Greater Panna Landscape Council.

• As part of the Ken-Betwa Link Project (KBLP), GPLC has been constituted to ensure systematic and time bound implementation of the Greater Panna Landscape Management plan.
• KBLP is an interlinking of rivers project (through the Panna Tiger Reserve), envisages transferring water from the Ken River to the Betwa river.
• The broad objectives of the GPLC are-
  • Enable betterment of habitat, and management for flagship species viz. tiger, vulture, and gharial in the landscape;
  • Consolidate the landscape for biodiversity conservation through spatial prioritization;
  • Provide species-specific and site-specific monitoring strategies.
• Integrated Landscape Management refers to long term collaboration to achieve the objectives required from the landscape, such as agricultural production, the delivery of ecosystem services, cultural heritage and values, and rural livelihoods.

About Panna Tiger Reserve

• It is situated in the Vindhyan Hills nearer to the confluence of the Deccan Peninsula, Upper Gangetic Plain, and Semi-Arid Gujarat Rajputana reflecting the influence of three bio-geographic regions. Ken river passes through it.
• It was formed in 1981 and in 2011 it was designated a biosphere reserve by the government.
  • It is the third biosphere reserve included in the World Network of Biosphere reserves (WNBR) from Madhya Pradesh after Pachmarhi and Amarkantak.