Kaziranga National Park

• After zero cases of rhinoceros poaching recorded in Assam in 2022, first such case was reported recently in KNP.

About Kaziranga National Park

• It is located on the edge of Eastern Himalayan biodiversity hotspots- Golaghat and Nagaon district of Assam and covers 42,996 Hectare (ha).
  • Brahmaputra lies on North and Karbi Anglong hills on South of Kaziranga.
• It is the single largest undisturbed and representative area in the Brahmaputra Valley floodplain.
• It was declared as a National Park in 1974 and a tiger reserve since 2007.
• It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985 and is also recognized as an Important Bird Area by BirdLife International.
• It has the world’s largest-population of one-horned rhinoceros.
• Conservation efforts in Kaziranga are focused on the ‘big four’ species— Rhino, Elephant, Royal Bengal tiger and Asiatic water buffalo.