| India as a country is a paradise for wildlife lovers. All | | | | dog-dhole, black bear, rare wolf, hyena. The main parks |
| big creatures roam its deep and dense forests. India is | | | | in this region are Bhandavgarh, Kanha, Pench, Panna |
| having 15 Biosphere Reserves, {These are larger than | | | | national parks. These protected forests support a vast |
| national parks}, 80 number of national parks and 440 | | | | variety of wildlife. |
| wildlife sanctuaries covering 4. 5 % or 1, 56, 700 sq | | | | Western Indian states of Rajasthan and Gujrat has its |
| kms of its total area as protected forests. (These | | | | desert like conditions supporting entirely unique flora |
| figures are subject to change). This fact becomes | | | | and fauna. National parks like Ranthambore, Sariska |
| more significant in the light of the fact that India | | | | Keoladeo Ghana, Desert park in Rajasthan support |
| supports 1. 2 billion people in a landmass of | | | | wildlife creatures like tigers, elephants, variety of deers |
| approximately 32 million sq kms of area. Supporting | | | | and are extremely significant for tiger conservation in |
| this vast variety of living creatues in these conditions is | | | | India. National parks like Gir in Gujrat is the last habitat |
| an appreciable effort. The efforts to save Indian wildlife | | | | of critical Asiatic Lions in India. Besides these parks |
| gained momentum during the Indira Gandhi era who | | | | there are a large number of sanctuaries supporting a |
| was a great administrator and had interest in | | | | variety of species. Eastern India has very famous |
| protection of living creatures. Project Tiger-premier | | | | mangrove forests, Sunderbans national park supporting |
| Indian effort to save the declining tiger population was | | | | a good population of Great Bengal tigers which are |
| started during her regime. Large scale efforts were | | | | very famous for their man-eating habits. The |
| initiated during that era of 1970s. | | | | sunderbans is an extremely beautiful forests. |
| India has unique ecosystems supporting unique wildlife | | | | South India has entirely different ecosystem and has |
| creatures. In the north India, there are habitats like | | | | vast expanse of unspoilt, virgin rainforests designated |
| snow-clad Himalayas supporting rare and unique | | | | as Western Ghats. These were declared as |
| species like-snowleopards snowpartridges, chukkor, | | | | bio-diversity hotspots and are the habitats of beautiful |
| goats likemakhor, ibex, bluesheep, Himalayan wolfs, | | | | King Cobra and other specie of wildlife. The main |
| Himalayan marmots which are confined to these | | | | parks in this area are Silent valley park, Periyar park, |
| areas. The national parks and wildlife sanctuaries in | | | | Eravikulam park, Nagahole park and Mudumalai |
| these areas are -Hemis national park, (Ladakh, J&K) | | | | sanctuary and numerous other sanctuaries. The |
| pin valley national park (HP), Changthang wildlife | | | | ecological significance of the western ghats can be |
| sanctuary (Ladakh, J&K), Nanda Devi and Valley of | | | | assessed from the fact that every journey in this area |
| Flowerspark (Uttarakhand). Lower Himalayas support | | | | is a new discovery with so many species yet to be |
| a different kind of flora and fauna like tigers, leopards, | | | | identified and named. |
| wild elephants, himalayan sloth bear, black bears, | | | | The North-Eastern India has its own unique ecosystem |
| variety of deers et al. The parks and sanctuaries in this | | | | supporting wildlife creatures like one-horned rhinos, wild |
| region are-Corbett and Rajaji parks (Uttarakhand), | | | | buffalo, swamp deers, tigers, wild elephants, civet cats, |
| Great Himalayan park (H.P), Dachigam park (J&K) and | | | | leopard cats, rare Red pandas and a lot others. The |
| numerous small sized sanctuaries. | | | | main parks are Manas, Kaziranga, Orang and |
| Central India has its unique set of deep dense forests | | | | Khangchendzonga National Park and others. |
| teeming with immense variety of wildlife like | | | | Come and explore this marvelous land of wild |
| endangered tigers, leopards, varieties of deer | | | | creatures. |
| namely-chinkara, rare swamp deer, wild elephants, wild | | | | |