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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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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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