“KAZIRANGA INFRA WORK DISRUPTS WILDLIFE MOVEMENT, SAY ENVIRONMENTALISTS”

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Environmentalists warn that developmental work in Kaziranga National Park’s wildlife corridors, including solar flood lights and road barriers, is disrupting wildlife movement.
Activist Rohit Choudhury highlighted these issues, prompting responses from park authorities and the Public Works Department.

source:eduhub

About Kaziranga National Park:

Location: Golaghat and Nagaon districts, Assam
Establishment: Declared a national park in 1974
UNESCO Status: World Heritage Site, housing two-thirds of the world’s greater one-horned rhinoceros
Area: Largest undisturbed area in the Brahmaputra Valley floodplains.
Vegetation: Eastern wet alluvial grasslands, semi-evergreen forests, tropical moist deciduous forests.
Flora: Elephant Grasses- Dense and tall, intermixed with small swamplands.
Fauna: One-horned rhinoceros, leopard, fishing cat, lesser cats, royal Bengal tiger, large Indian civet, small Indian civet, sambar, barking deer, hog deer, gaur, hog badger, capped langur.

What is Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972:

Legal Framework: Provides protection for wild animals, birds, and plants to ensure ecological and environmental security
Clearly defines terms like hunting, wild animals, wildlife to reduce legal ambiguities.
Prohibitions: Hunting animals listed in Schedule I and Schedule II is prohibited
Permits: Chief Wildlife Warden may grant permits for special purposes (e.g., education, scientific research).
Schedule I & Part II of Schedule II: Critically endangered species.
Protected AreasTypes: National Parks, Wildlife Sanctuaries, Community Reserves, Conservation Reserves, Tiger Reserves.

Associated Article:

https://universalinstitutions.com/kaziranga-national-park/

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