Art Integration Project on Sikkim

1. ART INTEGRATED
PROJECT - WORK
(SST)

2. SIKKIM A GIFT OF NATURE

3. CONTENTS
 INTRODUCTION
 FLORA AND FAUNA
 STATE ANIMALS, BIRDS AND PLANTS
 NATIONAL PARKS AND WILD LIFE SANCTUARY
 FORESTS
 CLIMATE
 RIVERS, IRRIGATION AND HYDRO ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS
 AGRICULTURE
 SOIL AND MINERALS RESOURCES
 ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION MEASURES

4. INTRODUCTION
Sikkim is a state in north
eastern India. It borders
the Tibet Autonomous
Region of China in the
north and
northeast, Bhutan in the
east, Nepal in the west,
and West Bengal in the
south.

5. FLORA AND FAUNA
 The forested regions of the state exhibit a
diverse range of fauna and flora.
 Owing to its altitudinal gradation, the state
has a wide variety of plants, from tropical
species to temperate, alpine and tundra ones,
and is perhaps one of the few regions to exhibit
such a diversity within such a small area.

6. FLORA
 Sikkim is home to around 5,000 species of
flowering plants, 515 rare orchids, 60 primula
species, 36 rhododendron species, 11 oak
varieties, 23 bamboo varieties, 16 conifer species,
362 types of ferns and ferns allies, 8 tree ferns,
and over 900 medicinal plants
Orchid Primula Fern

7. FAUNA
The fauna of Sikkim include the snow
leopard, musk deer, red panda, Asian black
bear, Tibetan wolf, and Himalayan jungle cat.
Among the animals more commonly found in the
alpine zone are yaks, mainly reared for their milk,
meat, and as a beast of burden.
Snow leopard Tibetan wolf Yak

8. STATE ANIMALS
Red Panda is the state
animal of Sikkim. Listed as
Endangered in the IUCN
red list of Threatened
Species and under
Schedule I of the Indian
Wildlife (Protection) Act,
1972, the red panda has
the highest legal protection
at par with other threatened
species. Red Panda

9. STATE BIRD
The blood pheasant was the national bird of the
former Kingdom of Sikkim and
remains Sikkim's state bird.

10. STATE PLANTS
 The Noble Dendrobium is the official
flower of Sikkim
 The Rhododendron is the state tree.
Dendrobium Rhododendron

11. NATIONAL PARKS
Khangchendzonga National Park also
Kanchenjunga Biosphere Reserve is a National Park
and a Biosphere reserve located in Sikkim, India. It
was inscribed to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites
list in July 2016, becoming the first "Mixed Heritage"
site of India.
Khangchendzonga

12. WILD LIFE SANCTUARY
The Varsey Rhododendron Sanctuary or Barsey
Rhododendron Sanctuary occupies 104 km² in
the Singalila Range in western Sikkim. It borders
on Nepal to the west, and on the state of West
Bengal to the south across the Rambong Khola
stream. The rhododendrons bloom during
March and April.
Varsey
Rhododendron
Sanctuary

13. FORESTS
There are mainly five forest types in Sikkim namely
Sub Tropical, Moist Mixed Deciduous, Wet
Temperate, Conifer and Sub-Alpine forest. Within an
area of 7096 sq km, the state has 30.77%
of forest as protected area comprising of seven
wildlife sanctuaries and one national park which is
highest in the country.

14. CLIMATE
Sikkim's climate ranges from sub-tropical in
the south to tundra in the north. Most of the
inhabited regions of Sikkim experience a
temperate climate, with temperatures seldom
exceeding 28 °C (82 °F) in summer. The average
annual temperature for most of Sikkim is
around 18 °C (64 °F).

15. RIVERS
Sikkim State is drained by the two main rivers,
namely Teesta and Rangit. Teesta is an
important tributary of Brahmaputra, the
greatest river of Assam Himalayas (Eastern
Himalayas).
Teesta

16. IRRIGATION
In Sikkim, more emphasis is given to
perennial irrigation system. Hence,
inundation irrigation system in which
sufficient quantity of water flowing in the
rivulets and streams during the monsoons and
post monsoon period is diverted to irrigate the
kharif crops.

17. HYDRO ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS
Sikkim has abundant hydroelectric power
potential and the State Government has taken
steps to exploit this potential for revenue
generation. The Energy & Power Department is
fully engaged in harnessing this power potential
in the State.
1200 MW Teesta
hydropower plant

18. AGRICULTURE
Following agriculture activities are being carried
out in Sikkim
Grain Farming
Shifting Cultivation
Commercial Gardening and Fruit Farming
Pastoral Nomadism
Mediterranean Agriculture
Intensive Subsistence with wet rice dominant
Livestock Ranching

19. SOIL AND MINERALS RESOURCES
Dominant soils are Typic Haplumbrepts and
Fluventic Hapludolls. They occur in association
with moderately shallow to shallow, somewhat
excessively drained coarse- loamy to loamy-
skeletal soils with strong surface stoniness and
severe erosion
The Bhotang and Pachekhani lodes which are
mined presently are possibly the only working
mines in Himalayas. Among non
metallic minerals coal, graphite, dolomite, limestone,
marble, wollastonite, talc, sillimanite and asbestos etc.

20. ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND
CONSERVATION MEASURES
Sikkim is the first Indian State to ban the use of
packaged drinking water bottles in government
functions and meetings. Ban on killing of wildlife
: The State Government has imposed ban on
hunting or killing of wild animals