Lok Sabha Question No. 3209 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-06
Subject: Eco-Sensitive Zone
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Diya Kumari

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION N0. 3209

TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.12.2019

## Eco-Sensitive Zone

## 3209.      MS. DIYA KUMARI

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

- (a) the parameters considered by the  Government  to declare an area around a forest/sanctuary as Eco-Sensitive Zones;
- (b) whether the Government has received any recommendations from the State Governments to alter the said criteria, if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the details of such ESZ declared by the Government as on date, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) and (b) The Wildlife Division of this Ministry has issued 'Guidelines for Declaration of ESZ around National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries' in 2011 with  consultations among the states/UTs.  In  general,  the  following  parameters  are  considered  for  declaring  Eco-sensitive Zones:
- I. Details of the Protected Area (PA);
- II. Proposed ESZ Area and Extent;
- III. Available Biodiversity, Flora, Fauna in the Area;
- IV. List of villages in ESZ;
- V. Prohibited and Regulated Activities along with Promoted Activities; and
- VI. Maps of the ESZ  delineating the ESZ boundary
- (C) The Government as on 02.12.2019 has issued Final ESZ Notifications for 366 Protected Areas. The State/UT-wise list is annexed.

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## Lok Sabha, Unstarred Question N0. 3209 on Eco-Sensitive Zone to be Answered on 06.12.2019

## State/UT wise status of Eco-Sensitive Zones (ESZs) as on 02.12.2019

|    | States/UTs         |   Total Protected Areas (PAs) |   Draft Notifications issued for PAs |   Final ESZ Notifications issued for Pas |
|----|--------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|  1 | Andhra Pradesh     |                            16 |                                    3 |                                        6 |
|  2 | Andaman &Nicobar   |                           105 |                                    0 |                                      100 |
|  3 | Arunachal Pradesh  |                            13 |                                    8 |                                        1 |
|  4 | Assam              |                            24 |                                   10 |                                        2 |
|  5 | Bihar              |                            13 |                                    3 |                                       10 |
|  6 | Chhattisgarh       |                            14 |                                    6 |                                        4 |
|  7 | Chandigarh         |                             2 |                                    0 |                                        2 |
|  8 | Dadra Nagar Haveli |                             1 |                                    0 |                                        1 |
|  9 | Daman &Diu         |                             1 |                                    0 |                                        0 |
| 10 | Delhi              |                             1 |                                    0 |                                        1 |
| 11 | Goa                |                             7 |                                    0 |                                        7 |
| 12 | Gujarat            |                            27 |                                    4 |                                       22 |
| 13 | Haryana            |                            11 |                                    1 |                                        9 |
| 14 | Himachal Pradesh   |                            34 |                                   26 |                                        7 |
| 15 | Jammu &Kashmir     |                            19 |                                    4 |                                        1 |
| 16 | Jharkhand          |                            12 |                                    0 |                                       12 |
| 17 | Karnataka          |                            34 |                                    9 |                                       22 |
| 18 | Kerala             |                            23 |                                   22 |                                        0 |
| 19 | Lakshadweep        |                             1 |                                    0 |                                        0 |
| 20 | Madhya Pradesh     |                            35 |                                    7 |                                       25 |
| 21 | Maharashtra        |                            54 |                                    8 |                                       32 |
| 22 | Manipur            |                             8 |                                    0 |                                        6 |
| 23 | Meghalaya          |                             6 |                                    1 |                                        2 |
| 24 | Mizoram            |                            10 |                                    1 |                                        6 |
| 25 | Nagaland           |                             4 |                                    0 |                                        0 |
| 26 | Odisha             |                            21 |                                    8 |                                       10 |
| 27 | Punjab             |                            14 |                                    0 |                                       13 |
| 28 | Pondicherry        |                             1 |                                    0 |                                        0 |
| 29 | Rajasthan          |                            30 |                                    8 |                                        8 |
| 30 | Sikkim             |                             8 |                                    0 |                                        8 |
| 31 | Tamil Nadu         |                            35 |                                   13 |                                       12 |
| 32 | Telangana          |                            12 |                                    7 |                                        5 |

|    | States/UTs    |   Total Protected Areas (PAs) |   Draft Notifications issued for PAs |   Final ESZ Notifications issued for Pas |
|----|---------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
| 33 | Tripura       |                             6 |                                    0 |                                        4 |
| 34 | Uttar Pradesh |                            26 |                                    3 |                                       17 |
| 35 | Uttarakhand   |                            13 |                                    6 |                                        2 |
| 36 | West Bengal   |                            21 |                                    3 |                                        9 |
|    | Total         |                           662 |                                  161 |                                      366 |

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