Fauna of Phansad Wildlife Sanctuary- Maharashtra

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Information on diversity and distribution of faunal resources at habitat, local and regional wale is the key to biodiversity conservation, thus survey, collection and inventorisation of faunal resources becomes imperative to generate baseline data on genetic, species and their macro and microhabitat in ecosystems diversity. The local database thus generated helps in developing a regional/national database on biodiversity, which in turn facilitate compilation of information on distributional pattern of faunal wealth. Further, it also lends hand in developing models for conservation strategies of endemic and threatened fauna. Since conservation of the entire range of species is neither practical nor possible, such preliminary studies help in identifying the keystone and umbrella species. The protection and conservation. Of such species ensures the survival of all the species as well in the area. Keeping this in: view the inventorisation of the faunal resources of Phansad Wildlife Sanctuary was undertaken. by the scientists of Western Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Pune, during the period 2010-2013 as part of series on faunal resources of Protected Areas.

Phansad Wildlife Sanctuary was declared vide notification no. WLP-1085 CR-751-5(L dated 25 February 1986 and named after the old shilar reserve. It is situated on the lower hills of Konkan (Malabar) coast, west of Sahyadri covering approximately $2.76 sq. km are. Lies between 1820'3" to 1830 N latitude and 725420" to 730145 longitude at a altitude ranging from 20msl to 300ms land falls in the Raigad District of Maharashtra State (Map). The nearest towns are Nandgaon and Morgaon, 6 km away on Murud-Roha state highway. The sanctuary can be approached from Mumbai (176 km) and Pune (246 km) by road.

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