased to 15 reserves covering an area of 24,700 km 2 (9,500 sq mi). [4] By 1997, 23 tiger reserves encompassed an area of 33,000 km 2 (13,000 sq mi). [5] As of December 2024, there are 57 protected areas that have been designated as tiger ...
Dibru-Saikhowa National Park is a national park located in Dibrugarh and Tinsukia districts, Assam, India.It was designated a Biosphere Reserve in July 1997 with an area of 765 km 2 (295 sq mi), including a core area of 340 km 2 (130 sq mi) and a buffer zone of 425 km 2 (164 sq mi).