Conservation of Wild Life and Habitat In Valm...

Conservation of Wild Life and Habitat In Valmiki National Park, Bihar

Author Name : Avinash Kumar, Ravindra Kumar Singh

ABSTRACT

The Valmiki National Park is India harborous one of the biggest unfragmented tiger population in the Far East. The National Park is the 18^th Tiger Reserve of the country and 2^nd in Bihar is located in the northern part of the West Champaran district. Early man lived harmoniously with nature one shared its benefits with other forms of life. There is a global concern for conservation today. Already India has lost some of the most precious plants and animals. The survival of a single animal or a plant depends on an entire ecosystem. One of the objectives of creation of Valmiki National Park (Tiger Reserve) is to maintain a viable population of supreme predator; the tiger and other fauna as well as flora for scientific, economic aesthetic, cultural and ecological values. Tiger is also considered as the flagship or umbrella species to conserve the unique biodiversity of the National Park. The forest under the proposed area has been known to be one of the best floral and faunal areas in the state. Special attraction of this area has been the existence of large no. of faunal species like Tigers, Leopard, Spotted deer, Hog deer, Barking deer, Wild boar besides a large number of floral species like Karma, Semal, Siris, Satsal,Harra, Bhant etc. Judicious manipulation and conservation of habitat will increase the carrying capacities of the reserve area. Carrying capacity of dense forest is always little. Hence, the habitat of forest needs manipulation in a manner that forest is always kept at a minimum utilization during the different periods of the year. Habitat manipulation and conservation should always be done to benefit all wild animals without much disturbance to them.

Key words: Ecology, Conservation, Wild animals, Soil, Water, Flora and Fauna.