Wildlife Sanctuary
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- The Wildlife (Protection) Act of 1972 empowered State Governments to designate specific regions as wildlife sanctuaries, provided these areas were deemed ecologically, geomorphologically, or naturally important.
- India is home to more than 500 such sanctuaries, with a number of them designated as Tiger Reserves under the ambit of Project Tiger.
- Additionally, under particular circumstances, the Central Government also holds the authority to proclaim an area as a sanctuary.
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National Park (NP)
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- The Wild Life (Protection) Act (WPA) of 1972 provided for the declaration of National Parks by the State Government are declared in areas that are considered to be of adequate ecological, geo morphological and natural significance although within the law,Â
- The difference in conservation value of a National Park from that of a sanctuary is not specified in the WPA 1972
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Difference between the two
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- National Parks enjoy a greater degree of protection than sanctuaries. Certain activities which are regulated in sanctuaries, such as grazing of livestock, are prohibited in National Parks.
- Wildlife sanctuary can be created for a particular species (for e.g. grizzled giant squirrel w.l.s in srivalliputhur) whereas the national park is not primarily focused on a particular species,
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