User:Marcus334/Protected areas of Goa

The Protected areas of Goa are located mostly along the verdant Western Ghats of Goa state, India This is one of the richest reservoirs of biodiversity in the world. The Sahyadris section that lie within Goa, dominates its ecosystem and includes a bewildering complexity of plant, animal and bird life. 755 km2, being 20 percent of the total geographical area of the3702 km2 of the state, are protected areas declared to protect the natural fauna and flora and to conserve the biological diversity of the State. In Goa, there is one national Park, one bird sanctuary and five wildlife sanctuaries. The largest of these is the Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary, which is being considered to be the first Project Tiger tiger reserve in Goa.

A National Parks
1 Bhagwan Mahaveer Sanctuary and Mollem National Park, 1978, 107 km2

Total= 107 km2

Wildlife Sanctuaries
1 Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary 1999, 208.48 km2 2 Netravali Wildlife Sanctuary 1999, 211.05 km2

3 Bhagwan Mahaveer Sanctuary and Mollem National Park 1967, 133 km2

4 Cotigao Wildlife Sanctuary 1968, 85.65 km2 5 Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary 1969, 7.95 km2

6 Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary (Bird) 1988, 1.78 km2

Total= 647.91 km2