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Grasslands of India 🌾
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- Banni Grasslands — Gujarat
- Velavadar Blackbuck National Park — Gujarat
- Chari-Dhand Wetland Conservation Reserve — Gujarat
- Desert National Park — Rajasthan
- Sambhar Lake periphery — Rajasthan
- Tal Chhapar Wildlife Sanctuary — Rajasthan
- Manchanabele savanna — Karnataka
- Pilibhit Tiger Reserve grasslands — Uttar Pradesh
- Dudhwa National Park grasslands — Uttar Pradesh
- Valmiki Tiger Reserve grasslands — Bihar
- Keoladeo National Park grasslands — Rajasthan
- Kaziranga National Park grasslands — Assam
- Manas National Park grasslands — Assam
- Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary — Assam
- Hoollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary — Assam
- Dibru-Saikhowa National Park — Assam
- Loktak Lake floating grasslands — Manipur
- Khangchendzonga alpine meadows — Sikkim
- Mukurthi National Park — Tamil Nadu
- Eravikulam National Park — Kerala
- Rajaji Tiger Reserve grasslands — Uttarakhand
- Bandipur grassy patches — Karnataka
- Nagarhole grassland mosaic — Karnataka
- Phen Wildlife Sanctuary — Madhya Pradesh
- Karera Bustard Sanctuary (denotified) — Madhya Pradesh
- Ghatigaon (Son Chiriya) Sanctuary — Madhya Pradesh
- Rollapadu Wildlife Sanctuary — Andhra Pradesh
- Sonkhaliya Lesser Florican site — Rajasthan
- Bishnoi villages blackbuck country — Rajasthan
- Pong Dam Lake Sanctuary — Himachal Pradesh
- Harike Wetland and grasslands — Punjab
- Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary — Chandigarh
- Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary — Delhi
- Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary grasslands — Jharkhand
- Chambal ravine grasslands — UP - MP - Rajasthan
- Mawphlang Sacred Grove and grasslands — Meghalaya
- Shola Grassland mosaic Western Ghats — Tamil Nadu - Kerala
- Anaimalai Eravikulam grassland — Tamil Nadu - Kerala
- Spiti Trans-Himalayan Pastures — Himachal Pradesh
- Ladakh Changthang Pastures — Ladakh
- Hemis National Park alpine pastures — Ladakh
- Dachigam alpine meadows — Jammu and Kashmir
- Valley of Flowers grasslands — Uttarakhand
- Nanda Devi alpine meadows — Uttarakhand
- Daroji Sloth Bear Sanctuary scrubland — Karnataka
- Jayamangali Blackbuck Reserve — Karnataka
- Ranibennur Blackbuck Sanctuary — Karnataka
- Naliya grasslands — Gujarat
- Nannaj Grasslands (Solapur) — Maharashtra
- Saraikela-Kharsawan grasslands — Jharkhand
- Shola sky islands — Tamil Nadu
- Sahyadri high-altitude plateaus — Maharashtra
- Sariska scrub grassland — Rajasthan
- Ranthambhore dry savanna — Rajasthan
- Tadoba Andhari grassy meadows — Maharashtra
- Pench grasslands — Madhya Pradesh - Maharashtra
- Saranda Sal-Grass mosaic — Jharkhand
- Buxa Wet Grasslands — West Bengal
- Sukla Phanta corridor (Indian side fringes) — Uttar Pradesh
- Jaisalmer Pokhran field firing range — Rajasthan
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Sample questions (12 of 744)
What is the approximate area of Banni Grasslands?
About 3,847 km², among Asia's largest natural grasslands.
Banni Grasslands lie in which Gujarat region?
Kachchh, north of the Great Rann.
Which pastoralist community traditionally grazes Banni?
The Maldharis.
Which famous buffalo breed is named after Banni?
Banni buffalo.
Which invasive species threatens Banni grassland?
Prosopis juliflora (gando baval).
Banni was declared as Protected Forest in which year?
1955.
Banni grasslands fall under which forest type?
Tropical thorn forest/savanna (Champion-Seth Type 6).
Banni Pastoralists Committee fought a 2019 Supreme Court case asserting which right?
Forest Rights Act community forest rights (CFR).
Banni grasslands are home to which migratory raptor in winter?
Steppe eagle, harriers and lesser kestrels.
Why is Banni Grasslands ecologically important as a grassland ecosystem?
Asia's largest tropical grassland (~3847 km²); semi-arid savanna; supports Maldhari pastoralist livelihoods (~46 villages, ~22 traditional buffalo breeds incl Banni Buffalo recognised by NBAGR); Indian Wild Ass migration zone; bird haven (300+ species).
What are the current threats to Banni Grasslands?
Prosopis juliflora invasion (covers ~40% of grassland now), encroachment, salinity ingress from Rann, climate-induced shifts in rain, Maldhari grazing-pressure debates.
What protects Banni Grasslands legally and institutionally?
Wildlife (Protection) Act 1972 (Sanctuary/NP/Conservation Reserve), Project Bustard recently launched (2024-25 for GIB conservation), Project Snow Leopard 2009 (where applicable), Forest (Conservation) Act 1980, Biological Diversity Act 2002, Eco-Sensitive Zone notifications, MoEFCC-NTCA frameworks where TR-adjacent.
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