Indian Flora and Fauna

Jim Corbett Park (Corbett National Park) in India was the site of Asia's first Tiger Safari, established to promote tiger conservation and tourism. While Bangkok and Penang have tiger facilities, they were not the first dedicated tiger safaris.

Gir Forest National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary is located in Gujarat, specifically in the Junagadh district. It is the only place in the world outside Africa where Asiatic lions can be found in their natural habitat. The sanctuary was established in 1965 to protect the endangered Asiatic lion.

Manas National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Assam. It is a Project Tiger reserve, an elephant reserve, and a biosphere reserve. The park is known for its rare and endangered endemic wildlife such as the Assam roofed turtle, hispid hare, golden langur, and pygmy hog.

Ghana Bird Sanctuary, also known as Ghana Keoladeo or Keoladeo National Park, is located in Bharatpur, Rajasthan. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and famous for thousands of migratory birds, especially Siberian cranes that visit during winter. The sanctuary was created in the 18th century as a royal hunting ground.

Kaziranga National Park in Assam was established in 1905 primarily to protect the endangered one-horned rhinoceros. It is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site hosting two-thirds of the world's rhino population. The sanctuary was created specifically because rhinos were being hunted extensively for their horns.

The white tiger population originated from the Rewa region in the Baghelkhand area of Madhya Pradesh. The first white tiger was captured by the Maharaja of Rewa in 1951.

Gir National Park in Gujarat is the only natural habitat of the Asiatic lions in the world. Manas is known for rhinos and elephants, Ranthambore for tigers, and Kanha for tigers and various species including barasingha.

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species is a comprehensive inventory of global conservation status. In 2007, the organization documented 45 tree species in India as critically endangered, indicating an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.

Bandipur Tiger Reserve is located in the state of Karnataka, part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve. It was established in 1974 as part of Project Tiger and is one of India's premier tiger reserves. The reserve spans 874 square kilometers and is situated in the Chamarajanagar district.

Kudremukh National Park is located in Karnataka's Chikmagalur district in the Western Ghats. The park gets its name from the Kudremukh peak, which resembles a horse's face, and is known for its rich biodiversity and iron ore mining history.

Keibul Lamjao National Park in Manipur is the world's only floating national park, located on the phumdis (floating vegetation) in Loktak Lake. It was established to protect the endangered brow-antlered deer (Sangai) which is found only in Manipur.

According to the IUCN Red List of 2008, the Greater One-horned Rhino (Indian Rhino) was reclassified from Endangered to Vulnerable, indicating improvement in its conservation status. This was due to successful conservation efforts in India and Nepal.

Buxa Tiger Reserve is located in the Alipurduar district of West Bengal, India. It was established in 1983 and covers an area of about 760 square km in the foothills of the Himalayas.

Correct Answer: Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve