{"id":112189,"date":"2026-07-09T13:22:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T07:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=112189"},"modified":"2026-07-09T13:22:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T07:52:16","slug":"behali-wildlife-sanctuary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/behali-wildlife-sanctuary\/","title":{"rendered":"Behali Wildlife Sanctuary"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Behali Wildlife Sanctuary Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Serious allegations of illegal encroachment, large-scale tree felling, and firing on forest personnel have surfaced recently from the Behali Wildlife Sanctuary in Assam&#8217;s Sonitpur. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Behali Wildlife Sanctuary<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is located at the <\/span><b>foothills of the Eastern Himalaya<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, in the Biswanath district of <\/span><b>Assam<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Situated in the <\/span><b>north of the Brahmaputra <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">River, Behali is situated at a <\/span><b>disputed border between Assam and Arunachal.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With<\/span><b> Kaziranga National Park<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as its<\/span><b> close neighbour,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> it serves as an important <\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/elephant-corridor-in-india\/\" target=\"_blank\">elephant corridor<\/a>.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">part of the<\/span><b> Sonitpur Elephant Reserve<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that was notified in 2003.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Flora<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The forest is <\/span><b>Tropical Wet Evergreen and Semi-evergreen.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Some fine patches of primary rainforest<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are still to be seen in the area.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>top canopy <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">consists of species such as <\/span><b>Tetrameles nudiflora, an emergent deciduous species,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which is widely used by hornbills for nesting.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Fauna:\u00a0<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is home to several <\/span><b>threatened wildlife species,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> including the <\/span><b>Asian Elephant, Tiger, Bengal Slow Loris, White-winged Duck, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hog Deer, and <\/span><b>Chinese Pangolin, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">along with critically endangered species such as the Black Softshell Turtle and Red-necked Vulture.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has also been declared an <\/span><b>\u201cImportant Bird Area\u201d. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Common bird species include the <\/span><b>Wreathed Hornbill, Rufous-necked Hornbill,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Great Hornbill, Woolly-necked Stork,<\/span><b> Lesser Adjutant Stork<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News<\/b><strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etvbharat.com\/en\/state\/encroachers-from-arunachal-fire-on-forest-personnel-in-assams-behali-wildlife-sanctuary-enn26070705837\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ETVB<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Behali Wildlife Sanctuary is located at the foothills of the Eastern Himalaya, in the Biswanath district of Assam. 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