Bherjan-Borajan-Padumoni Wildlife Sanctuary:
The Centre has proposed declaring a uniform one-kilometre area around the Bherjan-Borajan-Padumoni Wildlife Sanctuary in Assam’s Tinsukia district as an Eco-Sensitive Zone (ESZ).
- Bherjan-Borajan-Padumoni Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected area situated in the Tinsukia district in the eastern part of Assam.
- It is part of the Indo-Chinese tropical moist forest biome.
- It comprises three separate forest blocks named Bherjan, Borajan, and Padumoni.
- The three areas are disjunct and separated by tea gardens and human habitations.
- These are entirely on the flat plains of the Brahmputra Valley.
- The terrain is mostly flat with some scattered hillocks.
- The sanctuary enjoys the typical humid subtropical climate of the Northeast Indian region, receiving heavy rainfall, which significantly influences its dense vegetation growth.
- The vegetation of the sanctuary is almost tropical wet evergreen rainforest.
- It holds the highest concentration of primates on the Indian subcontinent, including hoolock gibbons (only species of apes found in India), langurs, and macaques.
- The sanctuary also hosts mammals such as leopards, wild pigs, and giant flying squirrels.
- There are many species of birds, including Osprey, Indian Pied Hornbill, Kingfisher, Woodpecker, Lined Barbet, Common Myna, Drongo, Bulbul, Magpie Robin, Wagtail, and many more varieties of woodland birds.
