{"id":17737,"date":"2026-05-12T11:30:56","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T06:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=17737"},"modified":"2026-05-25T13:26:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T07:56:44","slug":"btr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/btr\/","title":{"rendered":"Buxa Tiger Reserve"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Buxa Tiger Reserve Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Union Environment and Forest Minister announced the Centre\u2019s plan to reintroduce tigers into Buxa tiger reserve.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Buxa Tiger Reserve<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Location:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is located in the Jalpaiguri district of <\/span><b>West Bengal.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its northern boundary runs along the <\/span><b>international border with Bhutan.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The fragile <\/span><b>\u201cTerai Eco-System\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> constitutes a part of this reserve.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It serves as an international corridor for elephant migration <\/span><b>between India and Bhutan.<\/b><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Corridor Connectivity<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The reserve <\/span><b>has corridor connectivity<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> across the border with the forests of Bhutan in the North, on the East it has linkages with the <\/span><b>Kochugaon forests, Manas Tiger Reserve<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and on the West with the <\/span><b>Jaldapara National Park.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Rivers:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is drained by two rivers, namely the <\/span><b>River Raidak and the River Jayanti<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Vegetation:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The forests of the reserve can be broadly classified as the <\/span><b>\u2018Moist Tropical Forest\u2019.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Flora:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Some of the important species are Sal, Champa, Gamar, Simul, and Chikrasi.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Fauna:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The main species include the Tiger, elephant, leopard cat, gaur, wild boar, sambar, hog deer, Chinese pangolin, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.millenniumpost.in\/amp\/bengal\/union-minister-announces-plan-to-reintroduce-tigers-at-buxa-reserve-661290\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MP<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Buxa Tiger Reserve is located in the Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal. 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