{"id":329996,"date":"2025-03-18T19:24:33","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T13:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=329996"},"modified":"2025-03-19T16:58:19","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T11:28:19","slug":"phansad-wildlife-sanctuary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/phansad-wildlife-sanctuary\/","title":{"rendered":"Phansad Wildlife Sanctuary\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong> The first honey harvest at Maharashtra&#8217;s Phansad Wildlife Sanctuary marks a significant milestone. It aimed at empowering the local tribal community by promoting sustainable beekeeping practices. <strong>Phansad Wildlife Sanctuary.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-330162 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Phansad-Wildlife-Sanctuary-.png?resize=507%2C336&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Phansad Wildlife Sanctuary\u00a0\" width=\"507\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Phansad-Wildlife-Sanctuary-.png?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Phansad-Wildlife-Sanctuary-.png?resize=1024%2C680&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Phansad-Wildlife-Sanctuary-.png?resize=768%2C510&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Phansad-Wildlife-Sanctuary-.png?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 507px) 100vw, 507px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>About Phansad Wildlife Sanctuary<\/h2>\n<p>Phansad Wildlife Sanctuary is situated in the <strong>Murud and Roha talukas of Raigad district, Maharastra.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It was established<strong> to protect a portion of the coastal woodland ecosystem of the Western Ghats<\/strong>, encompassing 17,250 acres of forest, grasslands, and wetlands.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, this area was part of the hunting reserves of the <strong>princely state of Murud-Janjira.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pockets of open grassland<\/strong>, known as <strong>&#8220;mals&#8221; are scattered in the sanctuary.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Vegetation: <\/strong>The hilltop forests of Phansad Wildlife Sanctuary are predominantly evergreen, featuring species such as <strong>Anjan<\/strong> (Memecylon umbellatum) and <strong>Phansada<\/strong> (Garcinia talbotii).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Flora:<\/strong> The slopes are covered with dry deciduous forests, comprising Ain, Kinjal, Teak, Hirda, Jamba, Mango, and various species of Ficus.<\/p>\n<p>The sanctuary is home to a rich diversity of plant life, with a total of 710 species, including 179 tree species, 66 shrubs, and 141 herbs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fauna:<\/strong> Phansad Wildlife Sanctuary is home to a rich variety of wildlife.<\/p>\n<p>The leopard is the major carnivore found in the sanctuary. Other animals include hyena, jungle cat, palm civet, sambar, barking deer, bonnet macaque, wild boar, and the Malabar giant squirrel.<\/p>\n<p>The sanctuary also hosts <strong>148 species of birds<\/strong>, including the Pied Hornbill, Three-toed Kingfisher, Malkoha, and Pitta. There are 90 species of butterflies, such as the Common Map, Black Prince, Nawab, and Blue Mormon.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, several species of poisonous and non-poisonous snakes are found here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The first honey harvest at Maharashtra&#8217;s Phansad Wildlife Sanctuary marks a significant milestone. It aimed at empowering the local tribal community by promoting sustainable beekeeping practices. Phansad Wildlife Sanctuary. &nbsp; About Phansad Wildlife Sanctuary Phansad Wildlife Sanctuary is situated in the Murud and Roha talukas of Raigad district, Maharastra. It was established to protect&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/phansad-wildlife-sanctuary\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Phansad Wildlife Sanctuary\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":330162,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,12039],"tags":[11872,10645],"class_list":["post-329996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-deccan-herald","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Phansad-Wildlife-Sanctuary-.png?fit=1280%2C850&ssl=1","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=329996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329996\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/330162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=329996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=329996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=329996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}