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Tamhini Wildlife Sanctuary

Kumari Sonali

Tamhini Wildlife Sanctuary:

Maharashtra forest department recently partnered with Microsoft and the Centre for Youth Development and Activities (CYDA), Pune, to address socio-ecological challenges in the Tamhini Wildlife Sanctuary.

  • Tamhini Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected forest area located in the Western Ghats near Pune, Maharashtra.
  • It covers an area of 49.62 sq.km.
  • It has been carved out by taking 12 compartments of reserved forest from the Paund and Sinhgad ranges in the Pune forest division, while 8 compartments belong to Mangaon range in the Roha division in Thane.
  • It is made up of evergreen forests, semi-evergreen forests, and most deciduous
  • Indian giant squirrels, barking deer, Indian pangolins, Indian civets, and wild boars are some of the many species found in this region.
  • Species like the Malabar whistling thrush, crested serpent eagle, grey junglefowl, golden oriole, and Indian pitta are some of the residents.

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