Bura Chapori Wildlife Sanctuary

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A team of government officials recently visited the encroached areas of land earmarked for compensatory afforestation at Bura Chapori Wildlife Sanctuary.

About Bura Chapori Wildlife Sanctuary

• It is located on the southern bank of the river Brahmaputra in the Sonitpur district, Assam. 
• It covers an area of 44.06 sq. km.
• It is located on the north side of Laokhowa Wildlife Sanctuary and shares an integral transboundary landscape of the Laokhowa-Burachapori Wildlife Sanctuary ecosystem. 
• Both the sanctuary was notified as a buffer zone of the Kaziranga Tiger Reserve in 2007.
• Most of the low-lying areas of the sanctuary are vulnerable to flooding during summer. 
• Flora: 
  • It is enveloped and adorned by wet alluvial grasslands, riparian, and semi-evergreen forests.
  • Most of the plant species found here are of great commercial and medical value.
• Fauna:
  • It is a habitat of a wide range of wild animals, including tigers, elephants, wild buffalos, one-horned rhinoceros, hog deer, and wild boar.
  • The avian inhabitants feature species like the Bengal florican, black-necked stork, open-billed stork, white-eyed pochard, mallard, spotbill, large whistling teal, and numerous others.

Source: SA

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