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๐ก๏ธ Conservation
India's Protected Areas
India has 900+ protected areas: national parks, wildlife sanctuaries, biosphere reserves, tiger reserves
India ๐ฎ๐ณ 1936 Conservation
Key Facts
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India: 106 national parks, 565 wildlife sanctuaries, 53 tiger reserves, 18 biosphere reserves
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UN Man and Biosphere Programme: India has 18 biosphere reserves; Nilgiris is largest (5,520 sq km)
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India pledged to bring 30% of its land and ocean under protection by 2030 (30ร30 target at CBD COP15, 2022)
๐ฟ Did you know? Jim Corbett National Park (1936) is India's oldest national park โ established to protect the Bengal Tiger in the Kumaon hills of Uttarakhand
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Conservation
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๐ฎ๐ณ India
Year / Era
1936
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India has 900+ protected areas: national parks, wildlife sanctuaries, biosphere reserves, tiger reserves