Darrah National Park

Darrah National Park
IUCN category II (national park)
Map showing the location of Darrah National Park
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Map showing the location of Darrah National Park
Darrah National Park (India)
Location Rajasthan, India
Nearest city Kota
Coordinates 24°52′05″N 75°51′22″E / 24.868°N 75.856°E / 24.868; 75.856[1]Coordinates: 24°52′05″N 75°51′22″E / 24.868°N 75.856°E / 24.868; 75.856[2]
Established 2004

Darrah National Park in Rajasthan, India is a national park established in 2004 consisting of three wildlife sanctuaries: Darrah Wildlife Sanctuary, Chambal Wildlife Sanctuary, and Jawahar Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary. It is located within the Kathiawar-Gir dry deciduous forests' ecoregion.[3]

History

The national park contains large tracts of forests formerly part of the Maharaja of Kota's hunting grounds. The park was embroiled in a political controversy over its nomenclature, when the Bharatiya Janata Party state government revoked the decision that it be called the Rajiv Gandhi National Park.[4]

Asiatic lion Reintroduction Project

A male Asiatic lion in Gir Forest National Park, likely scarred from a fight.

Like Sita Mata Wildlife Sanctuary, Darrah was one of the places which were considered for the reintroduction of the Asiatic lion.[5][6] The lion used to occur in Rajasthan,[7] but is now confined to Gujarat, in and around Gir Forest National Park.[8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Darrah Sanctuary". protectedplanet.net.
  2. ↑ "Darrah Sanctuary". protectedplanet.net.
  3. ↑ "Kathiarbar-Gir Dry Deciduous Forests". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
  4. ↑ The Hindu : National : Rajasthan to go ahead with national park
  5. ↑ Walker, S. (1994). Executive summary of the Asiatic lion PHVA. First draft report. Zoo’s Print: 2–22.
  6. ↑ Nowell, K., Jackson, P. (1996). "Asiatic lion". Wild Cats: Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan (PDF). Gland, Switzerland: IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group. pp. 17–21. ISBN 2-8317-0045-0.
  7. ↑ Sharma, B.K., Kulshreshtha, S., Sharma, S., Singh, S., Jain, A., Kulshreshtha, M. (2013). "In situ and ex situ conservation: Protected Area Network and zoos in Rajasthan". In Sharma, B. K.; Kulshreshtha, S.; Rahmani, A. R. Faunal Heritage of Rajasthan, India: Conservation and Management of Vertebrates. Heidelberg, New York, Dordrecht, London: Springer Science & Business Media.
  8. ↑ Singh, H. S.; Gibson, L. (2011). "A conservation success story in the otherwise dire megafauna extinction crisis: The Asiatic lion (Panthera leo persica) of Gir forest" (PDF). Biological Conservation. 144 (5): 1753–1757. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2011.02.009.
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