Dumna Nature Park in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, is spread over nearly 1,600 acres of forested land on a plateau, about 40 m. above Jabalpur town. READ MORE

• Dumna Nature Reserve in Madhya Pradesh’s Jabalpur area is a well-preserved ecological habitat in an urban area. It is spread over 1,000 hectares and has rich wildlife with a history of nearly 150 years of conservation.
• However, it is increasingly facing threats from various projects including a tiger safari, a road, an institute that are being proposed or cleared in and around it. READ MORE

The construction of Khandari Dam materialized in February 1883 under J.H. Morris, Chief Commissioner of the Central Provinces and Berar. Since then, the forested area provides rainwater to feed the Khandari Reservoir. The place, along with Lower Gaur forest, is described in Captain James Forsyth’s ‘Highlands of Central India’ as a favored place for tiger shoots for British officers. READ MORE

It has a population of nine leopards, more than 2,000 deer, host of other wildlife such as cheetal, barking deer, four-horned antelope, jungle cat, Asiatic wild cat, wild boar, crocodile and more than 300 species of birds (both migrant and resident). According to the PILs, the park boasts of diverse ecosystems – woodlands, grasslands and wetlands etc. READ MORE