Category 8 · Environment & Ecology
Protected Area Network and Species-Based Conservation Programmes
12 micro topics in Environment & Ecology for UPSC Prelims, in book order: National Parks, Wildlife Sanctuaries and Biosphere Reserves; Project Tiger; and 10 more.
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8.1
National Parks, Wildlife Sanctuaries and Biosphere Reserves
India's protected area network is made up of national parks, wildlife sanctuaries, conservation reserves, community reserves and, as a wider designation, biosphere reserves. By the latest figures available at one count, India has 106 national parks,…
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8.2
Project Tiger
Project Tiger is a centrally sponsored scheme launched on 1 April 1973 from Jim Corbett National Park to protect the tiger and its habitat, when numbers had fallen to about 1,800. It began with nine tiger…
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8.3
Project Elephant
Project Elephant is a centrally sponsored scheme launched in February 1992 by the Ministry of Environment and Forests to protect elephants, their habitats and corridors, to reduce human-elephant conflict and to ensure the welfare of captive…
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8.4
Project Snow Leopard
Project Snow Leopard was launched by the Government of India in January 2009 to safeguard the snow leopard (Panthera uncia) and its habitat in the high Himalayas through a participatory approach involving local communities, in the…
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Vulture Conservation Project
Vultures are scavenging birds that clean the environment by eating dead animals and prevent the spread of disease. India has nine species: the Oriental white-backed (white-rumped) vulture, long-billed vulture, slender-billed vulture, Egyptian vulture, red-headed vulture, Himalayan…
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Crocodile Conservation Project
The Crocodile Conservation Project was launched in 1975 by the Government of India with help from the UNDP and FAO to save three crocodilian species whose numbers had crashed because of hunting for skins, egg collection…
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8.7
Ganges Dolphin Project
The Ganges river dolphin (Platanista gangetica), also called susu, is a nearly blind freshwater mammal that finds its way and prey by echolocation, swims on its side, and lives in the Ganga, Brahmaputra and Karnaphuli river…
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8.8
Indian Rhino Vision
The Indian Rhino Vision 2020 (IRV 2020) was a programme launched in 2005 by the Assam Forest Department with the International Rhino Foundation, WWF-India, the US Fish and Wildlife Service and the Bodoland Territorial Council. Its…
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8.9
India's Membership of the South Asian Wildlife Enforcement Network (SAWEN)
The South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network (SAWEN) is an inter-governmental wildlife law enforcement support body of the eight South Asian countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. It was formally launched on…
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Important Coastal and Marine Biodiversity Areas
India has a coastline of about 11,098 km including islands, an Exclusive Economic Zone of around 2 million sq km, and diverse coastal and marine ecosystems: mangroves, coral reefs, seagrass beds, salt marshes, lagoons, estuaries, sandy…
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Man and Biosphere (MAB) Programme and the World Network of Biosphere Reserves
The Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme is an intergovernmental scientific programme launched by UNESCO in 1971 to establish a scientific basis for improving the relationship between people and their environments. Its main tool is the…
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State of Protected Areas Globally
A protected area is, in the IUCN definition, a clearly defined geographical space, recognised, dedicated and managed through legal or other effective means, to achieve the long-term conservation of nature with associated ecosystem services and cultural…
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Frequently asked questions
Which topics are in Protected Area Network and Species-Based Conservation Programmes?
Protected Area Network and Species-Based Conservation Programmes has 12 micro topics in Environment & Ecology: National Parks, Wildlife Sanctuaries and Biosphere Reserves; Project Tiger; Project Elephant; Project Snow Leopard; Vulture Conservation Project; Crocodile Conservation Project; Ganges Dolphin Project; Indian Rhino Vision; India's Membership of the South Asian Wildlife Enforcement Network (SAWEN); Important Coastal and Marine Biodiversity Areas; Man and Biosphere (MAB) Programme and the World Network of Biosphere Reserves; State of Protected Areas Globally.
Is Protected Area Network and Species-Based Conservation Programmes important for UPSC Prelims?
Protected Area Network and Species-Based Conservation Programmes is a part of the UPSC Prelims Environment & Ecology syllabus map on MaargX UPSC. Each of its 12 published topics has key terms, a Mains angle and practice questions.