Assam gets sixth national park on World Environment Day.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday introduced that the Raimona reserve forest in Kokrajhar underneath the Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR), bordering Bhutan, has been upgraded because the sixth national park of the state.
Announcing this on the event of World Environment Day right here, the chief minister stated that with the brand new addition, the state now has six national parks.
The course of to transform Dehing Patkai wildlife sanctuary right into a national park can also be underneath progress, he stated.
The chief minister stated that this was a landmark step in atmosphere conservation and the newly declared national park can be one other endeavour by the state to guard its wealthy natural world.
The notification declaring Raimona as a national park has been issued by the atmosphere and forest division on Saturday.
The Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 says each time it seems to the state authorities that an space,whether or not inside a sanctuary or not, is, by cause of its ecological, faunal, floral, geomorphological or zoological affiliation or significance,wanted to be constituted as a national park for the aim of defending, propagating or creating wild life therein or its atmosphere, The different 5 national parks in Assam are- Kaziranga, Manas, Nameri, Orang and Dibru-Saikhowa.
Sarma stated its a step taken in the direction of fulfilment of the UN imaginative and prescient of ecosystem restoration.
Minister for Environment and Forest Parimal Suklabaidya stated the announcement made by the chief minister has turned out to be a crimson letter day for the state and welcome information for wildlife lovers, nature lovers and conservationists.
The Raimona national park falls underneath BTR’s Kokrajhar district and is part of contiguous forest patch with an space of 422 sq. km protecting the northern a part of the notified Ripu Reserve Forest which varieties the westernmost buffer to Manas Tiger Reserve within the foothills of Eastern Himalaya Biodiversity Hotspot.
The boundary of Raimona national park stretches from the Sonkosh river on the west alongside the inter-state boundary of West Bengal and Assam from Indo-Bhutan border and Saralbhanga River on the east, runs northwards until it touches the Indo-Bhutan worldwide boundary on the north. The new national park shares contiguous forest patches of Phipsoo Wildlife Sanctuary and Jigme Singye Wangchuk
National Park in Bhutan (whole space of 1,9 making a transboundary conservation panorama of greater than 2,400 sq. km.
A senior forest official identified that such secured transboundary ecological panorama will guarantee long run conservation of endemic species like Golden Langur- the mascot of BTR- and endangered species like Asian Elephant Elephas maximus, Royal Bengal Tiger Panthera tigris and diverse different flora and faunal species it helps.
Historically, the realm was part of the migratory route of the faunal species from Himalayan Mountain, Indo-Malayan and Indo-Chinese areas in the direction of west and Peninsular Indian realm species to the east, the official stated.
The new national park varieties the western most buffer to the Manas Tiger Reserve (TR) which is likely one of the 9 such reserves in India first declared by Project Tiger in 1973.
The space can also be the integral a part of Manas Biosphere Reserve (BR) and Chirang-Ripu Elephant Reserve (ER).
The new national park will open up large alternatives of ecotourism for the perimeter villagers, who at present are partially or completely dependent on forest assets for his or her livelihood.
A extremely viable tourism circuit via the Raimona national park and the contiguous protected areas of Bhutan will appeal to national and worldwide vacationers, who won’t solely benefit from the wildlife and excellent scenic magnificence but additionally the various and vibrant social landscapes and their wealthy tradition and custom, the official added.
