Nugu Wildlife Sanctuary

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Context

• The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has recommended that the Nugu Wildlife Sanctuary abutting the Bandipur Tiger Reserve be declared as a core critical tiger habitat.

Nugu Wildlife Sanctuary

Location

• Nugu Wildlife Sanctuary is situated north of Bandipur National Park in Mysore District of Karnataka.
• The northern part of Nugu WLS is occupied by the Nugu Reservoir.
• It serves as a home to many species of flora and fauna such as Dipterocarpus indicus, Calophyllum tomentosum, elephants, wild pigs, spotted deer, leopards, jungle cats, etc.
• Nugu is a vulnerable area as far as human–elephant conflicts are concerned.

Eco-Sensitive Zone

• Nugu Wildlife Sanctuary has been declared as an eco-sensitive zone by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, because of the number of commercial tourism ventures in the sanctuary.
• This was also done in order to emphasize the density of elephant populations and to conserve them.