Lok Sabha Question No. 4156 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-13
Subject: Threat to Wildlife
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Sougata Ray

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4156

TO BE ANSWERED ON  13.12.2019

## Threat to Wildlife

4156.  PROF. SAUGATA RAY:

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is aware that a large number of species of wildlife in the country are facing threats to its habitat due  to  encroachments  and  other affiliated/associated reasons;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the number of wildlife sanctuaries in the country, State/UT-wise:
- (d) whether the Government has any proposal to set up new wildlife sanctuaries in the country; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI BABUL SUPRIYO)

- (a) and (b) Encroachments  and  unplanned  human  actions  do  have  an  impact  in  the wildlife and its habitats. Species like Great Indian Bustard, elephant,  tigers, Sangai deer etc have been effected  due to  negative human interaction.
- (c) A  per  the  available  information,  there  are  total  number  of  870  Protected Areas  in India  i.e.  104  National  Parks,  551  Wildlife  Sanctuaries,  88 Conservation Reserve and 127 Community Reserve. State/ UT-wise detail of Wildlife Sanctuaries is given in the Annexure.
- (d) Declaration of Wildlife Sanctuaries falls under the jurisdiction of concerned State Government.
- (e) In view of (d) above, the question does not arise.

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## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c)  OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4156 REGARDING 'THREAT TO WILDLIFE' BY PROF. SAUGATA RAY DUE  FOR REPLY ON 13.12.2019.

State-UT-wise details of Wildlife Sanctuaries in the country are as below:

| S.No   | Name of States/UTs       |   No. of Wildlife Sanctuaries |
|--------|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
| 1      | Andaman &Nicobar Islands |                            96 |
| 2      | Andhra Pradesh           |                            13 |
| 3      | Arunachal Pradesh        |                            11 |
| 4      | Assam                    |                            18 |
| 5      | Bihar                    |                            12 |
| 6      | Chandigarh               |                             1 |
| 7      | Chhattisgarh             |                            11 |
| 8      | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      |                             1 |
| 9      | Daman &Diu               |                             1 |
| 10     | Delhi                    |                             1 |
| 11     | Goa                      |                             6 |
| 12     | Gujarat                  |                            23 |
| 13     | Haryana                  |                             8 |
| 14     | Himachal Pradesh         |                            28 |
| 15     | Jammu &Kashmir           |                            15 |
| 16     | Jharkhand                |                            11 |
| 17     | Karnataka                |                            30 |
| 18     | Kerala                   |                            17 |
| 19     | Lakshadweep              |                             1 |
| 20     | Madhya Pradesh           |                            25 |
| 21     | Maharashtra              |                            46 |
| 22     | Manipur                  |                             5 |
| 23     | Meghalaya                |                             4 |
| 24     | Mizoram                  |                             8 |
| 25     | Nagaland                 |                             3 |
| 26     | Odisha                   |                            19 |
| 27     | Puducherry               |                             1 |
| 28     | Punjab                   |                            13 |
| 29     | Rajasthan                |                            25 |
| 30     | Sikkim                   |                             7 |
| 31     | Tamil Nadu               |                            29 |
| 32     | Telengana                |                             9 |
| 33     | Tripura                  |                             4 |
| 34     | Uttar Pradesh            |                            26 |
| 35     | Uttarakhand              |                             7 |
| 36     | West Bengal              |                            16 |
|        | Total                    |                           551 |