Kaziranga Animal Corridors Construction Activities
Source : The Hindu
GS III : Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment
Why in News ?
The authorities in Assam’s Golaghat and Nagaon districts have begun probing cases of clearance of forest land, digging and construction activities on at least three animal corridors within the eco-sensitive zone of the Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve.
Key Facts
- Assam’s Golaghat and Nagaon districts share large swathes of the 1,300-sq. km. tiger reserve that has nine identified animal corridors.
- Importance of these corridors
- These corridors are crucial for the rhinos, elephants, tigers, deer and other animals.
- They escape a flooded Kaziranga during the monsoon months for the safety of the hills of Karbi Anglong district beyond the highway skirting the southern boundary of the tiger reserve.
- What is the Issue ?
- Three violations on the corridor, including expansion by a resort.
- These activities violated the Supreme Court’s order on April 4, 2019.
- According to the order no new construction shall be permitted on private lands which form part of the nine identified animal corridors.
What are Animal Corridors ?
- An area of habitat connecting wildlife populations separated by human activities or structures.
- The main goal of implementing habitat corridors is to increase biodiversity.
- When areas of land are broken up by human interference, population numbers become unstable and many animal and plant species become endangered.
- Corridors can contribute to three factors that stabilize a population Colonization, Migration, Interbreeding.
- Corridors can be made in two distinct areas either water or land.
Kaziranga Animal Corridor
- Kaziranga National Park is a national park in the Golaghat, Karbi Anglong and Nagaon districts of the state of Assam, India.
- The park area is circumscribed by the Brahmaputra River, which forms the northern and eastern boundaries.
- Other notable rivers within the park are the Diphlu and Mora Dhansiri.
- It is a World Heritage Site.
- It hosts two-thirds of the world’s great one-horned rhinoceroses.
- Located on the edge of the Eastern Himalaya biodiversity hotspot.
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