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In what way iskaziranga

special?

KS Jayachandran

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a landscape-ecosystem

unique beautiful rich

Spectacular example of riverine and fluvial process

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CENTURYSgreatest

CONSERVATION

SUCCESS STORY

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WORLD S LARGEST POPULATION OF

Indian one horned Rhinoceros

Asiatic Wild BuffaloEastern race of Swamp Deer

High Ecological Density of Tigers

Significant population of Asiatic Elephant

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Junction of the

East Asia - Australia flyway and Indo-Asian flyway

exhibiting huge diversity in avifaunal species (480species recorded).

Important Bird Area (IBA)

under the Important Bird Area

Programme of BirdlifeInternational.

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Why is kaziranga

the centurysgreatest

CONSERVATION SUCCESS

STORY?

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Kaziranga has the

best conservation history

due to itsefficient management policies

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Wildlife

Management

in

Kaziranga

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In what way is kaziranga special?

Why kaziranga requires the bestpossible management?

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Perimeter on 3 sides adjacent to

agricultural settlements

crop season wild animals attracted

dry season firewood collection,fishing

& livestock pushing

flood season - migration outside

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Parallel national highway No. 37 along the

southern border

heavy traffic - fragmentation & mortality

encouraging settlements on either side

continuum to southern hills disturbed

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Seasonal inundation of floodwaters

Floods of mild nature are favourable

for maintaining the habitat

however severe floods

submergence(1988 - 70%)

mortality (1988 - 40 rhinos, 2 tigers,

1050 deers, 3 baby elephants)

migration outside

damage to protection structures esp.

embankments

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Changing banklines and erosion

Brahmaputra erodes large area along

the northern boundary of the Park

(loss of some 5,000ha between 1925and 1986)

Silt deposition leads to new land

forming outside!!

shrinkage of the Park area

reduces the habitat

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Wetland sensitivity

continuous siltation

invasive species

Eichornia, Mikenia, Mimosa etc.

threatens the existence of the

wet lands and faunal survival

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Domestic cattle

spread of rinderpest

hybridisation of the wild

stock killing their

genetic distinctness

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High risk of poaching

organized poaching

poverty and vulnerability ofhinter-populations

proximity of fund-hungry Islamic

militant groups in Bangladesh

civil unrest

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Disturbed landscape continuum

Karbi-anglong plateau and mikir

hills - an important high groundKaziranga-Karbi Anglong-Intanki

elephant continuum

Kaziranga-Meghalaya tiger

continuum

NH

Largescale habitat changes

Conversion to tea gardens

Settlement

Logging

Jhum

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Tourism about to sky rocket

a World Heritageand

a significant position in the

international tourist map - best

wildlife resorts in the world.

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