Abstract

National organizations- National Parks, Sanctuaries, Conservation Reserves, Community Reserves,  Tiger reserves, Elephant reserves, Marine reserve , Marine national parks, Marine protected areas, Chambal Floating  Sanctuary , exclusive economic zone,  Ecozones  – Trans Himalaya- Ladakh mountains, Tibetan plateau,  Himalaya -Northwest, West, Central and East Himalayas, Desert -Thar, Kutch, Semi-arid -Punjab plains, Gujarat Rajasthan, Western Ghats  Malabar plains, Western Ghats, Deccan Peninsula – Central highlands, Chotta-Nagpur, Eastern highlands, Central Plateau, Deccan South. Gangetic plains -Upper and Lower Gangetic plains. Coast – West and East coast, Sundarbans, North-East- Brahmaputra valley, Northeast hills, Islands- Andaman Nicobar, Lakshadweep.

International organizations –  World Natural Heritage sites, World biodiversity sites, Biospheres reserves, Ramsar sites, World hotspots , World Hope spots, TRAFFIC, CITES.

Reena Mathur