Wikipedia:WikiProject Protected areas of India/Checklist

Blanket articles

• Protected areas of India, including
  • List of protected areas in India
  • National parks of India
  • Biosphere reserves of India
  • Conservation areas of India
  • Wildlife sanctuaries of India
  • Reserved forests and protected forests of India
  • Conservation reserves and community reserves of India
  • Communal forests of India, including
    • Sacred groves of India
    • Social forestry in India
  • Private protected areas of India
  • Fossil Parks of India

Blanket articles by state

• Protected areas of West Bengal
• Protected areas of Himachal Pradesh
• Protected areas of Tamil Nadu

Government policies and projects

• Ministry of Environment and Forests (India)
• Indian Forest Service (IFS)
• Environmental policy of the Government of India, including
  • Indian Forest Act, 1927
  • Wildlife Protection Act of 1972
  • Project Tiger
  • Project Elephant
  • Project Lion
  • Project Crocodile
  • Project Hangul
  • Project Snow Leopard (wait on Government legislation for the Govt of India enterprise)
  • Asiatic Lion Reintroduction Project
  • Cheetah Reintroduction in India

Government Administrative framework

• Forest Division, Forest Range, Forest Circle
• Divisional Forest Officer, Forest Range Officer, Conservator of Forests, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests

Government institutes

• Survey of India (SI)
• Zoological Survey of India (ZSI)
• Botanical Survey of India (BSI)
• Geological Survey of India (GSI) - maintains 2 fossil parks currently

The wild life and wilderness types in India

• Wildlife of the Indian Subcontinent
  • Wildlife of India / Indian Wildlife
  • Fauna of India
  • Flora of India (stub class)
  • Ecoregions of India

Natural History as a discipline in India

• The study of natural history in India
• Wildlife Institute of India (WII)
• Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM)
• Forest Research Institute is an institute of the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education and is a premier institution in the field of forestry research in India
• Centre for Environment Education, India
• Center for Environmental Planning and Technology

History of Conservation in India

• History of the conservation movement in India, with a possible article on the timeline, including
  • Environmental activism in India, including
    • Environmental organizations in India

Zoos, Aquariums & Botanical Gardens of India

• List of Zoos in India and the "Indian portion" of the international List of zoos
• Central Zoo Authority of India (CZA), Governing Authority of all zoos in India
• Zoo Outreach Organisation (ZOO)
• List of Aquariums in India and the "Indian portion" of the international List of Aquaria
• List of Botanical Gardens in India and the "Indian portion" of the international List of botanical gardens

NGOs and grassroots movements in India

• Wildlife Trust of India
• Bombay Natural History Society
• WWF-India (Stub class, needs to be worked upon)
• Sanctuary Asia
• Narmada Bachao Andolan
• Chipko Movement
• Natural history-India emailing list aids NGOs and Grassroots workers along with scientists, researchers, naturalists and nature lovers (Also known as Natural History of South Asia - General Discussion and Research Emailing List).

Well known Naturalists & Conservationists (Past & present)

• Billy Arjan Singh (article needs to be developed)
• Jim Corbett (Hunter-turned-conservationist and author)
• Kenneth Anderson (Hunter-turned-conservationist and author)

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