3. PROJECT RHINO
The Indian Rhino is classified as
vulnerable by the IUCN Red List, with a
severely limited population range.
The rhino's most important habitats,
the alluvial Terai-Duar savanna and
riverine forests, are in decline due to
human encroachment
The Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary has the
highest density of Indian rhinos,
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4. GREATER
ONE HORNED
RHINO
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• lives in riverine grasslands in northern India,
southern Nepal.
• Gestation lasts about 15-16 months
• The greater one-horned rhino is a grazer.
• Asia is home to three rhino species: Greater
one-horned (Rhinoceros unicornis), Javan,
and Sumatran.
• The five rhino range nations (India, Bhutan, Nepal,
Indonesia and Malaysia) have signed a declaration
‘The New Delhi Declaration on Asian Rhinos 2019’ for
the conservation
5. THREATS TO RHINO POPULATION
Degradation of habitat
The habitat of Indian
rhinos is deteriorating as
a result of human
activities and natural
disasters such as floods,
resulting in a large
number of deaths.
•
Poaching
• Because the Indian rhino's
population range is limited,
with 70% of the population
concentrated in a single
location - Kaziranga National
Park - an unexpected event
such as disease, natural
disaster, or habitat loss will
have a severe impact on the
Indian rhino's status.
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Lack of habitat diversity
• Because rhino horns are a
valuable ingredient in
traditional Chinese medicine,
they are under immediate
threat from poachers.
Between 2013 and 2018,
almost 100 rhinos were
poached in India.
6. INDIAN RHINO VISION
2020
•Launched in 2005, an ambitious effort to attain a wild population of at least 3,000
greater one-horned rhinos spread over 7 protected areas in the Indian Assam by 2020.
•Seven protected areas are Kaziranga, Pobitora, Orang National Park, Manas National
Park, Laokhowa wildlife sanctuary, Burachapori wildlife sanctuary and Dibru Saikhowa
wildlife sanctuary.
•Wild-to-wild translocations were an essential part of IRV2020 – moving rhinos from
densely populated parks like Kaziranga NP to Manas NP.
•It is a collaborative effort between various organisations, including the International
Rhino Foundation, Assam’s Forest Department, Bodoland Territorial Council, World
Wide Fund - India, and the US Fish and Wildlife Service.
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7. SUCCESS OF PROJECT RHINO
The recovery of the one-horned rhino is one of the greatest conservation
success stories in Asia. The Indian Rhino Vision 2020 came to a conclusion in
April 2021 with translocation of two rhinos from Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary,
Assam to Manas National Park, Assam marking the eighth round of Rhino
translocation under the Indian Rhino Vision 2020.
Till 2022, there has been a 167% population increase. The Asian Rhino
Specialist Group (AsRSG) has announced that number of one-horned rhinos in
India, Nepal, and Bhutan has increased to 4,014 individuals in 2022. Almost
65% of the rhino population is in Kaziranga with 2,613 individuals.
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