Costa Rica is often cited as having one of the most successful and comprehensive systems of protected lands in the world relative to its size. It has designated over 25% of its territory for national parks, biological reserves, and other protected areas. This extensive network plays a crucial role in biodiversity conservation, ecological research, and is a major driver of its ecotourism industry.
It is an area of adequate size, duly notified by the state government, required to be kept inviolate for the purpose of tiger conservation. The total area and CTH area vary between tiger reserves. As of recent data (around the time this question was likely framed or based on common knowledge about large reserves), Nagarjunsagar-Srisailam consistently ranks as having one of the largest, if not the largest, CTH among major tiger reserves in India. 160. The country which has the finest system of protected lands in the world is—
Asked in UPPCS Prelims 2011 · UPPSC Upper Mains 2007 · Topic: Sanctuary/Biosphere Reserve (Management Strategies and Challenges in Protected Area Management)
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