Designation of Nauradehi and Veerangana Durgavati wildlife sanctuary as Tiger Reserves in Madhya Pradesh, India: Advancing landscape-level biodiversity conservation
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Landscape conservation, Veerangana Durgavati tiger reserve, biodiversity, Madhya Pradesh, IndiaAbstract
Landscape surrounding and existing within a protected area has a vital role in biodiversity conservation. Landscape conservation facilitates in bringing all the stakeholders on a single platform to collaborate their ideas on managing important biodiversity areas for long-term sustainability. Significant efforts have been made for the management and conservation of biodiversity-rich areas across the larger landscapes. Declaring Nauradehi Wildlife Sanctuary and Veerangana Durgavati Wildlife Sanctuary as Tiger Reserve is noteworthy because they have great ecological and conservation values. The declaration of these sanctuaries as a tiger reserve shall strengthen the landscape management approach, facilitate the population of tigers to move across a large landscape, and establish their wider territories for gene flow. It is also important to document and observe in the next few years, how the tigers adapt and how the development of the area would help the locals without affecting conservation.
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