Assam’s government has notified splitting of Kaziranga National Park (KNP) into two divisions to improve wildlife management.
About:
Kaziranga National Park is located in the Golaghat and Nagaon district of Assam.
Conservation status:
It was declared a national park in 1974.
UNESCO declared it a world heritage site in 1985.
It became a Tiger Reserve in 2007.
It is also recognized as an ‘Important Bird Area’ by BirdLife International for the conservation of avifaunal species.
Fauna: KNP has an estimated –
two-thirds of the Indian rhinoceros numbered at 2,413 (Acc. to the latest Rhino census),
57% of the world’s wild water buffalo population,
One of the largest groups of Asian elephants and
21 Royal Bengal tigers per 100 sq.km – arguably the highest Tiger density.
Threat to Indian Rhinoceros:
Indian rhinoceros, or greater one-horned rhino, is categorised as ‘vulnerable’ by IUCN.
The major threats to are Poaching and annual floods in the Brahmaputra which creates havoc in the Kaziranga.
Recent Division of KNP:
Assam’s Environment Department has notified the splitting of KNP into (1) Eastern Assam division and (2) Biswanath division, with the Brahmaputra coming in between.
Splitting the KNP into two divisions will ensure better deployment of divisional forest officers in the Biswanath area, where most of Rhinoceros poaching happens.
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