Centre at a Glance

• Established 1st August, 1956
• Jurisdiction Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttrakhand, Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh
• Area 4,93,632 sq km
• Protected Area Network Area : 39,599.68 sq km
  • Biosphere Reserve 1
  • National Parks 14
  • Wildlife Sanctuaries 76
  • Tigar Reserves 1 (Corbett, Uttrakhand)
• Wetlands 3782 (excluding Uttrakhand)
• Explorations 372
• Expeditions 15
• Herbarium Acronym BSD
• Herbarium Holdings
  • Seed Plants c. 1,10,490
  • Cryptogams c. 11,000
• Type Collections 112
• Library Holdings c. 3,979 books, 3,273 volumes of Journals
• New taxa discovered 65
• Live Collections c. 450 species

Contact

• Phone : (0135) 2755478, 2753433
• Fax : (0135) 2757951