Administration of Kaziranga National Park
The Bokakhat’s wildlife wing which (comes under the Assam government’s forest department) is responsible for Kaziranga’s administration and management.
The Chief Conservator, being the Director is the administrative head of the park.
While the administrative chief executive of the park is a divisional Forest Officer who is assisted by two officers with the rank of Assistant Conservator of Forests.
The Range Forest Officers monitor the park area which is divided into five ranges, which are:
- Burapahar (HQ: Ghorakati),
- Western (HQ: Baguri),
- Central (HQ: Kohora),
- Eastern (HQ: Agaratoli) and
- Northern (HQ: Biswanath)
These ranges are further subdivided into beats, headed by a forester, and sub-beats, headed by a forest guard.
The Kaziranga National Park receives funding from the Assam state government as well as the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change of the Government of India under various Plan and Non-Plan Budgets.
Apart from this, additional funds come through Project Elephant from the Central Government, and national and international NGOs.
Kaziranga National Park
Kaziranga National Park is located in Assam’s Golaghat and Nagaon districts. Established in 1905, it is the home to about two-thirds of the world’s one-horned rhinoceroses. On 1st January 1974, the Kaziranga was declared as a national park. nIt was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985. It is one of the favourite destinations for wildlife enthusiasts. The Kaziranga National Park is one of the important wildlife reserves of India. It also has the highest population of the Asiatic water buffalo in the world.
In this article, we will talk about the Kaziranga National Park, its History, Geography, Climate, Flora and Fauna, the One-Horned Rhinoceros of the Kaziranga National Park and more about it.