Name	Location	State
Palpur Kuno sanctuary (Kuno National Park)		MP	Asiatic Lion reintroduction programme SC allowed to introduce African Cheetahs to India (Kuno National Park)
Ratapani WLS		MP	Origin of Betwa river
Singphan Wildlife Sanctuary		Nagaland	Aug 2018, Declared as an Elephant reserve
Abohar Wildlife Sanctuary		Punjab	Blackbuck
Nauradehi sanctuary		MP	reintroduce Cheetahs
Ramadevarabetta Vulture Sanctuary	Ramanagar	Karnataka	It is India's only vulture sanctuary in Karnataka
Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary (VGDS).		Bihar	50kms stretch of Ganga river. India's only sanctuary for the Gangetic dolphin
Wild Ass Sanctuary	Little Rann	Gujarat
Jatayu Conservation Breeding Centre	Pinjore	Haryana	within Bir Shikargah WS for the breeding and conservation of Indian vultures ‘Gyps Vulture Reintr duction Programme'
Changthang, Cold Desert Wildlife Sanctuary	Ladakh	Ladakh	National Large Solar Telescope , Changthang goats- least concern
Tippeshwar Wildlife Sanctuary	Yavatmal Dt	MH
Nandavan Zoo and Safari		Chhattisgarh	Asia's largest man-made jungle safari
Daroji Sloth Bear Sanctuary	Hampi	Karnataka	Sloth Bear (KARADI in Karnataka)
Daroji Wildlife Sanctuary	Bellary	Karnataka	Amur falcons have been located. Migratory bird from Siberia to South Africa
Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary		UP	Along Indo-Nepal border
Pobitora wildlife sanctuary		Assam	World's Highest density of one horned rhino
Dibru Saikhowa WLS		Assam	One of the translocation site to which Rhino is translocated from Kaziranga and Pobitora
Laokhowa-Bura Chapori WLS		Assam	One of the translocation site to which Rhino is translocated from Kaziranga and Pobitora
Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary		AP	Olive Ridley Sea Turtles. Godavari mouth shore
Bejjur Reserve Forest		Telangana	Indian Painted Frog
SANJAY GANDHI NATIONAL PARK		Mumbai	Eco sensitive zone
National Chambal Sanctuary		MP	Gharials, Only known place where nesting of Indian skimmers ,
Talle Wildlife Sanctuary (Tally Valley WLS)		Arunachal P	It lies roughly in between the Subansiri, Sipu and Pange Rivers. One of the home for clouded leopard (Vulnerable IUCN status)
Umred-Karhandla WLS	Nagpur	MH	It is declared as the satellite core of Bor Tiger Reserve by national tiger conservation authority which means sub-protected area another protected area.
Bhimgad WLS		Karnataka	Mandovi River rises here
Askot WLS		Uttarakhand
Govind WLS		Uttarakhand
Hastinapur WLS		UP
Baghmara Pitcher Plant WLS		Meghalaya
Tholpetty wildlife sanctuary		Kerala
Bukkapatna Chinkara WLS		Karnataka	Chinkara gazelle, black buck, four horned antelope
Sukhna wildlife sanctuary		Chandigarh	Sukhna Lake - Man-made lake (It is declared as living entity)

Bird Sanctuaries

Nalabana Bird Sanctuary	Chilika Lake	Odisha
Mangalajodi Bird Sanctuary	Chilika lake	Odisha	Pacific black ducks
Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary		Gujarat
Sultanpur BS	Sultanpur Lake	Haryana
Kumarakom BS	Vembanad Lake	Kerala
Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary	Mandovi River	Goa	NOTE: Salim Ali NP is in J&K
Atapaka Bird Sanctuary	Kolleru Lake	AP	{grey pelicans and painted storks } - migratory birds
Okhla Bird Sanctuary		UP	Water birds
Koonthankulam Bird sanctuary	Koonthankulam and Kadankulam irrigat ion tanks	TN
Mandagadde Bird Sanctuary	Tunga river	Karnataka
Karingali Puncha wetlands		Kerala	Major birding site in Asian waterfowl census Bar Headed Goose
Maguri-Motapung wetland		Assam	Oil India limited -fire breakout has led to extensive damage

Reserves

Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve TATR	Chandrapur	MH	Tiger corridor linking the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) in MH with the forests in Telangana’s Kumram Bheem Asifabad distri t First in the country, Telangana planning to construct eco-bridges over canal cutting across reserve
Orang Tiger Reserve		Assam	Highest tiger density nationally
Kamlang Tiger Reserve		Arunachal
Amrabad Tiger Reserve		Telangana	Telangana Forest Department released 8 mouse deer from captivity into Amrabad Tiger Reserve
Blackbuck Conservation Reserve		UP	India’s first wi dlife conservation reserve dedicated exclusively to the blackbuck “first ever cons rvation reserve” of any kind in U.P.IUCN Least Concerned. Bishnoi community are protectors of Blackbuck
Palamu Tiger Reserve		Jharkhand	National Board of Wildlife (NBWL) is planning to give clearance to the Mandal Dam on North Koel river after it studies the dam's potential impact on the Palamu Tiger Reserve's (PTR) ecosystem
Sariska Tiger Reserve & National P ark	Alwar district	Rajasthan
Buxa Tiger reserve		WB	Recent tiger census showed that no tiger found here
Corbett Tiger Reserve & National Park		Uttarakhand
Bandhavgarh tiger sanctuary		MP	World's first white tiger sanctuary Recently Elephants group migrated from Chattisgarh to this place
Satyamangalam TR		TN
Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve		TN	Indian Board of Wildlife is planning to reintroduce Nilgiri Tahr
Satkosia Tiger Reserve		Odisha	Mahanadi River. Meeting point of Eastern Ghats and Deccan Peninsula. Tigers reintroduced from MP
Chhari Dhand		Gujarat	Legally protected wetland conservation reserve (‘Chhari’ means salt affected ‘dhan means shallow wetland) It has been identified as one of the best area for reintroduction of Cheetah by Wild Life Institute of India as the area includes Kala Dungar or Black hills where large number of jackals are present
Annamalai Tiger Reserve		TN	Cochin Forest Cane Turtles extremely rare native species found recently
Pakke Tiger Reserve/ Pakhui Tiger Reserve		Arunachal Pradesh	Bhareli or Kameng River in the west and north, and by Pakke River in the east. Proposal to construct 40kms elevated stretch through this as part of East-West corridor
Kali Tiger Reserve		Karnataka	Kali river; Bengal tigers, black panthers and Indian elephants
Bedthi conservation reserve		Karnataka	Magod falls
Tillari Conservation reserve		KA, Goa, MH	connecting Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary in Goa and Bhimgad Wildlife Sanctuary in Karnataka It is an integral part of Sahyadri- Konkan wildlife corridor
Kawal Tiger Reserve		Telangana	Sahyadri mountain ranges, South: Godavari and Kadam rivers,

National Parks

Bhitarkanika National Park	Odisha	Unique mangrove ecosystem. Trying to be Global Heritage site
Dachigam National Park	J&K	home of the critically endangered Hangul or Kashmir stag
Kanha National Park	MP	saving the Barasingha (Swamp deer) from near extinction which is state animal of MP
Phawngpui National Park	Mizoram	Blyth's tragopan, falcon, sunbirds, dark-rumped swift
Murlen National Park	Mizoram

Forests

Kappatagudda forest	Karnataka	variety of medicinal plants, aromatic herbs, other flora and fauna
Papum reserve forests	Arunachal Pradesh	B/w Itanagar Wildlife Sanctuary (east) and Pakke Wildlife Sanctuary (west) alarming deforestation rates Nesting habitat of three horn bills species

Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve

India's one of the biggest biosphere reserve and better-managed national parks of India
India's first biosphere reserve
It is recognised under UNESCO's MAB programme
one of the Tigers Reserves of the country
Comprised of

Nagarhole National Park in the North West of Bandipur

Bandipur National Park - Karnataka
Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary in Kerala [NOTE: There is no concept of Wayanad Tiger Reserve. Proposal was not approved]
Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary in Tamil Nadu

South: Mukurthi National Park (TN) and Silent Valley (Kerala) in the South

Kabani river passes b/w Nagarhole and Bandipur National Park

Note:

West to East - Dandeli , Nagarhole, Bandipur, Bannerghatta Safari
North to South - Dandeli, Bannerghatta Safari, Nagarhole, Bandipur

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Sundarban Biosphere Reserve

It is the largest and only mangrove reserve in the world inhabited by tigers
Part of Man and Biosphere Programme. Also UNESCO world heritage site, RAMSAR site
This reserve includes

The Royal Bengal Tiger Reserve.
Sundarban National Park.
Lothian Island wildlife sanctuary.
Haliday Island wildlife sanctuary
Sajnekhali wildlife sanctuary.

Assam Protected Areas

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West to East: Manas, Pobitora, Orang, Nameri, Kaziranga, Dibru Saikhowa

North to South: Dibru Saikhowa, Nameri, Manas, Orang, Kaziranga, Pobitora

Misc

NH44	Srinagar to Kanyakumari	Kanha, Satpura, Pench, Bandhavgarh, Panna tiger reserves and at least four other protected areas.
NH6	Surat to Kolkata	corridors around Melghat, Bor, Nagzira, Simlipal tiger reserves and seven other national parks and sanctuaries

Current Affairs.