Question

List the tiger reserves in India and mark it on a political map of India.

Answer 1

Hint:An expansion in human populaces all through tiger inhabited nations has led to tiger habitat and population being decreased. In the course of recent years, tiger territories have dwindled as they've been destroyed for the establishment of farming, timber logging, human settlements and access routes.

Complete answer:
For the conservation of which were on the verge of Extinction, an initiative was launched. The initiative was called ‘Project Tiger’. It was launched in 1973. Earlier in India there were only 9 tiger reserves but due to this initiative the number has increased to 47 tiger reserves in today’s day and age.Project Tiger is an ongoing Centrally Sponsored Scheme of the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change providing central assistance to the tiger States for tiger conservation in designated tiger reserves.

Name of the Tiger Reserves in India are:
Kaziranga, Manas and Nameri Tiger Reserve in Assam, Namdapha and Pakhui Tiger Reserve in Arunachal Pradesh, Nagarjunsagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve in Andhra Pradesh, Valmiki National Park in Bihar, Achanakmar, Indravati and Udanti & Sitanadi Tiger Reserve in Chhattisgarh, Palamau Tiger Reserve in Jharkhand,Bandipur, Nagarhole, Bhadra, Anshi Dandeli Tiger Reserve, Biligiri Ranganatha Swamy Temple Wildlife Sanctuary in Karnataka, Periyar and Parambikulam Tiger Reserve in Kerala, Bandhavgarh, Satpura, Kanha , Panna , Pench and Sanjay-Dubri Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh Melghat, Tadoba Andhari , Sahyadri, Nagzira-Navegaon and Bor Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra, Dampa Tiger Reserve in Mizoram, Satkosia and Simlipal Tiger Reserve in Odisha, Mukundara Hills , Ranthambore and Sariska Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan, Anamalai, Kalakkad Mundanthurai ,Mudumalai Tiger Reserve and Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve in Tamil Nadu, Kawal Tiger Reserve in Telangana, Dudhwa and Pilibhit Tiger Reserve in Uttar Pradesh, Jim Corbett Tiger Reserve and Rajaji National Park in Uttarakhand, Buxa and Sunderbans Tiger Reserve in West Bengal.

Note: Pilibhit Tiger Reserve and Uttar Pradesh Forest Department has been awarded the TX2 international award for doubling the population of tigers in the last ten years. This award was presented by the head of United Nations Development Programme, head of biodiversity and ecosystem.