Part of the Wildlife of India series Portal:Indian wildlife
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Locations

Four Conservation Areas were selected for this project:

• Annamalai Conservation Area in Tamil Nadu
• Garo Hills Conservation Area in Meghalaya
• Satpura Conservation Area in Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra
• Terai Conservation Area in Uttar Pradesh

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Participants

The participating entities in the project were:

• Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India
• Wildlife Institute of India
• United States Forest Service

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Goals

The primary goal was to develop experience in "landscape protection" - protection of large geographical entities as a whole, only parts of which may be under federal control and protection. Each of the conservation areas contained fully protected areas like national parks and wildlife sanctuaries, managed resources like reserved forests and communal forests, as well as privately held land. The size of the selected regions constituted more than one forest division, and in one case was spread over two states. India has the following kinds of Protected areas, in the sense of the word designated by IUCN. As of May 2004, India has 156,700 km² of surface area designated as protected areas, roughly 4. ... Indias first National Park (IUCN Category II Protected area) was Hailey National Park, now Jim Corbett National Park, established in 1935. ... India has over 500 animal sanctuaries, referred to as Wildlife Sanctuaries (IUCN Category IV Protected Area). ... A reserved forest (also called reserve forest) or a protected forest in India are terms denoting forests accorded a certain degree of protection. ...

Reports

A complete documentation of the project reports are available at the Wildlife Institute of India website.