List of protected areas of Gujarat

The Gujarat state of western India has four National Parks and twenty-three wildlife sanctuaries which are managed by the Forest Department of the Government of Gujarat.^[1][2][3]

A family of Asiatic lions at Gir National Park

National Parks

Name of National Park	Area km2	District	Major wildlife supported	Notified
Gir Forest National Park	258.71	Junagadh	Asiatic lion, leopard, chausingha, spotted deer, hyena, sambar deer, chinkara	1975
Blackbuck National Park, Velavadar	34.53	Bhavnagar	Blackbuck, fox, MacQueen's bustard, lesser florican	1976
Vansda National Park	23.99	Navsari	Leopard, hyena, deer, chausingha	1979
Marine National Park, Gulf of Kutch	162.89	Jamnagar, Devbhumi Dwarka	Sponges, corals, jelly fish, seahorse, octopus, pearl oyster, starfish, lobster, dolphin	1982

Wildlife sanctuaries

The wildlife sanctuaries are listed in descending order of area.

Name of Sanctuary	Area km2	District	Major wildlife supported	Notified
Kutch Desert Wildlife Sanctuary	7506.22	Kutch	Chinkara, hyena, fox, flamingo, pelicans and other waterfowl and herpetofauna	1986
Wild Ass Sanctuary	4953.70	Kutch	Chinkara, nilgai, blackbuck, onager(wild ass) wolf, fox, MacQueen's bustard, waterfowl, herpetofauna	1973
Gir Wildlife Sanctuary & National Parks	1213.42	Junagadh, Gir Somnath, Amreli	Lion, leopard, chausinga, chital, hyena, sambar, chinkara, herpetofauna, crocodiles and birds	1965
Shoolpaneshwar Wildlife Sanctuary	607.70	Narmada	Sloth bear, leopard, rhesus macaque, chausinga, barking deer, pangolin, herpetofauna, birds including Alexandrian parakeet	1982
Balaram Ambaji Wildlife Sanctuary	542.08	Banaskantha	Sloth bear, leopard, blue bull, hyena, wolf, wild cat, birds, herpetofauna	1989
Narayan Sarovar Sanctuary	444.23	Kutch	Chinkara, green day, desert cat, hyena, desert fox, jackal, birds, herpetofauna	1981
Marine Sanctuary	295.03	Jamnagar, Devbhumi Dwarka, Gulf of Kutch	Sponges, corals, jellyfish, sea horse, octopus, oyster, pearl oyster, starfish, dolphin, dugong, waterfowl	1980
Barda Wildlife Sanctuary	192.31	Porbandar	Leopard, blue bull, hyena, wild boar, jackal, birds, herpetofauna	1979
Jessore Sloth Bear Sanctuary	180.66	Banaskantha	Sloth bear, leopard, hyena, birds, herpetofauna	1978
Purna Wildlife Sanctuary	160.84	Dangs	Leopard, barking deer, macaques, four horned antelope, sambhar, hyena, herpetofauna, birds	1990
Jambughoda Wildlife Sanctuary	130.38	Panchmahal	Sloth bear, leopard, jungle cat, hyena, wolf, four horned antelope, herpetofauna, birds	1990
Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary	120.82	Ahmedabad, Surendranagar	Flamingos, pelicans, coot, ducks, waders, storks, herons and other waterfowl, herpetofauna	1969
Ratanmahal Sloth Bear Sanctuary	55.65	Dahod	Sloth bear, leopard, hyena, jackal, chausinga, civet cat, jungle cat, birds, herpetofauna	1982
Pania Sanctuary	39.63	Amreli	Lion, chinkara, leopard, chital, hyena, wild boar, four horned antelope, pangolin, blue bull, birds	1989
Rampara Wildlife Sanctuary	15.01	Morbi	Blue bull, chinkara, wolf, fox, jackal, birds, herpetofauna	1988
Thol Lake Bird Sanctuary	6.99	Mehsana	Cranes, geese, flamingos, sarus and about 125 other waterfowl species	1988
Hingolgadh Sanctuary	6.54	Rajkot	Chinkara, blue bull, wolf, hyena, fox, birds, herpetofauna	1980
Khijadiya Bird Sanctuary	6.05	Jamnagar	Indian skimmer, ibises, painted stork, cormorants, etc. About 220 bird species, herpetofauna	1981
Gaga Wildlife Sanctuary	3.33	Devbhumi Dwarka district	Great Indian bustard, wolf, jackal, birds, herpetofauna	1988
Kutch Bustard Sanctuary	2.03	Kutch	Great Indian bustard, lesser florican, MacQueen's bustard, chinkara, blue bull, herpetofauna	1992
Porbandar Bird Sanctuary	0.09	Porbandar	Flamingos, pelicans, spoonbill and various bird spp.	1988
Mitiyala Wildlife Sanctuary	18.22	Amreli	Lion, Blue bull, Chittal, Chinkara, Panther	2004
Girnar Wildlife Sanctuary	178.87	Junagadh	Lion, leopard, chital, sambar and birds	2008

Other protected areas

Name of protected area	Area km2	District	Major wildlife supported	Notified
Kachchh Biosphere Reserve	12454.00	Kutch	Indian wild ass	2008
Chhari Dhand Conservation Reserve	227.00	Kutch	Wetland birds	2008
Banni Grasslands Reserve		Kutch	Wetland birds, Houbara bustard, Chinkara, raptors like Tawny Eagle, Bonnelli's Eagle, Greater Spotted Eagle, Imperial Eagle and Steppe Eagle

See also

• Arid Forest Research Institute cater the forestry research needs of the Arid and semi arid region of Rajasthan, Gujarat & Dadra and Nagar Haveli & Daman-Diu.

References

1. "Gujarat Forest Department". Archived from the original on 10 April 2009. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
2. "Wildlife Sanctuaries | Principal Chief Conservator of Forest & Head of the Forest Force (HoFF)". forests.gujarat.gov.in. Retrieved 2019-01-04.
3. "Protected Area Gazette Notification Database (Gujarat)". ENVIS Centre on Wildlife & Protected Areas, Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun. 2017-05-07. Retrieved 2020-09-15.