ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY PART -1

Hemis National Park is located in Ladakh, while Gir National Park is located in Gujarat, Manas in Assam, and Namdapha in Arunachal Pradesh.

Eravikulam National Park is located in Kerala, Tadoba National Park and Sanjay Gandhi National Park are located in Maharashtra and Kaziranga National Park is located in Assam.

Bandhavgarh National Park is located in the Umaria district of the state of Madhya Pradesh. It was declared a national park in 1968. Tigers are found in large numbers here

Bandhavgarh National Park is located in the Umaria district of the state of Madhya Pradesh. It was declared a national park in 1968. Tigers are found in large numbers here

Project Elephant is a Central Government sponsored scheme launched in February 1992. Through the Project Elephant scheme, the government helps pro- tect and manage elephants in the states having wild elephants with a free-ranging population

Anamalai Tiger Reserve is located in the state of Tamil Nadu. It is located in the Western Ghats region. Apart from tigers, Nilgiri langurs, elephants, chitals, sambars, mouses deer, barking deers etc. are found here.

Indravati Tiger Reserve is in located the state of Chhattisgarh. It is also known as the "Kutru National Park. Its area is about 2799.07 sq km. It was declared a Tiger Reserve in 1983.

Melghat Tiger Reserve is located in the Amravati district of Maharashtra state on the border of Madhya Pradesh state. This region is situated to the south of the Satpura mountain range. Its total area is about 2768.52 sq km

The Great Himalayan National Park is located in Himachal Pradesh. This area is famous for its biodiversity.

Gujarat's Gir National Park and Sasan Gir Sanctuary are the only wildlife sanctuaries where Asiatic Lions are found. It is located in the Junagadh district of Gujarat state. It was declared a sanctuary in 1965. It covers a total area of approximately 1412 km, of which 258.71 km is the national park area.