List of protected areas of Gujarat explained

The Gujarat state of western India has four National Parks and twenty-three wildlife sanctuaries which are managed by the Forest Department of the Government of Gujarat.^{[1] [2] [3]}

National Parks

	Area km^2		Major wildlife supported	Notified
	258.71		Asiatic lion, leopard, chausingha, spotted deer, hyena, sambar deer, chinkara	1975
	34.53		Blackbuck, fox, MacQueen's bustard, lesser florican	1976
	23.99	Navsari	Leopard, hyena, deer, chausingha	1979
	162.89	Jamnagar, Devbhumi Dwarka	Sponges, corals, jelly fish, seahorse, octopus, pearl oyster, starfish, lobster, dolphin	1982

Wildlife sanctuaries

The wildlife sanctuaries are listed in descending order of area.

	Area km^2	District	Major wildlife supported	Notified
	7506.22		Chinkara, hyena, fox, flamingo, pelicans and other waterfowl and herpetofauna	1986
	4953.70		Chinkara, nilgai, blackbuck, onager(wild ass) wolf, fox, MacQueen's bustard, waterfowl, herpetofauna	1973
	1213.42	Junagadh, Gir Somnath, Amreli	Lion, leopard, chausinga, chital, hyena, sambar, chinkara, herpetofauna, crocodiles and birds	1965
	607.70		Sloth bear, leopard, rhesus macaque, chausinga, barking deer, pangolin, herpetofauna, birds including Alexandrian parakeet	1982
	542.08	Banaskantha	Sloth bear, leopard, blue bull, hyena, wolf, wild cat, birds, herpetofauna	1989
	444.23		Chinkara, green day, desert cat, hyena, desert fox, jackal, birds, herpetofauna	1981
Marine Sanctuary	295.03	Jamnagar, Devbhumi Dwarka, Gulf of Kutch	Sponges, corals, jellyfish, sea horse, octopus, oyster, pearl oyster, starfish, dolphin, dugong, waterfowl	1980
	192.31	Porbandar	Leopard, blue bull, hyena, wild boar, jackal, birds, herpetofauna	1979
	180.66		Sloth bear, leopard, hyena, birds, herpetofauna	1978
	160.84		Leopard, barking deer, macaques, four horned antelope, sambhar, hyena, herpetofauna, birds	1990
Jambughoda Wildlife Sanctuary	130.38		Sloth bear, leopard, jungle cat, hyena, wolf, four horned antelope, herpetofauna, birds	1990
	120.82		Flamingos, pelicans, coot, ducks, waders, storks, herons and other waterfowl, herpetofauna	1969
Ratanmahal Sloth Bear Sanctuary	55.65		Sloth bear, leopard, hyena, jackal, chausinga, civet cat, jungle cat, birds, herpetofauna	1982
Pania Sanctuary	39.63		Lion, chinkara, leopard, chital, hyena, wild boar, four horned antelope, pangolin, blue bull, birds	1989
Rampara Wildlife Sanctuary	15.01		Blue bull, chinkara, wolf, fox, jackal, birds, herpetofauna	1988
Thol Lake Bird Sanctuary	6.99		Cranes, geese, flamingos, sarus and about 125 other waterfowl species	1988
Hingolgadh Sanctuary	6.54		Chinkara, blue bull, wolf, hyena, fox, birds, herpetofauna	1980
Khijadiya Bird Sanctuary	6.05		Indian skimmer, ibises, painted stork, cormorants, etc. About 220 bird species, herpetofauna	1981
	3.33	Devbhumi Dwarka district	Great Indian bustard, wolf, jackal, birds, herpetofauna	1988
	2.03		Great Indian bustard, lesser florican, MacQueen's bustard, chinkara, blue bull, herpetofauna	1992
	0.09		Flamingos, pelicans, spoonbill and various bird spp.	1988
Mitiyala Wildlife Sanctuary	18.22	Amreli	Lion, Blue bull, Chittal, Chinkara, Panther	2004
Girnar Wildlife Sanctuary	178.87	Junagadh	Lion, leopard, chital, sambar and birds	2008

Other protected areas

	Area km^2	District	Major wildlife supported	Notified
Kachchh Biosphere Reserve	12454.00	Kutch	Indian wild ass	2008
Chhari Dhand Conservation Reserve	227.00	Kutch	Wetland birds	2008
Banni Grasslands Reserve		Kutch	Wetland birds, Houbara bustard, Chinkara, raptors like Tawny Eagle, Bonnelli's Eagle, Greater Spotted Eagle, Imperial Eagle and Steppe Eagle

See also

• Arid Forest Research Institute cater the forestry research needs of the Arid and semi arid region of Rajasthan, Gujarat & Dadra and Nagar Haveli & Daman-Diu.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gujarat Forest Department . 30 November 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090410044805/http://gujaratforest.gov.in/index.htm . 10 April 2009.
2. Web site: Wildlife Sanctuaries Principal Chief Conservator of Forest & Head of the Forest Force (HoFF). forests.gujarat.gov.in. 2019-01-04.
3. Web site: 2017-05-07. Protected Area Gazette Notification Database (Gujarat). 2020-09-15. ENVIS Centre on Wildlife & Protected Areas, Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun.