{"id":348660,"date":"2025-10-25T15:09:49","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T09:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=348660"},"modified":"2025-10-25T15:09:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T09:39:49","slug":"barnawapara-wildlife-sanctuary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/barnawapara-wildlife-sanctuary\/","title":{"rendered":"Barnawapara Wildlife Sanctuary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong> After 50 years of local extinction, blackbucks have returned to Chhattisgarh\u2019s Barnawapara Wildlife Sanctuary.<\/p>\n<h2>About Barnawapara Wildlife Sanctuary<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_348664\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-348664\" style=\"width: 369px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-348664\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Source-ResearchGate.jpg?resize=369%2C282&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"369\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Source-ResearchGate.jpg?resize=300%2C229&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Source-ResearchGate.jpg?resize=768%2C585&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Source-ResearchGate.jpg?w=917&amp;ssl=1 917w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 369px) 100vw, 369px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-348664\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; ResearchGate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Location: <\/strong>It is located in<strong> Raipur district of Chhattisgarh.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Named after: <\/strong>It is named after the <strong>Bar and Nawapara forest villages<\/strong> situated in the sanctuary.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Area covered: <\/strong>The total area of sanctuary covers<strong> 244.66 Sq. km.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Rivers:<\/strong> <strong>Three rivers &#8211; Balmedhi, Jonk, and Mahanadi &#8211; <\/strong>flow through this Sanctuary<strong>.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The<strong> Balamdehi River <\/strong>forms the<strong> western boundary <\/strong>and<strong> Jonk River <\/strong>forms the <strong>north-eastern boundary <\/strong>of the Sanctuary.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Water sources: <\/strong>The<strong> Balar reservoir<\/strong> situated inside the sanctuary supports number of wetland birds and fishes.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Flora:<\/strong> The sanctuary contains <strong>Teak, Sal, Bamboo, and Terminalia<\/strong> as prominent trees, and also includes Semal, Mahua, Ber, and Tendu.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fauna:<\/strong> The sanctuary is home to <strong>leopards, tigers, Indian bison, nilgai, wild boar, chital (cheetal) <\/strong>etc.\n<ul>\n<li>It supports about <strong>150 bird species<\/strong> such as parrots, herons, egrets, and peafowl.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Significance:<\/strong> It is a <strong>successful reintroduction site<\/strong> showcasing <strong>blackbuck revival<\/strong> and grassland restoration potential.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>About Blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a <strong>diurnal antelope<\/strong> of <strong>open grasslands in India and Nepal<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is a <strong>flagship species <\/strong>of<strong> grassland ecosystems<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Protection level:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The blackbuck is listed in <strong>Schedule I<\/strong> of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.<\/li>\n<li>It is classified as <strong>Least Concern<\/strong> on the <strong>IUCN Red List<\/strong>; and<\/li>\n<li>It is included in <strong>Appendix III of CITES<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Revival Program:<\/strong> Under the <strong>five-year Blackbuck Revival Program (2021\u20132026)<\/strong> approved by the <strong>Chhattisgarh State Wildlife Board<\/strong>, the program <strong>aims<\/strong> to <strong>re-establishing a self-sustaining blackbuck population<\/strong> in the region.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: After 50 years of local extinction, blackbucks have returned to Chhattisgarh\u2019s Barnawapara Wildlife Sanctuary. About Barnawapara Wildlife Sanctuary Location: It is located in Raipur district of Chhattisgarh. Named after: It is named after the Bar and Nawapara forest villages situated in the sanctuary. Area covered: The total area of sanctuary covers 244.66 Sq. km.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/barnawapara-wildlife-sanctuary\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Barnawapara Wildlife Sanctuary<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10393,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,12039,11211,11834],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-348660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-knolls","category-places-in-news","category-species-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348660","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\/10393"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=348660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348660\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}