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Follow .environmentContour bunding or contour farming or Contour ploughing is the farming practice of plowing and/or pla...
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Contour bunding or contour farming or Contour ploughing is the farming practice of plowing and/or planting across a slope following its elevation contour lines.

These contour lines create a water break which reduces the formation of rills and gullies during times of heavy precipitation, allowing more time for the water to settle into the soil.

Contour ploughing helps to reduce soil erosion.

Contour bunding is a method of soil conservation used in hilly regions. Contour bunding is a proven sustainable land management practice for marginal, sloping, and hilly land where the soil productivity is very low.

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Follow .environmentDudhwa tiger reserve is located in the Lakhimpur-Kheri district of Uttar Pradesh with an area of 614 ...
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Dudhwa tiger reserve is located in the Lakhimpur-Kheri district of Uttar Pradesh with an area of 614 sq km.
It is one of the finest examples of the exceedingly diverse and productive Terai eco-systems.
Terai Arc Landscape (TAL) is composed of 14 Indian and Nepalese trans-border protected ecosystems of the Terai and nearby foothills of the Himalayas and encompassing 14 protected areas of Nepal and India.
It has an area of approximately 12.3 million acres and includes Nepal’s Bagmati River to the east and India’s Yamuna River to the west.
The northern edge of the reserve is marked by the river Mohana which lies along the Indo-Nepal border while the southern boundary is marked by the river Suheli.
It is home to a large number of rare and endangered species, which include tiger, leopard, swamp deer, hispid hare, Bengal floricans, etc.
It comprises three protected areas of Kishanpur Wildlife Sanctuary, Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary and Dudhwa National Park.

Follow .environment This tiger reserve is located in Pilibhit and Shahjahanpur district of Uttar Pradesh. It was notifie...
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This tiger reserve is located in Pilibhit and Shahjahanpur district of Uttar Pradesh. It was notified as Tiger Reserve in 2014.
In 2020, it bagged international award TX2 for doubling up the number of tigers in the past four years.

It forms the part of Terai Arc Landscape in the upper Gangetic Plain.

The northern edge of the reserve lies along the Indo-Nepal border while the southern boundary is marked by the river Sharada and Khakra.

Flora and Fauna:
It is home to a habitat for over 127 animals, 326 bird species and 2,100 flowering plants.

Wild animals include tiger, swamp deer, bengal florican, leopard, etc.
It has high sal forests, plantation and grasslands with several water bodies.

Nagarahole National ParkIt is also known as ‘Rajiv Gandhi National Park.It was established as a wildlife sanctuary in 19...
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Nagarahole National Park

It is also known as ‘Rajiv Gandhi National Park.

It was established as a wildlife sanctuary in 1955 and was upgraded into a national park in 1988. It was declared as the 37th Tiger reserve under Project Tiger in 1999.

The Park lies in the Western Ghats and is a part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve.

The Nagarahole River flows through the park, which joins the Kabini River which also is a boundary between Nagarahole and Bandipur Ntional Park.

Flora: The vegetation consists mainly of moist deciduous forests with predominating trees of teak and rosewood.

Fauna: Asian elephants, chital (spotted deer), Indian mouse deer, gaur, stripe-necked and ruddy mongooses, grey langur, bonnet macaque, Asian wild dog, leopard, tiger, sloth bear among others.

Follow .environment Asian Elephant Alliance, an umbrella initiative by five NGOs, has come together to secure 96 out of ...
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Asian Elephant Alliance, an umbrella initiative by five NGOs, has come together to secure 96 out of the 101 existing corridors used by elephants across 12 States in India.

Key facts:

-- The joint venture aims to secure the 96 remaining elephant corridors, old and new, in the next ten years.

-- The alliance joined hands to raise the mammoth sum as money was the main constraint in securing the land.

-- NGOs Elephant Family, International Fund for Animal Welfare, IUCN Netherlands and World Land Trust have teamed up with Wildlife Trust of India’s (WTI) in the alliance.

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Follow .environment Simplipal was designated a tiger reserve in 1956 and placed under Project Tiger in May 1973, after s...
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Simplipal was designated a tiger reserve in 1956 and placed under Project Tiger in May 1973, after serving as a hunting ground for the kingly rulers of Marurbhanj. The "Mugger Crocodile Scheme" began in Ramatirtha, Jashipur, in 1979. The "Mugger Crocodile Management Programme" has aided the Mugger crocodile (Crocodylus palustris) in surviving and flourishing along the Khairi River's banks.

Simlipal was designated as a wildlife sanctuary by the Odisha government in 1979, covering 2,200 square kilometres.

In 1980, the state government proposed establishing a national park on 303 square kilometres of the sanctuary.

The national park's size was increased to 845.70 square kilometres in 1986. Simlipal was designated as a biosphere reserve by the Indian government in 1994.

In May 2009, UNESCO added this national park to its list of Biosphere Reserves. The forest is home to 10,000 people who live in 61 villages.

That is why, despite being one of India's 18 biosphere reserves, Simlipal has yet to be designated as a full-fledged park.

Follow .environment Sariska Tiger Reserve is located in Aravali hills and forms a part of the Alwar District of Rajastha...
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Sariska Tiger Reserve is located in Aravali hills and forms a part of the Alwar District of Rajasthan.

Sariska was declared a wildlife sanctuary in 1955 and was declared the tiger reserve later in 1978, making it a part of India's Project Tiger.

The Reserve houses ruined temples, forts, pavilions and a palace.
Kankarwadi fort is located in the centre of the Reserve.

The Reserve also houses a famous temple of lord Hanuman at Pandupole related to Pandavas.

The Reserve is immensely rich in flora and fauna, and is famous for Royal Bengal Tiger.

The park has populations of leopards, Nilgai, Sambar, chital etc.

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