India's national parks inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List

Kaziranga National Park (Assam), inscribed in 1985. Famous for one-horned rhinoceroses, it is also inhabited by tigers, elephants, panthers and bears, and different species of birds

Keoladeo National Park in Bharatpur, Rajasthan, became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985. This ‘Bird Paradise’ has recorded some 375 bird species and an array of other life forms

Manas Wildlife Sanctuary (1985). Located at the foothills of the Eastern Himalayas in Assam, it is home to a great variety of wildlife, including tigers, pygmy hogs, Indian rhinoceroses and elephants

Sundarbans National Park (West Bengal) was added to UNESCO World Heritage Site list in 1987. With world's largest area of mangrove forests, it is home to many rare or endangered species including tigers, aquatic mammals, birds, reptiles

Nanda Devi National Park (Uttarakhand), inscribed in 1988, is a high-altitude West Himalayan landscape with outstanding biodiversity. At 7,817 m, Nanda Devi is India’s second highest mountain peak

Valley of Flowers National Park, also in Uttarakhand, has been UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2005. Known for alpine flowers, it is also home to rare and endangered animals

Western Ghats (2012). The site’s high montane forest ecosystems influence the Indian monsoon weather pattern, and it's recognized as one of the world’s eight ‘hottest hotspots’ of biological diversity

Great Himalayan National Park Conservation Area (Himachal Pradesh) — on UNESCO list since 2014. 90,540 ha area with high alpine peaks, meadows and riverine forests is part of Himalaya biodiversity hotspot and includes 25 forest types

Khangchendzonga National Park (2016) in Sikkim. It includes a unique diversity of plains, valleys, lakes, glaciers and mountains covered with ancient forests, including the world’s third highest peak, Mount Khangchendzonga or Kanchenjunga