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Fig. 2.2: Rhino and deer in Kaziranga National Park equal importance as a means of much of its forest and wildlife resources are preserving biotypes of sizeable magnitude. either owned or managed by the government Corbett National Park in Uttarakhand,...

Fig. 2.2: Rhino and deer in Kaziranga National Park equal importance as a means of much of its forest and wildlife resources are preserving biotypes of sizeable magnitude. either owned or managed by the government Corbett National Park in Uttarakhand, through the Forest Department or other Sunderbans National Park in West Bengal, government departments. These are classified Bandhavgarh National Park in Madhya under the following categories. Pradesh, Sariska Wildlife Sanctuary in (i) Reserved Forests: More than half of the Rajasthan, Manas Tiger Reserve in Assam total forest land has been declared and Periyar Tiger Reserve in Kerala are reserved forests. Reserved forests are some of the tiger reserves of India. regarded as the most valuable as far as the conservation of forest and wildlife resources are concerned. The conservation projects are now focusing on biodiversity rather than on a few of its (ii) Protected Forests: Almost one-third of the components. There is now a more intensive total forest area is protected forest, as search for different conservation measures. declared by the Forest Department. This Increasingly, even insects are beginning to find forest land are protected from any further a place in conservation planning. In the depletion. notification under Wildlife Act of 1980 and (iii) Unclassed Forests: These are other 1986, several hundred butterflies, moths, forests and wastelands belonging to beetles, and one dragonfly have been added to both government and private individuals the list of protected species. In 1991, for the and communities. first time plants were also added to the list, Reserved and protected forests are also starting with six species. referred to as permanent forest estates maintained for the purpose of producing timber and other forest produce, and for Collect more information on the wildlife protective reasons. Madhya Pradesh has the sanctuaries and national parks of India and largest area under permanent forests, cite their locations on the map of India. constituting 75 per cent of its total forest area. Jammu and Kashmir, Andhra Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Types and Distribution of Forest and Bengal, and Maharashtra have large Wildlife Resources percentages of reserved forests of its total forest Even if we want to conserve our vast forest and area whereas Bihar, Haryana, Punjab, wildlife resources, it is rather difficult to Himachal Pradesh, Odisha and Rajasthan have manage, control and regulate them. In India, a bulk of it under protected forests. All North- FOREST AND WILDLIFE RESOURCES 15 Reprint 2024-25