Greater Panna Landscape Management Plan will be implemented in 11 districts of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh along with the Ken-Betwa Link Project, This plan prepared by the Wildlife Institute of India (WII), Dehradun, has been approved by the Greater Panna Landscape Council headed by Madhya Pradesh Chief Secretary Iqbal Singh Bains.
According to government officials, the Ken-Betwa Link Project (KBLP) would be a game-changer for the socio-economic prosperity of the Bundelkhand region, which faces recurrent drought situation. The project is aimed at not only providing water security in the Bundelkhand but also ensuring the overall conservation of the region and especially for landscape dependent species such as tiger, vulture and gharial.
WII has prepared a comprehensive Landscape Management Plan
Apart from taking mitigation measures, the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) has prepared a comprehensive Integrated Landscape Management Plan (ILMP) for the conservation of wildlife and biodiversity not only in Panna Tiger Reserve (PTR) but also in surrounding areas. The Landscape Integrated Management Plan in Greater Panna Landscape (GPL) is one of the major and unique conservation measures being initiated in the conservation history of India.
The broad objectives of the Greater Panna Landscape Management Plan are to enable betterment of habitat, protection, and management for flagship species viz. tiger, vulture, and gharial in the landscape; to consolidate the landscape for overall biodiversity conservation and well-being of the forest dependent communities.
Plan to enhance tiger carrying capacity
The plan is expected to enhance tiger carrying capacity in the landscape by strengthening connectivity with Nauradehi Wildlife sanctuary and Durgavati Wildlife sanctuary in MP and Ranipur Wildlife sanctuary in UP.
The Central, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh governments together will spend Rs 3186 crore by the year 2032 on this plan. The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Union Ministry of Jal Shakti and Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh Forest Departments will jointly fund and implement it. 18 representatives of Central, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh governments are ex-officio members of Greater Panna Landscape Council.
Habitat development and corridor protection will be undertaken
In this plan works related to habitat development and corridor protection will be undertaken over a period of 10 years in 47000 square kilometers of land for the conservation of tigers, vultures and gharials. In this area, there are around 150-200 tigers and around 90 gharials in Panna, Ranipur and the proposed Nauradehi-Durgavati Tiger Reserve. There are four species of vulture.
An Integrated Research and Learning Center (IRLC) will be set up in Panna district to implement the Greater Panna Landscape Management Plan and monitor its works. Sagar, Damoh, Chhatarpur, Narsinghpur, Panna, Katni, Satna, Rewa, Banda, Chitrakoot districts have been included in Greater Panna Landscape.
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