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.
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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.
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PRACTICE QUESTION Q. Consider the following pairs: Wildlife Sanctuary Location 1. Nugu Wildlife Sanctuary Karnataka 2. Jessore Sloth Bear Sanctuary Bengal 3. Khijadiya Bird Sanctuary Gujarat 4. Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary Jharkhand How many pairs given above are correctly matched? A) Only one pair B) Only two pairs C) Only three pairs D) All four pairs Answer C) Only three pairs Jessore Sloth Bear Sanctuary is in Gujarat. The rest of the pairs are correct. |
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