Sleeping Buddha

09/07/2026

“UNESCO has asked India to submit a stronger, evidence-based nomination with updated scientific data, photographs and documentation. We have been asked to send the details through the Centre. We believe it is an important development and hope that Neora Valley finally gets the world heritage status,” said Bhaskar JV, the Chief Conservator of Forests (North).

Fresh evidence, including photographic records, of tigers and other rare wildlife has further strengthened the park’s conservation value.

The updated dossier is expected to be submitted to UNESCO soon, potentially reviving Neora Valley’s long-pending bid for recognition as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The proposal was first submitted in 2009, and to date it features in the tentative list of world heritage sites prepared by Unesco, along with many other sites in the country

25/11/2025

First photographic record of the elusive Musk deer in West Bengal at Neora Valley National Park! Endangered on the IUCN Red List, the last reported sighting was in 1955.

25/11/2025

First photographic evidence of the elusive Musk Deer in Neora Valley National Park (West Bengal)! Endangered on the IUCN Red List, their last reported sighting in the state was in 1955.

This groundbreaking discovery was published online at the Cambridge University Press India journal as part of the Pan-India Assessment and Monitoring of Endangered Species under the Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats programme.