Neora Valley National Park

• New royal Bengal tiger pictures have been clicked by trap cameras installed at the Neora Valley National Park.

ABOUT NEORA VALLEY NATIONAL PARK

• The Neora Valley National Park (NVNP) is located in Darjeeling, West bengal, covers a total area of 88 km².
• NVNP is a compact patch of virgin forest, rich in biodiversity located in the Eastern Himalayas, a global ‘biodiversity hotspot’.
• It is contiguous with Sikkim and Bhutan at its northern and north-eastern boundaries respectively and links the Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary in Sikkim and the Toorsa Strict Reserve of Bhutan.
• It was notified as a National Park in 1992.
• It is also an integral part of the Kanchenjunga Landscape.
• It is unique and ecologically important as it includes a relatively inaccessible patch of late successional forests and with rich diversity and a wide range of environment gradients.
• Vegetation includes – Subtropical Mixed Broadleaf Forest, Lower Temperate Evergreen Forest, Upper Temperate Mixed Broadleaf Forest and Rhododendron Forest.
• Flora- Rhododendrons, Oaks, Bamboo, Ferns and Medicinal plants.
• Fauna– Red Panda, Himalayan Tahr, Himalayan Black Bear, Clouded Leopard, Barking Deer, Sambar Deer etc.