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objective
of preserving the rhinoceros and other large mammals, since when hunting and
shooting have been prohibited. No rights or privileges to exploit forest produce
are exercised. Limited grazing was permitted up until the final notification
declaring the area as a national park. Kaziranga has a long history of management
and practices include annual burning of the grasslands by wildlife staff. There
is a management plan valid up to 1980-1981 but this has not been updated. The
government has proposed a 45,450ha extension to incorporate a section of the
Brahmaputra River within the park. This will be handed over to the park administration
when ownership rights have been settled. In addition, some 3,200ha in the southern
highlands of Karbi Plateau have been purchased by the Forest Department, but
the land has not yet been handed over by the local tribal administrative body.
