Uttarakhand Biodiversity
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(Photo: Amit Kumar, Nanda devi National Park)
Uttarakhand Protected Areas
|
S. No.
|
Name
|
Year initially/
finally notified
|
Area (Sq. Km.)
|
|
1
|
Corbett National Park
|
1936
|
520.82
|
|
2
|
Rajaji National Park
|
1983/ 2013
|
819.54
|
|
3
|
Gangotri National Park
|
1989
|
2390
|
|
4
|
Govind National Park
|
1990/ 2013
|
558.88
|
|
5
|
Nanda Devi National Park
|
1982
|
624.6
|
|
6
|
Valley of Flowers National Park
|
1982
|
87.5
|
|
7
|
Askot Wildlife Sanctuary
|
1986/ 2013
|
600
|
|
8
|
Benog Mountain Quail Wildlife Sanctuary
|
1993
|
10.82
|
|
9
|
Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary
|
1988
|
45.59
|
|
10
|
Govind Wildlife Sanctuary
|
1955/ 2013
|
481.05
|
|
11
|
Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary
|
1972
|
975.2
|
|
12
|
Nandhaur Wildlife Sanctuary
|
2012
|
269.96
|
|
13
|
Sonanadi Wildlife Sanctuary
|
1987
|
301.18
|
|
14
|
Asan Conservation Reserve
|
2005
|
4.44
|
|
15
|
Jhilmil Conservation Reserve
|
2005
|
37.84
|
|
16
|
Pawalgarh Conservation Reserve
|
2012
|
58.25
|
(Source: Uttarakhand Forest Department)
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- Fauna of Uttarakhand (Part-1) Vertebrates. State Fauna Series, 18 (Source: ZSI, Kolkata) Download PDF
- An Updated Checklist of the Birds of Uttarakhand, Compiled by: Dhananjai Mohan & Sanjay Sondhi, Published by: Uttarakhand Forest Department, DownloadPDF (PDF Size 1.14 m.b.)
- An Updated Checklist of the Birds of Uttarakhand (download PDF)
(Source: An Updated Checklist of the Birds of Uttarakhand, Compiled by: Dhananjai Mohan & Sanjay Sondhi, Published by: Uttarakhand Forest Department. Website: http://www.uttarakhandbirdfestival.in/)
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