State of Maharashtra has been bestowed with the rich biodiversity of Western Ghats, The Deccan Peninsula along with
a long Coast Line. Representing these biogeographic zones, state has notified 46 protected areas. Out of these
6 are national parks, namely.
1. National Park
2. Pench National Park,
3. Tadoba National Park,
4. Chandoli National Park
5. Gugamal National Park and,
6. Sanjay Gandhi National Park .
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Rest 40 are the sanctuaries. There is only one marine sanctuary namely Malvan Marine Sanctuary representing
the marine biodiversity. Only eight sanctuaries represents Western Ghats, while remaining protected areas
represents The Deccan Peninsula. Total area covered under PA network is 8802.25 sq. km. which forms about
7.5% of total forest area.
Important Bird Areas in Maharashtra
There are six national parks and 41 wildlife sanctuaries and 1 protected area in the state. There are four
tiger reserves, namely Melghat (Amaravati), Tadoba-Andhari (Chandrapur), Pench (Nagpur), and Sahaydri
Kolhapur and Sangli) and Sanjay Gandhi, Gugaamal, Navagaon, Pench, Chandoli and Tadoba are the six national
parks. A total 8,994.95 sq. km comes under the PA network, amounting to 2.92% of the states geographical A total of 20 sites have been identified as Important Bird Areas, in which seven are wildlife sanctuaries;
two are national parks, three are Tiger Reserves and eight non-protected areas. The total area of the IBAs in the State is 12,86,581 ha.
A1= Threatened species; A2 = Restricted Range species; A3= Biome species;
A4=Congregatory species
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| Sr. No |
IBA Code |
Name of IBA |
Status Of IBA |
| 1 |
IN-MH-01 |
Bhimashankar Wildlife Sanctuary |
A1, A2, A3 | | 2 |
IN-MH-02 |
Burnt Island Vengurla Rocks A |
4iii |
| 3 |
IN-MH-03 |
Gangapur Dam And Grasslands |
A1, A4i, A4iii | | 4 |
IN-MH-04 |
INS Shivaji and Lonavala |
A1, A2, A3 |
| 5 |
IN-MH-05 |
Jaikwadi Wildlife Sanctuary |
A1,A4i,A4iii,A4iv | | 6 |
IN-MH-06 |
Jawaharlal Nehru Bustard Sanctuary |
A1 |
| 7 |
IN-MH-07 |
Koyna Wildlife Sanctuary |
A1,A3A1,A4i,A4iii | | 8 |
IN-MH-08 |
Mahul Sewree Creek | A1, A4i, A4iii |
| 9 |
IN-MH-09 |
Melghat Wildlife Sanctuary and Gugmal National Park |
A1, A2, A3 | | 10 |
IN-MH-10 |
Nagzira Wildlife Sanctuary |
A1 |
| 11 |
IN-MH-11 |
Nandur Madhmeshwar Wildlife Sanctuary |
A1,A4i,A4ii,A4iii | | 12 |
IN-MH-12 |
Nawegaon National Park |
A1, A3 |
| 13 |
IN-MH-13 |
Ozar And Adjoining Grassland |
A1 | | 14 |
IN-MH-14 |
Radhanagari Wildlife Sanctuary |
A1, A2, A3 |
| 15 |
IN-MH-15 |
Sanjay Gandhi National Park |
A1, A2, A3 | | 16 |
IN-MH-16 |
Tadoba National Park and Andhari Tiger Reserve |
A1, A3 |
| 17 |
IN-MH-17 |
Taloda Reserve Forest |
A1, A2 | | 18 |
IN-MH-18 |
Tansa Wildlife Sanctuary |
A1, A3 |
| 19 |
IN-MH-19 |
Thane Creek |
A1, A4i, A4iii | | 20 |
IN-MH-20 |
Toranmal Reserve Forest |
A1, A2 |
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