Phulwari ki Nal Wildlife Sanctuary explained

Phulwari ki Nal Wildlife Sanctuary
Map:Rajasthan#India
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Label:Phulwari ki Nal Wildlife Sanctuary
Label Position:right
Location:Kotra tehsil and Jhadol tehsil, Udaipur district, Rajasthan, India
Nearest City:Udaipur, Rajasthan
Coordinates:24.215°N 73.2454°W
Area Km2:511.41
Established:1983
Governing Body:Rajasthan State Forest Department

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]

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. There are 134 villages present inside the sanctuary. 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.

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 .[9]

Wildlife

Wild animals observed in the Phulwari ki Nal Wildlife Sanctuary include large-tailed nightjar,[10] flying squirrel,[11] three-striped palm squirrel, Asian chameleons,[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. There are three rest houses located inside and around the sanctuary, at Mamer, Panarwa, and Kotra.

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Book: Faunal Heritage of Rajasthan, India: Conservation and Management of Vertebrates. Sharma. B.K.. Kulshreshtha. Seema. Rahmani. Asad R.. Springer Science & Business Media. 2013. 9783319013459. 37.
  2. Web site: Annual Plan of Operations for Phulwari-ki-Nal Wildlife Sanctuary For The Year 2007-2008. 4 March 2017.
  3. Web site: Rajasthan State Notification F11 (1) Revenue / 8 / 83 dated 6 October 1983. 24 December 2017.
  4. Book: Kankane, P.L.. Status Survey of Chinkara and Desert Cat in Rajasthan. Zoological Survey of India. 2000. 81-85874-30-1. Calcutta. 45.
  5. Web site: Assessment of Biodiversity in Phulwari-ki-Nal Wildlife Sanctuary: A Conservation Perspective. 4 March 2017. Foundation for Ecological Security.
  6. Sharma. Satish Kumar. 1996. Amphibians of Phulwari Ki Nal Wildlife Sanctuary. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 92. 271–272.
  7. Book: Extraordinary Gazette of India of 31 August 2015. Government of India. 2015. New Delhi.
  8. Web site: Status of ESZ Notifications. Ministry of Environment, Forest and climate Change. 26 March 2019.
  9. News: Fulwari ki Naal now an eco senstive zone . 2024-06-21 . The Times of India . 0971-8257.
  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. 10.1007/s40009-012-0105-z. 86161494.
  12. Sharma. S.K.. 1997. Herpetofauna of Phulwari-ki-nal Wildlife Sanctuary, Rajasthan State. 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. Chelonian Research Monographs. No. 5. 10.3854/crm.5.106.elegans.v1.2018 . 978-0-9653540-9-7 .
  14. Book: Ecological Profile Gogunda, Rajasthan. Foundation for Ecological Security. 2017. 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. 10.25225/fozo.v67.i1.a4.2018. 90877884. free.
  16. News: Panthers are entering cities. Question is whether to kill or save them?. Mathur. Ashok. 7 February 2018. Udaipurblog.com. 10 June 2018.

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