Buxa Tiger Reserve: Wildlife Survey
Mega 4 months wildlife survey has begun across the Buxa Tiger Reserve.
- Buxa Tiger Reserve is located in West Bengal.
- Its northern boundary runs along the international border with Bhutan.
- The fragile “Terai Eco-System” constitutes a part of this reserve.
- It serves as an international corridor for elephant migration between India and Bhutan.
- The reserve has corridor connectivity across the border with the forests of Bhutan, Kochugaon forests, Manas Tiger Reserve and Jaldapara National Park.
- Two rivers, namely the River Raidak and the River Jayanti, flow through the forest of Buxa.
- The forests of the reserve can be broadly classified as the ‘Moist Tropical Forest’.
- Some of the important species are Sal, Champa, Gamar, Simul, and Chikrasi.
- The main species include the Tiger, elephant, leopard cat, gaur, wild boar, sambar, hog deer, Chinese pangolin, etc.
