International Journal of Zoology and Applied Biosciences
Volume (3) - Issue (1), 2018 pp 71-76
Title
Near threatened to least concern: Blackbuck conservation efforts from Rajasthan, India
Author
Ram Prakash Saran and Renu Meena
Abstract
Rajasthan is land where conservation is religion. In many sites peaceful cohabitation between humans and wildlife is conjoint. The mutual efforts of Forest Department, Rajasthan and local communities for the protection of wildlife lead to an almost threefold upsurge in blackbuck population in this region. Due to conservation efforts across the country including Rajasthan have placed blackbuck in the Least Concern category in Red Data Book published by IUCN from earlier Near Threatened category. In India, blackbuck is distributed across 15 states and in Rajasthan; it is distributed among 19 districts. The total population of blackbuck in Rajasthan including protected area is estimated to be over thirty thousand in 2016.
Keywords
Antelope, Community, Forest, Population, Protection.
Article History
Received on 03/01/2018, Accepted on 23/01/2018, Published on 07/02/2018