- Navegaon-Nagzira Tiger Reserve (NNTR) was notified as 46th tiger reserve of India in December, 2013.
- It is the 5th Tiger reserve of Maharashtra, situated in Gondia and Bhandara Districts.
- Gondia district shares common boundaries with the states of Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh on the North and Eastern side respectively.
- Strategically the Tiger Reserve is located in the heart of central Indian Tiger landscape which contributes almost 1/6 of the total tiger population of the country.
- NNTR comprises the notified area of Navegaon National Park, Navegaon Wildlife Sanctuary, Nagzira Wildlife Sanctuary, New Nagzira Wildlife Sanctuary and Koka Wildlife Sanctuary.
- NNTR has connectivity with the major tiger reserves in Central India like Kanha and Pench Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh, Pench and Tadoba-Andhari TR in Maharashtra, Indravati tiger Reserve in Chhattisgarh.
- Indirectly it has connectivity with the Kawal and Nagarjuna Sagar in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh and, Achanakmar Tiger reserve in Chhattisgarh.
- It is also connected to important tiger bearing areas like Umred-Karhandla sanctuary and Bramhapuri division.
- The major forest type is Southern Tropical Dry Deciduous Forest.
- Fauna include Cheetal, Sambar, Nilgai, Chousingha, Barking deer, Wild pig and Indian gaur, Common langoor, Rhesus macaque, Pangolin, Honey badger, Flying squirrels, Civets and Mongoose species, Giant squirrel etc…
- Mouse deer have also been recorded from the area.
Source: DownToEarth
