Question

Collect information about botanical gardens, zoological parks and biodiversity hotspots in India.

Answer 1

a. Botanical gardens in India:

1. Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden	Kolkata
2. Lloyd Botanical Garden	Darjeeling
3. National Botanical Research Institute	Lucknow
4. Botanical Garden of the Forest Research Institute	Dehradun
5. The State Botanical Garden	Odisha
6. Botanical Garden	Saharanpur
7. Government Botanical Garden	Ootacamund

b. Zoological Parks in India:

Zoological parks	Location	Type of animals
1. Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park	Pune [Katraj]	Reptiles, mammals, birds. They have a snake park.
2. Jijamata Udyan	Mumbai	Endangered species of animals and birds.
3. Nehru Zoological Park	Hyderabad	3500 species of birds, animals and reptiles.
4. Indira Gandhi Zoological Park	Vishakhapatnam	Primates, carnivores, small mammals, reptiles and birds.
5. Padmja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park	Darjeeling	Endangered animals like snow leopards, red pandas, gorals (mountain goat), Siberian tigers and a variety of endangered bird species.
6. Allen Forest Zoo	Kanpur	Hyena, Bear, Rhinoceros, Hippopotamus, Langoor, Musk deer. Ostrich, Emu, Crane etc.
7. Lucknow Zoo	Lucknow	Royal Bengal Tiger, White Tiger, Gibbon, Black Bear, Asiatic Elephant, Great pied, Horn Bill etc.
8. Alipore Zoological Gardens	Kolkata	Royal Bengal Tiger, African Lion, Hippopotamus, Great Indian One-homed Rhinoceros.
9. The Madras Crocodile Bank Trust	Chennai	Crocodiles and many species of turtles, snakes and lizards.
10. Parassinikkadavu Snake Park	Kannur	Spectacled Cobra, King Cobra, Russell’s Viper, Krait and Pit Viper.

c. Biodiversity hotspots in India:

Biodiversity Hotspots

1. The Eastern Himalayas (Arunachal Pradesh, Bhutan, Eastern Nepal)

2. Indo – Burma (Purvanchal Hills, Arakan Yoma, Eastern Bangladesh)

3. The Western Ghats and Srilanka