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Kaziranga National Park to be expanded by 3,053 hectares
Why is it in News?
- The Assam government has approved the addition of 30.53 sq km to the 884 sq km Kaziranga National Park.
Details:
- The additions include encroachment-evicted areas and suitable wildlife habitat on river islands (sandbars) that are vulnerable to encroachment.
- The three additions are habitat corridors and would help provide connectivity to Orang and Nameri National Parks across river Brahmaputra.
- Kaziranga:
(1) It is a National Park in Assam.
(2) It was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985.
(3) It has two-thirds of the world's great one-horned rhinoceroses.
(4) Kaziranga is declared a Tiger Reserve in 2006.
(5) Kaziranga is recognized as an Important Bird Area by BirdLife International for conservation of avifaunal species.
(6) It has populations of large herbivores include elephants, gaur and sambar.
(7) Kaziranga has the largest population of the Wild water buffalo anywhere accounting for about 57% of the world population.
(8) Small mammals include the rare hispid hare, large Indian civet, small Indian civets, Bengal fox, golden jackal, sloth bear, Chinese pangolin, Indian pangolins, Chinese ferret badgers, and particoloured flying squirrel.