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The Rani Ki Vav stepwell in the town of Patan in Gujarat, India. Built in the 11th century by a widowed queen in memory of her king, the stepwell was buried under silt when the nearby river changed course hiding it for hundreds of years. Rediscovered in the 1940s and eventually excavated in the 50s, it's now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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5 Amazing Fact About Red Fort

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Jaipur, ‘The Pink City’, the entire city is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is the capital of Rajasthan and a popular tourist destination in India.

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Discover the Beauty of Nanda Devi National Park

Did you know over 55% of plants in Nanda Devi National Park are from the Himalayas? It was set up in 1982. It has 624.26 square kilometers as its main area. It’s a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Uttarakhand, loved by nature fans and adventurers. Nanda_Devi_Biosphere_Reserve_-_Chamoli.jpg by Spattadar, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons The park is full of different plants and animals. It’s also…

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Valley of Flowers National Park: A UNESCO Heritage Gem in Uttarakhand

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Artwork: Impatiens pulcherrima (Flower).

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Discover heritage destinations in West India. Plan your next cultural adventure with India Heritage Travel for a memorable experience.

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Kozhikode: India's First UNESCO City of Literature

On October 31, 2023, the vibrant city of Kozhikode in Kerala was conferred the prestigious title of UNESCO City of Literature, marking a significant milestone in its cultural and literary journey. This accolade not only affirms Kozhikode’s status as a cultural hub for literature but also sets the stage for a series of literary and cultural activities over the next four years. As Kozhikode gears…

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Explore the Wonders of Cambodia

#ExploretheWondersofCambodia Package Highlights: #AngkorWat Tour : Visit the awe-inspiring temples of Angkor Wat, a #UNESCOWorldHeritageSite. Cultural Immersion : Immerse yourself in Cambodia’s rich culture and traditions. Explore #Nature : Discover the stunning landscapes and natural beauty of #Cambodia #LocalCuisine : Indulge in delicious #Cambodiancuisine and culinary…

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Exploring the Top 10 Important Archaeological Sites in India

Exploring the Top 10 Important Archaeological Sites in India What are the key features of archaeological sites in India? Notable excavations in India India is a land rich in history and culture, with a plethora of archaeological sites that showcase the country’s diverse heritage. Notable excavations in India have unearthed ancient civilizations dating back thousands of years. From the Harappan…

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Maratha Military Landscapes of India: UNESCO World Heritage Nomination 2024-25

Maratha Military Landscapes of India: UNESCO World Heritage Nomination 2024-25 #UNESCO #WorldHeritage #MarathaMilitary #India #Forts #CulturalHeritage #HistoricalSites #ShivajiMaharaj #HeritageConservation #SahyadriMountains #KonkanCoast #DeccanPlateau

India’s nomination for recognition as a UNESCO World Heritage Site for the year 2024-25 is the “Maratha Military Landscapes of India”. This extraordinary network of forts, developed between the 17th and 19th centuries, represents an extraordinary fortification and military system envisioned by the Maratha rulers. The twelve component parts of this nomination include: I. Salher Fort :Salher Fort,…

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India is a country with a lot of different cultures, a long and interesting history, and beautiful natural scenery. It has many places that tourists from all over the world find interesting. Whether it’s amazing buildings or places of worship, India’s tourist spots provide a wide range of experiences. Here, Bright Holidays presents a curated list of seven UNESCO World Heritage sites that encapsulate India’s unique charm.

Bright Holidays provides domestic tour packages that can take you to every one of these UNESCO World Heritage sites.

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Camera-trapping data revealed in a new study show a steady recovery of tigers in Thailand’s Western Forest Complex over the past two decades.

The tiger recovery has been mirrored by a simultaneous increase in the numbers of the tigers’ prey animals, such as sambar deer and types of wild cattle.

The authors attribute the recovery of the tigers and their prey to long-term efforts to strengthen systematic ranger patrols to control poaching as well as efforts to restore key habitats and water sources.

Experts say the lessons learnt can be applied to support tiger recovery in other parts of Thailand and underscore the importance of the core WEFCOM population as a vital source of tigers repopulating adjacent landscapes.

The tiger population density in a series of protected areas in western Thailand has more than doubled over the past two decades, according to new survey data.

Thailand is the final stronghold of the Indochinese tiger (Panthera tigris corbetti), the subspecies having been extirpated from neighboring Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam over the past decade due to poaching, habitat loss and indiscriminate snaring...

Fewer than 200 tigers are thought to remain in Thailand’s national parks and wildlife sanctuaries, only a handful of which are sufficiently undisturbed and well-protected to preserve breeding tigers. 

The most important of these protected areas for tigers is the Huai Kha Khaeng Thung Yai (HKK-TY) UNESCO World Heritage Site, which comprises three distinct reserves out of the 17 that make up Thailand’s Western Forest Complex (WEFCOM). Together, these three reserves — Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary, Thungyai Naresuan West and Thungyai Naresuan East — account for more than a third of the entire WEFCOM landscape.

Now, a new study published in Global Ecology and Conservation documents a steady recovery of tigers within the HKK-TY reserves since camera trap surveys began in 2007. The most recent year of surveys, which concluded in November 2023, photographed 94 individual tigers, up from 75 individuals in the previous year, and from fewer than 40 in 2007.

Healthy tiger families  

The study findings reveal that the tiger population grew on average 4% per year in Hua Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary, the largest and longest-protected of the reserves, corresponding to an increase in tiger density from 1.3 tigers per 100 square kilometers, to 2.9 tigers/100 km2. 

“Tiger recoveries in Southeast Asia are few, and examples such as these highlight that recoveries can be supported outside of South Asia, where most of the good news [about tigers] appears to come from,” said Abishek Harihar, tiger program director for Panthera, the global wildcat conservation organization, who was not involved in the study.

Among the camera trap footage gathered in HKK-TY over the years were encouraging scenes of healthy tiger families, including one instance of a mother tiger and her three grownup cubs lapping water and lounging in a jacuzzi-sized watering hole. The tiger family stayed by the water source for five days during the height of the dry season.

The team of researchers from Thailand’s Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, the Wildlife Conservation Society, Kasetsart University, and India’s Center for Wildlife Studies deployed camera traps at more than 270 separate locations throughout the HKK-TY reserves, amassing 98,305 days’ worth of camera-trap data over the 19-year study period.

Using software that identifies individual tigers by their unique stripe patterns, they built a reference database of all known tigers frequenting the three reserves. A total of 291 individual tigers older than 1 year were recorded, as well as 67 cubs younger than 1 year [over the course of the study].

Ten of the tigers were photographed in more than one of the reserves, indicating their territories straddled the reserve boundaries. The authors conclude that each of the three reserves has a solid breeding tiger population and that, taken together, the HKK-TY landscape is a vital source of tigers that could potentially repopulate surrounding areas where they’ve been lost. This is supported by cases of known HKK-TY tigers dispersing into neighboring parts of WEFCOM and even across the border into Myanmar.

Conservation efforts pay off

Anak Pattanavibool, study co-author and Thailand country director at the Wildlife Conservation Society, told Mongabay that population models that take into account the full extent of suitable habitat available to tigers within the reserves and the likelihood that some tigers inevitably go undetected by camera surveys indicate there could be up to 140 tigers within the HKK-YT landscape.

Anak told Mongabay the tiger recovery is a clear indication that conservation efforts are starting to pay off. In particular, long-term action to strengthen systematic ranger patrols to control poaching as well as efforts to boost the tigers’ prey populations seem to be working, he said.

“Conservation success takes time. At the beginning we didn’t have much confidence that it would be possible [to recover tiger numbers], but we’ve been patient,” Anak said. For him, the turning point came in 2012, when authorities arrested and — with the aid of tiger stripe recognition software — prosecuted several tiger-poaching gangs operating in Huai Kha Khaeng. “These cases sent a strong message to poaching gangs and they stopped coming to these forests,” he said."

...ranger teams have detected no tiger poaching in the HKK-TY part of WEFCOM since 2013.

-via Mongabay News, July 17, 2024

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Artwork: Drosera indica, Plant with Flower. Series: Flowers of Kaas.

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