Sacred Groves

Andhra Pradesh	Pavithravana
Arunachal Pradesh	Gumpa Forests (Attached to Buddhist monasteries)
Goa	Deorai, Pann
Jharkhand	Sarana
Karnataka	Devara Kadu
Kerala	Kavu, Sara Kavu
Maharashtra	Devrai, Devrahati, Devgudi
Manipur	Gamkhap, Mauhak (Sacred bamboo Reserve)
Meghalaya	Ki Law Lyngdoh, Ki Law Kyntang, Ki Law Niam
Orissa	Jahera, Thukuramma
Puducherry	Kovil Kadu
Rajasthan	Orans, Kenkris, Jogmaya
Tamil Nadu	Swami shoal, Koikadu
Uttarakhand	Dev Bhumi, Bugyal (Sacred Alpine Meadows)
West Bengal	Garamthan, Harithan, Jahera, Sabitrithan, Santalburithan

As of now, no action programme present to conserve Sacred Groves. Only these are protected under community reserve

Marine Protected Areas MPA

S. No.	Name of MPA	State	Category	RAMSAR	Critically Vulnerable Coastal Area
1	Sundarbans	West Bengal	National Park	Yes (2020)	Yes
2	West Sundarbans	West Bengal	Sanctuary	No
3	Haliday Island	West Bengal	Sanctuary	No
4	Sajnakhali	West Bengal	Sanctuary	No
5	Lothian Island	West Bengal	Sanctuary	No
6	Bhitarkanika	Odisha	National Park	Yes	Yes
7	Bhitarkanika	Odisha	Sanctuary	Yes	Yes
8	Chilka (Nalaban)	Odisha	Sanctuary	Yes
9	Gahirmatha	Odisha	Sanctuary	No
10	Balukhand Konark	Odisha	Sanctuary	No
11	Coringa	Andhra Pradesh	Sanctuary	No	Yes
12	Krishna	Andhra Pradesh	Sanctuary	No
13	Pulicat Lake	Nellore, Andhra Pradesh	Sanctuary	No
14	Pulicat Lake	Tamil Nadu	Sanctuary	No
15	Point Calimere	Tamil Nadu	Sanctuary	Yes
16	Gulf of Mannar Marine	Tamil Nadu	National Park	No	No
17	Kadalundi Vallikkunnu Com R	Kerala	Community Reserve	No
18	Malvan Marine	Maharashtra	Sanctuary	No	Yes [ Coral reefs]
19	Thane Creek Flamingo	Maharashtra	Sanctuary	No
20	Chorao Island	Goa	Sanctuary	No
21	Dadra & Nagar Haveli	Dadra & Nagar Haveli	Sanctuary	No
22	Fudam	Daman & Diu	Sanctuary	No
23	Marine (Gulf of Kachchh)	Gujarat	National Park	No	Yes
24	Marine (Gulf of Kachchh)	Gujarat	Sanctuary	No	Yes
25	Khijadia	Gujarat	Sanctuary	No

NOTE: Sagar island is not Marine protected area

Kolleru, Vembanad lake is not a marine protected area

Community Reserves

1.	Keshopur Chhamb	Punjab
2.	Lalwan	Punjab
3.	Kadalundi	Kerala	It is also Marine Protected Area
4.	Kokkare Bellur	Karnataka
5.	Lot of reserves in Meghalaya	Meghalaya
	Gogabeel Ox-bow Lake	Bihar	North - Mahananda and Kankhar rivers South - Ganga river Lesser Adjutant - Vulnerable
7	Singchung Bugun Village Community Reserve	Arunachal Pradesh	Bugun tribe , Critically endangered bird Bugun liocichla.

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Biodiversity Heritage Sites BHS

S. No.	Name of the Site	Name of the District	Importance of the area
1	Nallur Tamarind Grove	Bengaluru	It is popularly believed to be a relic of the Chola Dynasty that ruled nearly 800 years ago. It has nearly 300 trees, is a picture of dynamic pattern of plant diversity. The significant component of this popular structure is a group of old plants standing like ageless sentinels, firmly rooted to the ground with their gigantic trunks, along with large picturesque crowns spread very high and aloft like open wings.
2	Hogrekan	Chikmagalur, Karnataka	The area has unique Shola vegetation and grass land with number of floral species which are unique and having lot of medicinal value. Hogrekan is moderately wooded land and its vegetation is of dry deciduous type . Adjoining Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary and Yemmedode Tiger Reserve and serving as "Wildlife Corridor" between Kudremukha and Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary.
3	University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK Campus, Bengaluru	Bengaluru	The GKVK campus is considered one of the greenest areas in Bengaluru. Biological diversity of this campus constitutes a critical repository of various forms of flora and fauna (including 13 sp of mammals, 10 sp of reptiles, 165 sp of birds and 530 sp of plants) which needs to be protected nurtured to posterity.
4	Ambaraguda	Shimoga, Karnataka	It is a revenue land located between Sharavathi Wild Life Sanctuary and Someshwara Wildlife Sanctuary. It has Shola vegetation which is primitive vegetation in the Western Ghats and also has grasslands.
5	Glory of Allapalli	Gadchiroli, Maharashtra	It is a reserved forest being preserved as natural forest having biological, ethnical and historical values.
6	Tonglu BHS	Darjeeling	It is a Medicinal Plant Conservation Areas
7	Dhotrey BHS	Darjeeling	It is a Medicinal Plant Conservation Areas
8	Dialong Village	Tamenglong, Manipur	---
9	Ameenpur lake	Sangareddy, Telangana	first water body in the country to be declared a Biodiversity Heritage Site.
10	Majuli island	Assam	Brahmaputra River which is harboring unique Ecological and Cultural Heritage.
11	Ghariyal Rehabilitation Centre	Lucknow, UP	Conservation and rehabilitation of critically endangered gharials
12	Chilkigarh Kanak Durga	WB	Chilkigarh Kanak Durga Sacred Grove is a remnant forest with traditional beliefs and taboos of local inhabitants and rich in biodiversity

Critically Vulnerable Coastal Areas (CVCA)

As defined in CRZ Notification 2011

Gulf of Khambat and Gulf of Kutch,
Malvan (MH) (coral reefs)
Achra-Ratnagiri in Maharashtra, (mangroves)
Karwar and Coondapur in Karnataka,

Vembanad in Kerala,

Coringa in East Godavari and Krishna in Andhra Pradesh,
Bhaitarkanika in Orissa,
Sunderbans region of West Bengal.

Others.