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On the advice of National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), Chhattisgarh government notified the areas comprising the Guru Ghasidas National Park and Tamor Pingla Wildlife Sanctuary as the 56th TR of India.
Key details
- AfterGuru Ghasidas - Tamor Pingla TR being notified Chhattisgarh now has 4 TRs: Indravati TR, Udanti-Sitanadi TR & Achanakmar.
- TR is notified by State Governments under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 on advice of NTCA.
- It’s the 3rd largest TR after Nagarjunasagar-Srisailam TR (A.P) and Manas TR (Assam).
- A TR comprises:
- Core/critical area: Required to be kept as inviolate, without affecting the rights of the Scheduled Tribes or such other forest dwellers as per the Forest Rights Act, 2006.
- Buffer/ peripheral area: It promotes human-wildlife coexistence, with lesser protection. It recognizes local rights, determined through Gram Sabha.
Location & Landscape of Guru Ghasidas-Tamor Pingla TR:
- Geography: Chota Nagpur plateau and partly in Baghelkhand plateau.
- Fauna: leopards, hyenas, jackals, wolves, sloth bears, etc.
- Rivers: Hasdeo Gopad, Baranga etc.
- Adopts Landscape approach to conservation: As envisaged in the National Wildlife Action Plan (2017-31), the TR is contiguous with the Sanjay Dubri TR (MP), and connected with Bandhavgarh TR (MP) and Palamau TR (Jharkhand)
About Landscape approach to tiger conservation:
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