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The Ministry for Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has released Management Effectiveness Evaluation (MEE) of 146 national parks and wildlife sanctuaries (NP&WLS) in the country. It was released by MoEF&CC minister Prakash Javedkar.
India has a network of 903 Protected Areas covering about 5 per cent of its total geographic area of the country.
Tirthan Wildlife Sanctuary and Great Himalayan National Park (GNHP) in Himachal Pradesh have performed the best among the 146 surveyed protected areas.
Speaking at the event, Javadekar said, “70% of the global tiger population, 70% of Asiatic lions and more than 60% of leopard population in India is a certificate of India’s thriving biodiversity as these big cats sit at the top of the food chain and their growing numbers shows the well-being of the whole ecosystem.”
MEE of Protected Areas (includes NP&WLS) has emerged as a key tool that is increasingly being used by governments and international bodies to understand the strengths and weaknesses of the protected area management systems.
The assessment process of India’s National Park and Wildlife Sanctuaries adopted from IUCN's World Commission on Protected Areas framework of MEE.
MEE is defined as the assessment of how well NP&WLS are being managed—primarily, whether they are protecting their values and achieving the goals and objectives agreed upon.
Highlights of the report:
1. The results of the present assessment are encouraging with an overall mean MEE score of 62.01% which is higher than the global mean of 56%.
2. The eastern region of India presents the highest overall mean MEE Score of 66.12% and the Northern region represents the lowest mean MEE Score of 56%.
3. Tirthan Wildlife Sanctuary and Great Himalayan National Park (GNHP) in Himachal Pradesh have performed the best among the surveyed protected areas (Total -146).
4. The Turtle Wildlife Sanctuary in Uttar Pradesh was the worst performer in the survey.
India has a network of 903 Protected Areas covering about 5 per cent of its total geographic area of the country.
Tirthan Wildlife Sanctuary and Great Himalayan National Park (GNHP) in Himachal Pradesh have performed the best among the 146 surveyed protected areas.
Speaking at the event, Javadekar said, “70% of the global tiger population, 70% of Asiatic lions and more than 60% of leopard population in India is a certificate of India’s thriving biodiversity as these big cats sit at the top of the food chain and their growing numbers shows the well-being of the whole ecosystem.”
MEE of Protected Areas (includes NP&WLS) has emerged as a key tool that is increasingly being used by governments and international bodies to understand the strengths and weaknesses of the protected area management systems.
The assessment process of India’s National Park and Wildlife Sanctuaries adopted from IUCN's World Commission on Protected Areas framework of MEE.
MEE is defined as the assessment of how well NP&WLS are being managed—primarily, whether they are protecting their values and achieving the goals and objectives agreed upon.
1. The results of the present assessment are encouraging with an overall mean MEE score of 62.01% which is higher than the global mean of 56%.
2. The eastern region of India presents the highest overall mean MEE Score of 66.12% and the Northern region represents the lowest mean MEE Score of 56%.
3. Tirthan Wildlife Sanctuary and Great Himalayan National Park (GNHP) in Himachal Pradesh have performed the best among the surveyed protected areas (Total -146).
4. The Turtle Wildlife Sanctuary in Uttar Pradesh was the worst performer in the survey.
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