{"id":39992,"date":"2024-03-07T12:40:15","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T07:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=39992"},"modified":"2025-04-24T21:40:25","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T16:10:25","slug":"jim-corbett-national-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/jim-corbett-national-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Trees in Jim Corbett National Park Fell Prey to Greedy Nexus: Supreme Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>What\u2019s in Today\u2019s Article?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Why in the News?<\/li>\n<li>Jim Corbett National Park<\/li>\n<li>News Summary<\/li>\n<li>Supreme Court\u2019s Observation<\/li>\n<li>About Core Areas and Buffer Areas in Tiger Reserves<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Why in News?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The Supreme Court has slammed the political-bureaucrat nexus over illegal construction and felling of trees at the Jim Corbett National Park in Uttarakhand, saying public trust had been thrown into the &#8220;waste bin&#8221;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Jim Corbett National Park<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Jim Corbett national park is located in Nainital district of Uttarakhand.<\/li>\n<li>Flora:\n<ul>\n<li>Sal, Semal, Kharpat, Sissoo, Khair, Dhak, Khingan, Bakli, Bel, Ber, Bamboo, Khingam, Jamun, Kanju, Rohini and Pula.<\/li>\n<li>Sal, Khair and Sissoo are the most visible trees found in Corbett.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Fauna:\n<ul>\n<li>Tiger, Leopard, Elephant, Chital Deer, Sambar Deer, Hogg Deer, Barking Deer, Wild Boar, Langur, Wild pig, Rhesus Monkey, Jackal, Rabbit, Yellow Throated Martin, Otters.<\/li>\n<li>Reptiles such as Crocodile, Gharial, King Cobra, Common Krait, Cobra, Russel Viper, Rock Python, and Monitor Lizard are also found.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Rivers Associated:\n<ul>\n<li>The eastern periphery of Corbett National Park is entirely fed by the Kosi River.<\/li>\n<li>The Ramganga River (West) along with its significant tributaries Sonanadi, Palain and Mandal forms the prominent hydrological resource for the Corbett.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Key Facts:\n<ul>\n<li>It is India\u2019s oldest national park (1935).<\/li>\n<li>It was named Hailey National Park after its founder Sir Malcolm Hailey.\n<ul>\n<li>In 1956, in honour of Jim Corbett, who took the initiative for wildlife preservation in India, the Indian Government renamed it as Corbett National Park.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>It has the highest population of tigers in India.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>News Summary<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>In 2023, alleged illegal buildings and waterbodies were being created. The issue was brought before the court through a batch of applications.<\/li>\n<li>The petitioners tried highlighting the violation of environmental norms and the encroachment into core wildlife habitats.<\/li>\n<li>During the proceedings, the petitioners presented evidence of unauthorised constructions within the national park.<\/li>\n<li>The court was shown photographs depicting concrete and iron enclosures purportedly meant for a &#8216;safari&#8217; experience.<\/li>\n<li>The court was also informed that a significant number of trees, over 6,000, had been cut down in the national park under the guise of safari development.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Supreme Court\u2019s Observation<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The Court has raised questions about the necessity of creating such facilities within natural forest environments, particularly in areas designated for the protection of endangered species like tigers.<\/li>\n<li>The Supreme Court has directed the Government to constitute a committee to recommend whether tiger safaris should be permitted in the buffer or fringe areas.\n<ul>\n<li>Also, what guidelines should be promulgated for establishing such safaris, if permitted.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The Court also took a stern view of the illegal constructions and rampant felling of trees in Uttarakhand&#8217;s Corbett National Park.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>About Core Areas and Buffer Areas in Tiger Reserves<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>According to the Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Act of 2006, a Tiger Reserve must have a core or critical habitat and a buffer zone peripheral to it.<\/li>\n<li>The Core areas have the legal status of a National Park or a Sanctuary.<\/li>\n<li>The Buffer or peripheral areas are a mix of forest and non-forest land, managed as a multiple-use area.<\/li>\n<li>The buffer area further, absorbs the \u201cshock\u201d of poaching pressure on populations of tiger and other wild animals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What is Project Tiger?<\/h3>\n<p>Project Tiger&#8217; is a tiger conservation programme launched on 1 April 1973 by the Government of India. The project aims at ensuring a viable population of Bengal tigers in their natural habitats, protecting them from extinction, and preserving areas of biological importance as a natural heritage.<\/p>\n<h3>Q2) What do you mean by Community Reserves?<\/h3>\n<p>Community reserves fall under protected areas, along with marine protected areas, national parks, wildlife sanctuaries and conservation reserves, according to the Wild Life (Protection) Act (WLPA), 1972.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/energy-and-environment\/jim-corbett-illegal-construction-supreme-court-raps-former-uttarakhand-forest-minister\/article67919941.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Trees in Corbett fell prey to greedy nexus, says Supreme Court<\/u><\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livelaw.in\/top-stories\/supreme-court-former-forest-minister-harak-singh-rawat-dfo-illegal-constructions-deforestation-jim-corbett-251430\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Livelaw<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jim Corbett national park is located in Nainital district of Uttarakhand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":39993,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-39992","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-mains-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39992\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}