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Wildlife Sanctuary (Sanctuaries) complete detail. Definition of Wildlife Sanctuary According to wildlife protection act 1972. what is wildlife (Sanctuaries) Sanctuary. Definition of wildlife Sanctuary.

Boundaries of sanctuaries are not well defined and controlled biotic interference is permitted. “Sanctuary” means an area declared, whether under sec. [26(A)5] or sec 38, or deemed, under sub section (3) of Sec.66 to be declared, as a wildlife sanctuary.



A sanctuary is a protected area which is reserved for the conservation of only animal and human activities like harvesting of timber, collecting minor forest products and private ownership rights are allowed as long as they do not interfere with well-being of animals.

Introduction & Definition

Sanctuary is an area which is of adequate ecological, faunal, floral, Geo-morphological, natural or zoological significance. The Sanctuary is declared for the purpose of protecting, propagating or developing wildlife or its environment. Certain rights of people living inside the Sanctuary could be permitted. Further, during the settlement of claims, before finally notifying the Sanctuary, the Collector may, in consultation with the Chief Wildlife Warden, allow the continuation of any right of any person in or over any land within the limits of the Sanctuary.

A sanctuary is a protected area which is reserved for the conservation of only animal and human activities like harvesting of timber, collecting minor forest products and private ownership rights are allowed as long as they do not interfere with well-being of animals. Boundaries of sanctuaries are not well defined and controlled biotic interference is permitted.



State wise list of Wildlife Sanctuaries of India – updated

“Sanctuary” means an area declared, whether under sec. [26(A)5] or sec 38, or deemed, under sub section (3) of Sec.66 to be declared, as a wildlife sanctuary;

Sanctuaries (According to wildlife protection act 1972)

Declaration of Sanctuary

[(l) The State Government may, by notification, declare its intention to constitute any area other than area comprised with any reserve forest or the territorial waters as a sanctuary if it considers that such area is of adequate ecological, faunal, floral, geomorphological, natural. or zoological significance, for the purpose of protecting, propagating or developing wildlife or its environment. 2]

(2) The notification referred to in sub-section (1) shall specify, as nearly as possible, the situation and limits of such area.



Explanation. – For the purposes of the this section, it shall be sufficient to describe the area by roads, rivers, ridges, or other well-known or readily intelligible boundaries

Collector to determine rights.– [3When a notification has been issued under Sec.18,] the collector shall inquire into, and determine the existence, nature and extent of the rights of any person in or over the land comprised within the limits of the sanctuary.

Bar of accrual of rights.– After the issue of a notification under Sec.”18, no right shall be acquired in, or over the land comprised within the limits of the area specified in such notification, except by succession, testamentary or intestate.

Proclamation by Collector. – When a notification has been issued under Sec.18 the Collector shall publish in the regional language in every town and village in or in the neighborhood of the area comprised therein, a programation:

specifying, as nearly as possible, the situation and the limits of the sanctuary; and
requiring any person, claiming any right mentioned in Sec. 19, to prefer before the collector” within two months from the date of such proclamation, a written claim in the prescribed form specifying the nature and extent of such right, with necessary details and the amount and particulars of the compensation, if any, claimed in respect thereof.
Inquiry by Collector. – The Collector shall, after service of the prescribed notice upon the claimant, expeditiously inquire into

the claim preferred before him under Cl. (b) of Sec.21, and
the existence of any right mentioned in Sec.19 and not claimed under Cl.(b) of Sec.21,
so far as the same may be ascertainable from the records of the State Governments and the evidence of any person acquainted with the same.

Powers of Collector. – For the purpose of such inquiry, the Collector may exercise the following powers, namely

the power to enter in or upon any land and to survey, demarcate, and make a map of the same or to authorize any other officer to do so;
the same award under the provision of Part III of that Act;


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