The Assam govt revealed the info on the event of World Rhino Day on Sunday. Of the full rhino inhabitants in India, 88% reside in Assam. (AP)
GUWAHATI: Assam recorded a five-time improve in inhabitants of one-horned rhinoceros in almost six a long time from Sixties to 2024.
The state at the moment has over 3,000 rhinos, which was roughly 600 within the Sixties. The Assam govt revealed the info on the event of World Rhino Day on Sunday. These rhinos are listed as “weak” within the IUCN purple record.
Out of the full rhino inhabitants within the nation, 80% reside in Assam’s Kaziranga Nationwide Park and Tiger Reserve, 4% in Orang Nationwide Park, 3% in Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary and 1% in Manas Nationwide Park.Other than Assam, 9% of the nation’s whole rhino inhabitants is present in Jaldapara Nationwide Park and a couple of% is in Gorumara Nationwide Park in West Bengal and 1% resides in Dudhwa Nationwide Park in UP.
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma attributed the rise of its inhabitants within the state to numerous conservation initiatives by the government. “Rhinos are synonymous to the identification of Assam. They’re our pleasure and the crown jewel of our biodiversity. Ever since we assumed workplace, we have now taken numerous initiatives to guard the prized species, develop its habitat and guarantee its security,” Sarma wrote on X.
Mentioning govt’s initiatives in direction of rhino conservation, the CM highlighted habitat growth and restoration efforts in several areas. He mentioned 200.7 sqkm has been added in Orang Nationwide Park and 195 sqkm in Burachapori wildlife sanctuary. As well as, 12.8 sqkm rhino habitat has been restored and free of encroachment in Laokhowa-Burachapori complicated, facilitating the return of rhinos.
Sarma additionally highlighted the efforts of the government and native communities in defending the species from poaching actions. “Assam’s rhinos are safer than ever. For the reason that Double Engine govt took cost in 2016, poaching has dropped by 86%,” Sarma wrote on X.
The state at the moment has over 3,000 rhinos, which was roughly 600 within the Sixties. The Assam govt revealed the info on the event of World Rhino Day on Sunday. These rhinos are listed as “weak” within the IUCN purple record.
Out of the full rhino inhabitants within the nation, 80% reside in Assam’s Kaziranga Nationwide Park and Tiger Reserve, 4% in Orang Nationwide Park, 3% in Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary and 1% in Manas Nationwide Park.Other than Assam, 9% of the nation’s whole rhino inhabitants is present in Jaldapara Nationwide Park and a couple of% is in Gorumara Nationwide Park in West Bengal and 1% resides in Dudhwa Nationwide Park in UP.
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma attributed the rise of its inhabitants within the state to numerous conservation initiatives by the government. “Rhinos are synonymous to the identification of Assam. They’re our pleasure and the crown jewel of our biodiversity. Ever since we assumed workplace, we have now taken numerous initiatives to guard the prized species, develop its habitat and guarantee its security,” Sarma wrote on X.
Mentioning govt’s initiatives in direction of rhino conservation, the CM highlighted habitat growth and restoration efforts in several areas. He mentioned 200.7 sqkm has been added in Orang Nationwide Park and 195 sqkm in Burachapori wildlife sanctuary. As well as, 12.8 sqkm rhino habitat has been restored and free of encroachment in Laokhowa-Burachapori complicated, facilitating the return of rhinos.
Sarma additionally highlighted the efforts of the government and native communities in defending the species from poaching actions. “Assam’s rhinos are safer than ever. For the reason that Double Engine govt took cost in 2016, poaching has dropped by 86%,” Sarma wrote on X.
