A presentation

on Rajaji national

parkUttrakhand

By:Dhirendra Singh Negi

ABOUT:

AREA: 820 sq.km

NAMED AFTER: C. Rajagopalachari (Rajaji)

RAJAGOPALACHARI WAS A GREAT FREEDOM FIGHTER

One Of The First Recipients Of India's Highest Civilian Award Bharat Ratna (In 1954).

Floras

Tropical and subtropical broadleaf forest.

Deciduous forest eco-region.

Plants: Shorea, mallotus,terminalia,dalbergi,acacia,syzygium

Floras at the park and their pictures

FAUNAS

Asian Elephant Bengal Tiger leopard

Jungle cat Striped Hyena Goral

Indian hare Sloth Bear King Cobra

Jackal Barking Dear Sambhar

Bengal tiger and leopard at Rajaji national park

Asian Elephants and Deers enjoying the beauty of the park:

ASIAN ELEPHANTS

Height: Males(2.7m):Females(2.4m)

Weight: 2.72 tons

Trunks: 60000 muscles

Tusk: wt: 41kg and size: 1.8m

Skin : color gray, they can tolerte cold then heat

Elephant Human Interaction

Elephants are used for the commercial purposes they are used as the means of the transportation and as safaris

Young elephants are captured and illegally for the tusk and ivory

THE BENGAL TIGER:

SCIENTIFIC NAME: PANTHERATIGRIS

NATIONAL ANIMAL OF INDIA

THEY ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN THE HOME RANGES

THEY PREFER HUNTING :CHITALS, SAMBAR, GAUR, BUFFALO, NIGALI DEER ETC

THE TIGER IN INDIA HAS NO DEFINITE MATING AND BIRTH SEASONS

THEY ARE POACHED FOR THEIR SKIN AND BODY PARTS

BONES OF THE TIGER ARE USED IN CHINA FOR THE MEDICINES

The Indian Wildlife Protection Act of 1972 enables government agencies to take strict measures so as to ensure the conservation of the Bengal tigers

Pantherapardus

Leopards are agile and stealthy predators

Males are about 30% larger than females,

Eco friendly construction

Use of the weathered stone collected by the local people around the lodge

Corners of the buildings have been protected by using brick pillars

Wind directions have been considered

The sunlight for the light factor and heat has been considered

Tanks are located away from the stream so that it don’t pollute them

Use of solar panel to have alternate energy source

GUJJAR FAMILES

512 Gujjar families were estimated to be present in 1985

In 2000, this equated to nearly 6,000 people with an estimated 13,000 livestock in RNP.

Livestock competes with wild animals for water and grazing resources

Gujjars traditionally construct their deras near to water holes and, at RNP

GLIMPES OF THE GUJJAR FAMILIES

Tree mortality

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