Protected Area in News UPSC 2021

• Pilibhit Tiger Reserve in Uttar Pradesh.
• Tadoba Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra. It represents Southern Tropical Dry Deciduous Teak Forests in the Tiger habitat and has a viable tiger population.

  

• The Pench Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh as the best in terms of good management practices.
• The Ratapani Tiger Reserve, located in the Raisen district of Madhya Pradesh, in Vindhya Range in central India, is one of the finest teak forests in the state and is less than 50 km. away from the capital Bhopal. It has been a wildlife sanctuary since 1976.
• Karnataka’s Ranganathittu bird sanctuary, one of the country’s most famous ones, home to over 200 species of birds. Many of them — white storks, northern shovellers, wagtails and warblers — are migrants from as far as Central Asia, Siberia and the Himalayas.
• A recent study on “prescribed burning” of large tracts of grassland for the conservation of threatened ungulates in the Eravikulam National Park (ENP), a biodiversity hotspot in the Western Ghats, reveals that such burning is detrimental to endemic invertebrates, including grasshoppers. Though prescribed burning was experimentally introduced in the Parambikulam Tiger Reserve (PKMTR) recently, another habitat of the Nilgiri tahr. Situated at Kerala. It is located in the Kannan Devan Hills of the Southern Western Ghats in the Idukki District, Kerala State.
• BRT Wildlife Sanctuary is situated in Karnataka.
• A species of wood snake that wasn’t seen for 140 years has resurfaced in a survey conducted by scientists in the Meghamalai Wildlife Sanctuary. The species is endemic to the Meghamalai forests and the Periyar Tiger Reserve landscape. Situated at Kerala.
• Valley of Flowers National Park is an Indian national park, located in North Chamoli, in the state of Uttarakhand.
• Together, they encompass a unique transition zone between the mountain ranges of the Zanskar and Great Himalaya. Both parks are encompassed in the Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve (223,674 ha) which is further surrounded by a buffer zone. Nanda Devi National Park Reserve is in the UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves. Situated around the peak of Nanda Devi in the state of Uttarakhand in northern India. The Nanda Devi & Valley of Flowers National Parks are exceptionally beautiful high-altitude West Himalayan landscapes with outstanding Biodiversity. Situated in the Himalayas, covering 71,210 ha, is one among the seven ‘World Heritage Sites’ in India.
• Malai Mahadeshwara Wildlife Sanctuary is situated at
• Mukundra Hills Tiger Reserve (MHTR) is situated in Rajasthan after Ranthambore and Sariska.
• Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary is at Kerala.
• Chitwan National Park in Nepal.
• The Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary (CWS) is the only place in Kerala where star tortoises are known to occur in the wild. Recently a rare bird species ‘Sri Lankan Frogmouth’ was seen in the Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary, Kerala. Least Concern as per IUCN Status.
• Researchers at Wildlife Institute of India (WII), Dehradun have reported presence of a small population of hog deer in Keibul Lamjao National Park (KLNP) in Manipur. The Keibul Lamjao National is considered as a biodiversity hotspot on India-Myanmar border.
• Parambikulam Tiger Reserve located in Kerala.
• Nagarjunsagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve is the largest Tiger reserve in India. It is located Telangana. 
• Kawal and Amrabad Tiger Reserve are situated in Telangana state.
• The Dudhwa Tiger Reserve is a protected area in Uttar Pradesh that stretches mainly across the Lakhimpur Kheri and Bahraich districts. It comprises of the Dudhwa National Park, Kishanpur Wildlife Sanctuary and Katerniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary.
• Phansad Wildlife Sanctuary is situated at
• Dachigam National Parknear Srinagar is considered the last undisturbed home of the Hangul.
• Sanjay Gandhi National Park is in Maharashtra. It is located in Mumbai. It has a protected archaeological site called Kanheri caves.
• The Balukhand-Konark Wildlife Sanctuaryis a wildlife sanctuary is located in the state of Odisha. The sanctuary is home to a herd of Blackbuck. Olive Ridley Sea Turtles nest on the beaches.
• Namdapha National Park lies at the international border between India and Myanmar within Changlang District in the state of Arunachal Pradesh. It is only parked in the World to have the four Feline species of big cat namely the Tiger (Panthera Tigris), Leopard (Panthera Pardus), Snow Leopard (Panthera Uncia) and Clouded Leopard (Neofelis Nebulosa). Hoolock Gibbons, the only ‘ape’ species found in India is found in this National Park.
• Dampa Tiger Reserve is at Mizoram
• Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary has the highest density of one-horned rhinos in the world and second highest concentration in Assam after Kaziranga National Park. It is often called ‘Mini Kaziranga’ due to similar landscape and vegetation. The wildlife sanctuary is home to endangered one-horned rhinoceros and the other mammals
• Guru Ghasidas National Parkwill be Chattisgarh’s 4th tiger reserve. Achanakmar, Udanti- Sitanadi and Indravati tiger reserves are other 03 tiger reserves.
• Nagarjunasagar Srisailam Tiger Reserve (NSTR)is situated in Andhra Pradesh.
• The Panna tiger reserve is situated in the Vindhya mountain rangein the northern part of Madhya Pradesh. Madhya Pradesh has the highest numberof tigers in the country. Ken river(a tributary of the Yamuna River) flows through the reserve. Ken-Betwa river interlinking projectwill be located within the tiger reserve. Recently, Panna Tiger Reserve (PTR) in Madhya Pradesh (MP) was included in the global network of biosphere reserves by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO).
• The Dudhwa Tiger Reserve is a protected area in Uttar Pradesh located on the India-Nepal border. It is the only place in U.P. where both Tigersand Rhinoscan be spotted together.
• Singphan Wildlife Sanctuary is at Nagaland.
• Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuaryis part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve along with Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary, Bandipur National Park, Nagarhole National Park, Mukurthi National Park, and Silent Valley. It has the world’s largest recorded population of the Asiatic elephant. Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary is one of the 13 sanctuaries in the protected areas of the state of Kerala.
• Bandipur National Parkis part of interconnected forests that include Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary (Tamil Nadu), Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary (Kerala) and Nagarhole National Park (Karnataka). It has the second-highest tiger population in India after Pench Tiger Reserve (Madhya Pradesh). Madhya Pradesh has thehighest number of tigers followed by Karnataka.
• Papikonda National Park is located in the Papi Hills in East Godavari and West Godavari districts of Andhra Pradesh. The park lies on the left and right banks of the river Godavari and cuts through the Papikonda hill range of Eastern Ghats. The River Godavari enriches the Papikonda Park with its natural beauty.
• Recently, the Uttarakhand State Wildlife Board has cleared a proposal by the Wildlife Institute of India (WII)to introduce rhinoceroses in the Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR).
• Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary was constituted in 1987 under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1973 for the purpose of Protecting, Propagating or developing Wildlife and its environment. Cauvery supports a diversified aquatic fauna, predominant species being Crocodiles (listed in Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act), Ottersand Hump-backed Mahseer Fish.
• The Dnyanganga Sanctuaryis situated in the Buldhana district of Maharashtra. It is a part of the Melghat Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra. It is located near the Dnyanganga River which is a tributary of the Tapti River.
• Tipeshwar Tiger Reserve is located in Yawatmal district of  The rivers such as Purna, Krishna, Bhima, and Taptiflow through the sanctuary. Due to the presence of a sufficient quantity of water, it is also popularly known as Green Oasisof Maharashtra.
• Mukurthi National Park is in Tamil Nadu.
• Nauradehi wildlife sanctuary and Kuno National Park were at Madhya Pradesh.
• Bhitarkanika National Park- Second-largest mangrove ecosystem in India, the first being Sundarbans (West Bengal) situated at Odisha. The Odisha forest department has started a two-year conservation project for fishing cats in Bhitarkanika National Park in Kendrapara district.
• Gahiramatha Marine Sanctuary Known as the world’s largest Olive Ridley rookery is too at Odisha.
• Bhagwan Mahaveer Sanctuary, Mollem National Park, Cotigao Wildlife Sanctuary, Netravali Wildlife Sanctuary and Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary were located at Goa.
• The Jatayu and Sparrow Conservation Breeding Centre, Pinjore (JCBC), is world’s largest facility within Bir Shikargah Wildlife Sanctuary for the breeding and conservation of Indian vultures and House sparrowin the State of Haryana, India. It covers 5 acres (2.0 ha), and its focus is the conservation, study, and breeding of critically endangered and threatened species of vultures on the IUCN Red List.
• Indian Wild Ass Sanctuary also known as the Wild Ass Wildlife Sanctuary is located in the Little Rann of Kutch in the Gujarat state of India. The sanctuary is one of the last places on earth where the endangered wild ass sub-species Indian Wild Ass (Khur) (Equus hemionus khur) belonging to Asiatic Wild Ass species Onager(Equus hemionus) can be spotted.
• Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuaryis also known as Pakshi Kashi of Karnataka. It is the largest bird sanctuary in the state and comprises six islets on the banks of the Kaveri river. Riverine reed beds cover the banks of the islands, while the islands themselves are covered in broadleaf forests, with dominant species being Terminalia arjuna (Arjun tree), bamboo groves, and Pandanus trees.
• Lemru Elephant Reserve (LER) is situated in the state of Chhattisgarh. Chhattisgarh has two national parks, three tiger reserves, eight sanctuaries, and one biosphere reserve, which is 8.36% of the state’s total geographical area and 18.92 % of the state’s total forest area. At present there are three tiger reserves in state: Achanakmar Tiger Reservein Bilaspur, Udanti-Sitanadi Tiger Reservein Gariaband and Indravati Tiger Reserve in Bijapur district.
• The six new sites identified for possible lion relocation in the future include:
• Madhav National Park, Madhya Pradesh
• Sitamata Wildlife Sanctuary, Rajasthan
• Mukundra Hills Tiger Reserve, Rajasthan
• Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary, Madhya Pradesh
• Kumbhalgarh Wildlife Sanctuary, Rajasthan
• Jessore-Balaram Ambaji WLS and adjoining landscape, Gujarat
• Rajaji National Park is home to the Van Gujjars in the winters.Van Gujjars are one of the few forest-dwelling nomadiccommunities in the country. Located in Uttarakhand along the foothills of the Shivalik range. It is also a Tiger Reserve.
• Pakke or Pakhui Tiger Reserve(PTR) lies in the foothills of the eastern Himalaya in the East Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh. It falls within the Eastern Himalaya Biodiversity Hotspot. It is known for its amazing sightings of four resident hornbill species. This Tiger Reserve has won India Biodiversity Award 2016 in the category of ‘Conservation of threatened species’ for its Hornbill Nest Adoption Programme. Towards the south and south-east, the sanctuary adjoins reserve forests and Assam’s Nameri National Park
• Nameri National Park is located in the foothills of the Eastern Himalayas in the Sonitpur District of Assam. The Pakhui (Pakke) Sanctuary of Arunachal Pradesh adjoinsthe Park on its North-Eastern point. Nameri is also declared as Tiger Reserve in the year 1999-2000, which is the 2nd Tiger reserve of Assam after Manas Tiger Reserve. It has 2 core areas: Nameri National Park & Sonai- Rupai Wildlife Sanctuary (Satellite Core of the Nameri Tiger Reserve). The main Rivers are Jia- Bhoroli and Bor Dikorai.
• Best & Worst Protected Areas of India as per MOEFCC:
• BEST- Tirthan Wildlife Sanctuary and Great Himalayan National Park in Himachal Pradesh
• WORST- Turtle Wildlife Sanctuary in Uttar Pradesh
• Vallanadu Black Buck Sanctuary and the Grizzled Giant Squirrel Wildlife Sanctuary in Tamil Nadu
• Aghanashini Lion-tailed Macaque Conservation Reserve in Karnataka
• Gibbon Sanctuary in Assam have been established for conserving specific taxa
• Varsey Rhododendron Sanctuary in Sikkim
• Sessa Orchid Sanctuary in Arunachal Pradesh
• Shoolpaneshwar Wildlife Sanctuary in Gujarat. Located in the western Satpura Range south of the Narmada River Shares a common boundary with Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. Encompasses mixed dry deciduous forest, riverine forest, few pockets of moist teak forest.
• A Black leopard was sighted in Biligiri Ranganathaswamy Temple (BRT) Tiger Reserve. BRT tiger area was declared as a wildlife sanctuary in 1987 and in 2011 it was declared as a Tiger Reserve Forest. BRT shares its borders with Male Mahadeshwara Wildlife Sanctuary and Sathyamangala Tiger Protection Forest.
• India’s Protected Areas within Terai Arc Landscape:
  • • Valmiki National Park, India
    • Sohelwa Wildlife Sanctuary, India
    • Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary, India
    • Dudhwa National Park, India
    • Kishanpur Wildlife Sanctuary, India
    • Corbett National Park, India
    • Rajaji National Park, India
    • Pilibhit Tiger Reserve, India
• Jim Corbett National Park 1st national park of India, Uttarakhand. 1st to come under the Project Tiger initiative. aptly named Hailey National Park. renamed in 1955 as Ramganga National Park and was again renamed in 1956 as Corbett National Park. one of the thirteen protected areas covered by the World Wide Fund For Nature under their Terai Arc Landscape Program. The program aims to protect three of the five terrestrial flagship species, the tiger, the Asian elephant and the great one-horned rhinoceros.
• The Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary: Goa’s smallest protected area. Located on Chorão, one of Goa’s estuarine islands in the Mandovi river.
• Pobitora WLS: Earlier a grazing reserve and notified as a wildlife sanctuary in 1998 of Assam. Has the highest density of rhino population in the world.Include the area of Pobitora Reserve Forest, the adjacent Rajamayong Hills as well as the khas land which connects the two areas.
• Lonar lake is now 41st Ramsar Site of India. The lake falls under the unified control of the Melghat Tiger Reserve (MTR), Amravati.
• Pandharkawda Wildlife Division in Yavatmal district consisting of Tipeshwar and Painganga Wildlife Sanctuaries has now been transferred to Melghat Tiger Reserve (MTR).
• Nargu Wildlife Sanctuary: Spread across 132 square kilometres in Mandi and Kullu districts of Himachal Pradesh. Harbours animals such as leopards, barking deer, black bear, ghoral, jackal and flying squirrel and birds such as Himalayan monal, white crested kalij and chukor. Flora found in the sanctuary includes deodar, kharsu, fir, maple, rhododendron, ban and several other tree species.
• Satkosia Gorge Sanctuary: Owes its name to the narrow stretch of River Mahanadi. Spreads out in four districts of Odisha namely Angul, Budh, Cuttack and Nayagarh. The Satkosia Gorge is a unique feature in geomorphology of India because here Mahanadi cuts right across the Eastern Ghats and has formed a magnificent gorge. Known for Gharials, Mugger crocodile and rare freshwater turtles like Chitra indica and Indian softshell turtle.
• Chakrashila Wildlife Sanctuary: Situated in western Assam, close to the Bhutan border.Biggest habitat of the golden langur, one of the 25 most endangered primate species in the world. Golden langurs are endemic to Bhutan and India (Assam). Situated between the Manas river in the east, Sankosh river in the west, and the Brahmaputra river in the south in western Assam’s Kokrajhar and Dhubri district, is the species’ biggest habitat.
• Nagi-Nakti Bird Sanctuaries: Hosted Bihar’s first state-level bird festival ‘Kalrav’. Globally important for conservation of birds’. The Nagi Dam and Nakti Dam are so close to each other. Other Bird Sanctuaries of Bihar:Gautam Budha bird sanctuary, Gaya, Kawar Jheel bird sanctuary, Bigusarai, Kusheshwar asthan bird sanctuary, Darbhanga.
• Indian Muraingrass recently discovered in Western Ghats “outskirts of Goa’s Bhagwan Mahavir National Park”.
• Kalesar National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary: Sharing boundaries with Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Full of wild animals protected under Schedule-1 and Schedule-2 of Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. Leopards, wild boars, civet, jungle cats, porcupines are in abundance.
• Gorumara National Park: Northern West Bengal, India. Known for its population of Indian rhinoceros.Located-Eastern Himalayas’ submontane Terai belt. Rolling forests and riverine grasslands and is known as the Dooars in West Bengal. Located on the flood plains of the Murti River and Raidak River. Jaldhaka River, a tributary of the Brahmaputra river system. Close to Jaldapara National Park and Chapramari Wildlife Reserve.
• Dibru-Saikhowa is a National Park as well as a Biosphere Reserve situated in the south bank of the river Brahmaputra in Assam. The forest type of Dibru-Saikhowa comprises semi-evergreen forests, deciduous forests, littoral and swamp forests and patches of wet evergreen forests. It is the largest swamp forest in north-eastern India. It is an identified Important Bird Area (IBA), notified by the Birdlife International. It is most famous for the rare white-winged wood ducks as well as feral horses. Maguri Motapung wetland is a part of the Reserve.
• Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve (KNPTR) is sandwiched between the Brahmaputra river and the Karbi Anglong Hills. The entire area is formed by alluvial deposits from the Brahmaputra and its tributaries.
• Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary. Assam has decided to upgrade the Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary into a national park. Located in the Dibrugarh and Tinsukia Districts. Forms the largest stretch of lowland rainforest in the country. Importance for elephant habitat. Declared as Dehing-Patkai Elephant Reserve under Project Elephant. Also known as the Jeypore Rainforest. Only sanctuary in India which is home to seven different species of wild cats – tiger, leopard, clouded leopard, leopard cat, golden cat, jungle cat and marbled cat. A deciduous rainforest interspersed with semi-evergreen and lush green flora.
• Karimpuzha Wildlife Sanctuary. 18th WS of Kerala. Comprise the new Amarambalam reserve forest and Vadakkekotta vested forest. Primitive Cholanaikar tribes has been exempted from the sanctuary. Borders the Mukkuruthi National Park in the south and the Silent Valley National Park buffer zone in the northeast.
• Nagarhole National Park Located in Karnataka. One of India’s premier Tiger Reserves. Adjoining Bandipur Tiger Reserve and Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary. Part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve. Water sources-Kabini River. Flagship species like Bengal tiger, gaur and Indian elephants. Recognised as an Important Bird Area. Primary inhabitants- Jenu Kurubas tribe.
• Mount Harriet National Park. It is located in the south of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Mount Harriet is the third-highest peak in the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago next to Saddle Peak in North Andaman and Mount Thuillier in Great Nicobar. The park is covered with evergreen forest pockets. It is rich in flora and faunal species like andaman wild pigs, saltwater crocodiles, butterflies and palm trees.
• Kanha National Park: This place is spread across two districts Mandala and Kalaghat in Madhya Pradesh.
• Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary: This is located on the Western Ghats, in Kerala, and is covered in tropical and semi-evergreen forests. It provides the habitat for elephants, gaur, sambar, spotted deer, barking deer, Nilgiri Langur, Hanuman Langur and the Malabar Giant Squirrel. 
• Sariska Tiger Reserve: This is located in the Alwar district in Rajasthan, and mainly comprises arid forests, grasslands and rocky hills. Leopard, jungle cat, stripped hyena and Golden Jackal are some of the animals.
• Krishna Wildlife Sanctuary is located in Andhra Pradesh, India. The sanctuary is a part of the mangrove wetland in Andhra Pradesh and is located in the coastal plain of Krishna delta, spread across Krishna and Guntur districtsof Andhra Pradesh. The estuary of the Krishna Riverpasses through the sanctuary.
• Madhav National Park is situated in Shivpuri District, Madhya Pradesh. It is a part of the upper Vindhyan hills. Madhav National Parkis a part of the Ranthambhore-Kuno-Madhav (Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan) Tiger Corridor of Central India & Eastern Ghats landscape.
• Koundinya Wildlife Sanctuary is the only sanctuary in Andhra Pradesh with a population of Asian elephants. The sanctuary is covered by southern tropical dry deciduous and thorn forests. 
• A black panther was spotted in Goa’s Netravali Sanctuary. Netravali Wildlife Sanctuary is located in South Eastern Goa and constitutes one of the vital corridors of the Western Ghats. It is bounded by Cotigao wildlife sanctuary on the eastern side and Bhagwan Mahaveer Sanctuary and Mollem National Park on the northern side.
• The 14 tiger reserves which have been accredited Global CA|TS recognition are Manas, Kaziranga and Orang in Assam, Satpura, Kanha and Panna in Madhya Pradesh, Pench in Maharashtra, Valmiki Tiger Reserve in Bihar, Dudhwa in Uttar Pradesh, Sunderbans in West Bengal, Parambikulam in Kerala, Bandipur Tiger Reserve of Karnataka and Mudumalai and Anamalai Tiger Reserve in Tamil Nadu.
• Recently, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change notified the eco-sensitive zone of the Deepor Beel Wildlife Sanctuary on the south-western edge of Guwahati. The Deepor Beel Wildlife Sanctuary (DBWS) is located at Kamrup district in Guwahati, Assam. Deepar Beel is one of the largest freshwater lakes in Assam and the State’s only Ramsar site besides being an Important Bird Area.
• Recently, the Chhattisgarh government is facing objections from its own legislators, including a minister, to its plan to further decrease the area of the proposed Lemru Elephant Reserve.
• The Ramgarh Vishdhari Sanctuary has been approved as 52nd Tiger Reserves of India and 4th Tiger Reserve of Rajasthan.
• A rare melanistic leopard, popularly called black leopard, was spotted in the Navegaon block of the Navegaon Nagzira Tiger Reserve (NNTR) in the Gondia district of Maharashtra. Earlier this year, the rare black leopard has been cited at Tadoba National Park, in the Chandrapur district. Navegaon Nagzira Tiger Reserve was notified as 46th tiger reserve of India in 2013 and the 5th tiger reserve of Maharashtra. Navegaon Nagzira Tiger Reserve is situated in Gondia and Bhandara districts of Maharashtra.
• It is amazing to know that a tiny protected area measuring just 270.57 hectares (ha) serves as the green lungs to a great metropolitan city in Tamil Nadu. This is the Guindy National Park, located in the heart of Chennai’s metropolitan area.
• The Raimona National Park in western Assam’s Kokrajhar district has boosted the protection of the Greater Manas Landscape besides fulfilling the recommendation of the UNESCO World Heritage Site committee. Raimona National Park recently declared as the 6th National Park of Assam. Situated in Kokrajhar district under the Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR), bordering Bhutan. art of the buffer of the Manas Tiger Reserve.
• Dihing Patkai National Park notified as 7th National Park of Assam. Falling in Tinsukia and Dibrugarh districts in upper Assam Contiguous stretch of forests, starting from Upper Dihing Reserve Forests in the East (under Digboi Division, Tinsukia District) up to the Jeypore RF (under Dibrugarh Division, Dibrugarh District), Comprises some pristine forests along the Assam-Arunachal interstate boundary
• The Suhelwa Wildlife Sanctuary and Ranipur wildlife sanctuary of Uttar Pradesh was also in news for the race of Tiger Reserves.
• Narcondam Island Wildlife Sanctuary is notified as a protected reserve by the government of India. It is also listed on the UNESCO’s tentative Lists of World Heritage Sites. Narcondam, India’s easternmost Island, is a small volcanicisland located in the northern Andaman Sea. Narcondam Island is almost entirely covered with Evergreen and Moist Deciduous forest. The island is covered with Tropical Evergreen forest, Semievergreen forest, Moist Deciduous forest, Littoral forest and Mangrove forest. Nicobar Flying Fox Pteropus faunulus and Narcondam Small Flying Fox Pteropus hypomelanus are the most common mammals on this island.
• The Maharashtra government declared the Tillari forest area in the Dodamarg and Sawantwadi range in coastal Sindhudurg district as a conservation reserve area.

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