Phulwari ki Nal Wildlife Sanctuary

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Phulwari ki Nal Wildlife Sanctuary
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
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Phulwari ki Nal Wildlife Sanctuary
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Phulwari ki Nal Wildlife Sanctuary
Phulwari ki Nal Wildlife Sanctuary
Location Kotra tehsil and Jhadol tehsil, Udaipur district, Rajasthan, India
Nearest city Udaipur, Rajasthan
Coordinates 24°12′54″N73°14′43″E / 24.2150223°N 73.245354°E / 24.2150223; 73.245354
Area511.41 km2 (197.46 sq mi)
Established1983
Governing bodyRajasthan State Forest Department
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Boundary marker for the Sanctuary on the Kotra-Mamer-Khedbrahma road

Phulwari ki Nal Wildlife Sanctuary is in Udaipur District of Rajasthan, in the southern Aravalli Hills bordering the state of Gujarat, India. [1] It was declared a Wildlife Sanctuary on 6 October 1983 by the Government of Rajasthan. [2] [3]

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Geography

The area of the Phulwari ki Nal Wildlife Sanctuary is 511.41 km2, [4] of which 365.92 km2 is Reserved Forest and 145.49 km2 is Protected Forests. [5] The sanctuary is spread over Kotra and Jhadol tehsils of Udaipur district. [2] There are 134 villages present inside the sanctuary. [2] Elevation of the terrain within the sanctuary varies from 600–900 m above MSL. [6] The climate in the sanctuary is classified as semi-arid, with an annual rainfall of 730 mm. [5] [6]

The Government of India published a draft notification on 31 August 2015 stating the intent to declare an area of up to 7.5 km from the outer boundaries of the sanctuary as an Eco-Sensitive Zone. [7] [8] In June 2024, the Eco-Sensitive Zone was declared covering an area of 202.34 square kilometres (78.12 sq mi). [9]

Wildlife

Wild animals observed in the Phulwari ki Nal Wildlife Sanctuary include large-tailed nightjar, [10] flying squirrel, [11] three-striped palm squirrel, Indian chameleon, [12] Indian star tortoise, [13] mouse deer, [14] four-horned antelope, [15] and panther. [16]

Facilities

The Phulwari ki Nal Wildlife Sanctuary is administered out of headquarters located in Kotra, Udaipur District, Rajasthan. [2] There are three rest houses located inside and around the sanctuary, at Mamer, Panarwa, and Kotra. [2]

References

  1. ↑ Sharma, B.K.; Kulshreshtha, Seema; Rahmani, Asad R. (2013). Faunal Heritage of Rajasthan, India: Conservation and Management of Vertebrates. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 37. ISBN   9783319013459.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Annual Plan of Operations for Phulwari-ki-Nal Wildlife Sanctuary For The Year 2007-2008" (PDF). Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  3. ↑ "Rajasthan State Notification F11 (1) Revenue / 8 / 83 dated 6 October 1983" (PDF). Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  4. ↑ Kankane, P.L. (2000). Status Survey of Chinkara and Desert Cat in Rajasthan (PDF). Calcutta: Zoological Survey of India. p. 45. ISBN   81-85874-30-1.
  5. 1 2 "Assessment of Biodiversity in Phulwari-ki-Nal Wildlife Sanctuary: A Conservation Perspective" (PDF). Foundation for Ecological Security. 4 March 2017.
  6. 1 2 Sharma, Satish Kumar (1996). "Amphibians of Phulwari Ki Nal Wildlife Sanctuary". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 92: 271–272.
  7. ↑ Extraordinary Gazette of India of 31 August 2015. New Delhi: Government of India. 2015.
  8. ↑ "Status of ESZ Notifications". Ministry of Environment, Forest and climate Change. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  9. ↑ "Fulwari ki Naal now an eco sensitive zone". The Times of India. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  10. ↑ Sangha, Harkirat Singh; Devarshi, Dhirendra (2010). "Large-Tailed Nightjar Capimulgus Macrarus in Phulwari-ki-Naal Wildlife Sanctuary, Udaipur District, Rajasthan". The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 107 (2): 173–174.
  11. ↑ Koli, Vijay Kumar; Bhatnagar, Chhaya; Sharma, Satish Kumar (January–February 2013). "Distribution and Status of Indian Giant Flying Squirrel (Petaurista philippensis Elliot) in Rajasthan, India". National Academy Science Letters. 36: 27–33. doi:10.1007/s40009-012-0105-z. S2CID   86161494.
  12. ↑ Sharma, S.K. (1997). "Herpetofauna of Phulwari-ki-nal Wildlife Sanctuary, Rajasthan State" (PDF). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 94: 573–575.
  13. ↑ D'Cruze, Neil; Mookherjee, Aniruddha; Vyas, Raju; Macdonald, David W; de Silva, Anslem (2018). "Geochelone elegans (Schoepff 1795) – Indian Star Tortoise, Star Tortoise" (PDF). Chelonian Research Monographs. 5. doi:10.3854/crm.5.106.elegans.v1.2018. ISBN   978-0-9653540-9-7.
  14. ↑ Ecological Profile Gogunda, Rajasthan (PDF). Foundation for Ecological Security. 2017. p. 28.
  15. ↑ Meghwal, Ramchandra; Bhatnagar, Chhaya; Koli, Vijay Kumar (2018). "Activity and social behaviour of four-horned antelope (Tetracerus quadricornis de Blainville, 1816) in tropical deciduous forests of Aravalli mountain range, Western India". Folia Zoologica. 67: 22–31. doi: 10.25225/fozo.v67.i1.a4.2018 . S2CID   90877884.
  16. ↑ Mathur, Ashok (7 February 2018). "Panthers are entering cities. Question is whether to kill or save them?". Udaipurblog.com. Retrieved 10 June 2018.

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