; ''Krishnasar Conservation Area'' , iucn_category = VI , photo = Blackbuck Antelope 00012.jpg , photo_caption = Male blackbuck , location =

Gulariya Gulariya ( ne, गुलरिया) is a municipality and headquarters of Bardiya District in Lumbini Province of south-western Nepal. It is located in the plains of the Terai region near the southern border with the Bahraich district, Uttar Pra ...

Bardiya District Bardiya District ( ne, बर्दिया जिल्ला), one of the seventy-seven Districts of Nepal, is part of Lumbini Province of Nepal. The district, with Gulariya as its headquarters, covers an area of and according to the 2001 ce ...

Lumbini Province Lumbini Province ( ne, लुम्बिनी प्रदेश, Lumbinī pradēśa) is a province in western Nepal. It borders Gandaki Province and Karnali Province to the north, Sudurpashchim Province to the west, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar o ...

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...

, map = Nepal Lumbini Province#Nepal , relief = 1 , coordinates = , area = , established = March 2009 , governing_body = Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation The Blackbuck Conservation Area is located in

and was established in 2009 to conserve the endangered

blackbuck The blackbuck (''Antilope cervicapra''), also known as the Indian antelope, is an antelope native to India and Nepal. It inhabits grassy plains and lightly forested areas with perennial water sources. It stands up to high at the shoulder. Mal ...

. This protected area covers .DNPWC (2014)
Blackbuck Conservation Area
Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation, Kathmandu.

History

Attempts for the conservation of blackbuck in Nepal began in 1975 when a small herd was spotted in Khairapur ward no. 3, Gulariya Municipality of Bardiya District. Realizing their fragile existence, immediate efforts were made to protect the herd. The government deployed five staff members, providing four of them with arms. A guard post was also established in the same year. This particular herd is the northernmost surviving herd of blackbucks in the world. In 2009, the herd numbered 202 comprising 73 males, 111 females and 18 calves. During 1995–1997, the Government of Nepal obtained private land for blackbuck conservation.Bhatta, S. R. (2008)
''People and Blackbuck: Current Management Challenges and Opportunities''
. The Initiation 2(1): 17–21.

References

External links

Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation, Nepal: Krishnasaar Conservation Area
Protected areas of Nepal 2009 establishments in Nepal Wildlife conservation in Nepal {{Bardiya-geo-stub