The
National Wildlife Database Cell of the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) has
been developing a National Wildlife Information System (NWIS) on the
Protected Areas of the country. India has a network of 668 Protected
Areas including 102 National Parks,
515
Wildlife Sanctuaries,
47
Conservation Reserves and 4Community Reserves
covering a total of 1,61,221.57
km2 of geographical
area of the country which is approximately 4.90%. National Wildlife
Database (NWD) is providing information on the conservation status of animal
species, biogeographic regions, administrative units, habitat types and the
network of protected areas in India, in a variety of formats and also
providing an extensive bibliographic support for wildlife research.
Last updated : January 6, 2012
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