{"id":87110,"date":"2020-01-10T17:51:09","date_gmt":"2020-01-10T12:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=12858"},"modified":"2020-01-10T17:51:09","modified_gmt":"2020-01-10T12:21:09","slug":"declare-goa-sanctuaries-as-tiger-reserve-activists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/declare-goa-sanctuaries-as-tiger-reserve-activists\/","title":{"rendered":"Declare Goa sanctuaries as &#8216;tiger reserve&#8217;: Activists"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News<\/strong>: Activists from Goa have demanded that certain areas in wildlife sanctuaries of the state be notified as &#8216;tiger reserve&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Background:<\/strong> In 2017, Goa government had sent a proposal to Centre, according to which 500 Sq.km area of Mhadei, Netravali and Cotigao sanctuaries and some part of Mahaveer National Park was to be declared as Tiger Reserve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Protected areas in Goa<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>&nbsp;<strong>Cotigao Wildlife Sanctuary:<\/strong> It is located in the South Goa district.<\/li><li><strong>Netravali Wildlife Sanctuary:<\/strong> is located in South Eastern Goa. Netravali is an important tributary of River Zuari, which originates in the sanctuary.<\/li><li>&nbsp;<strong>Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary<\/strong>: It is located in the North Goa District. The Mhadei River (known as Mondovi River downstream) flows through the sanctuary. Vazra Sakla waterfalls is located in the sanctuary.<\/li><li><strong>Bhagwan Mahaveer Sanctuary and Mollem National Park: <\/strong>It is located in Goa along the eastern border with Karnataka. Dudhsagar Falls, on the Mandovi River, is located here.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/PARdL6nXC3yghoJ112NwGI0jv2UxOgvncsOWhKOKT-tRq2zS3Amq-yTrZY8mrRXOpd_O3evK1YtOrZfFSGSjIjGx1v24dQgmLkdc5yhqgEQdDT_3PeyPvGQKX3UjquoiQtTFJFwU\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional Information<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tiger Reserves:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Tiger Reserves are protected areas that aim at conserving the habitat to ensure a viable population of the tigers along with their prey base in their habitat.<\/li><li>They are established under the Project Tiger, launched in 1973.<\/li><li>National Tiger Conservation Authority, established in 2005, oversees management of Project Tiger and Tiger Reserves in India.<\/li><li>Jim Corbett in Uttarakhand is the first Tiger Reserve to be established under Project Tiger. At present, there are 50 tiger reserves in India.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Did You Know?<\/strong> Goa is the only state in India which has protected the complete Western Ghats&#8217; section within a state.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Activists from Goa have demanded that certain areas in wildlife sanctuaries of the state be notified as &#8216;tiger reserve&#8217;. Facts: Background: In 2017, Goa government had sent a proposal to Centre, according to which 500 Sq.km area of Mhadei, Netravali and Cotigao sanctuaries and some part of Mahaveer National Park was to be declared&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/declare-goa-sanctuaries-as-tiger-reserve-activists\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Declare Goa sanctuaries as &#8216;tiger reserve&#8217;: Activists<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4182],"tags":[4532,4417],"class_list":["post-87110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","tag-goa","tag-tiger-reserves","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704783478},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87110","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\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87110\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}