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Table 2 Total occupied area under different Legal Status of Forested Land in the study area
Legal status
Name
District
Area (km 2 ) Total area (km 2 )
Biosphere
Reserve (01)
Nanda Devi
Biosphere
Reserve
Chamoli,
Pithoragarh and
Bageshwar
5860
5860 (Includes
area of Valley of
Flowers NP and
Nanda Devi NP)
National Park
(06)
Corbett NP,
Gangotri NP,
Govind NP,
Nanda Devi NP,
Rajaji NP
Valley of Flowers
NP
Nainital & Pauri
Garhwal;
Uttarkashi;
Uttarkashi;
Chamoli;
Dehradun, Pauri
Garhwal &
Haridwar; and
Chamoli
respectively
520.82
2390.02
472.08
624.60
820.00
87.50
4915.02
Wildlife
Sanctuary (07)
Askot WLS
Binsar WLS
Govind Pashu
Vihar WLS
Kedarnath WLS
Mussoorie WLS
Nandhaur WLS
Sonanadi WLS
Almora;
Uttarkashi;
Chamoli &
Rudraprayag;
Dehradun;
Nainital &
Champawat and
Pauri Garhwal
respectively
600.00
47.07
485.89
975.20
10.82
269.96
301.18
2690.18
Conservation
Reserves (04)
Asan Wetland
Jhilmi Jheel
Pawalgarh
Naina Devi
Himalayan Bird
Dehradun
Haridwar
Nanital
Nanital
4.444
37.84
58.25
111.9
212.434
Sacred Groves
(>126)
–
Almora,
Chamoli,
Pauri,
Pithoragarh,
Bageshwar,
Tehri,
Rudraprayag
–
–
Community
Forests/Van
Panchayats
(12,064)
–
Chamoli, Pauri,
Tehri, Uttarkashi,
Dehradun,
Rudraprayag,
Nainital, Almora,
Pithoragarh,
Champawat and
Bageshwar
–
(7350.85)
5232.89
Reserve Forests
26,547
Source GBPNIHESD ENVIS (2015), WII ENVIS (2016)