Before 1972, there were only 5 designated National parks in India. The importance of forest & wildlife conservation & to resist the wildlife poaching, unauthorized private establishments led the central government to prompt for an Act that effectively protect wildlife in India.
In 1972 Indian Parliament passed the wildlife protection Act which prohibits & save wildlife from unauthorized activities. The Act created National Board for Wildlife & National Tiger Conservation Authority in India. The Act created protected wildlife areas such as Sanctuaries, National Parks, Community Reserves, Conservation Reserves, Tiger Reserves.
Today India got 103 National parks, 536 Wildlife Sanctuaries, 49 Tiger Reserves, 18 Biosphere Reserves.
Community & Conservation Reserves are introduced by the Wildlife Protection Amendment Act of 2003. They act as the migration corridors for the established reserves.
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