Applied Ecology and Environmental Sciences, 2020, Vol. 8, No. 4, 160-165 Available online at http://pubs.sciepub.com/aees/8/4/3 Published by Science and Education Publishing DOI:10.12691/aees-8-4-3 A Preliminary Survey of the Flora and Fauna of Chinkara Breeding Centre, Kairu: A Protected Area in District Bhiwani, Haryana, India Parveen Kumar Vats 1,* , Ranjeet Singh 2 , Jarnail Singh Sehrawat 3 , Jainder Singh Chhilar 1 1 Department of Zoology, Pt. ChiranjiLal Sharma Govt. College, Sector 14, Karnal, Haryana, India 2 Department of Botany, Pt. ChiranjiLal Sharma Govt. College, Sector 14, Karnal, Haryana, India 3 Department of Geography, Pt. ChiranjiLal Sharma Govt. College, Sector 14, Karnal, Haryana, India *Corresponding author: pkvats77@gmail.com Received April 16, 2020; Revised May 18, 2020; Accepted May 25, 2020 Abstract Chinkara Breeding Centre, Kairu is a protected area under the Schedule of Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 under the wildlife wing of the Haryana state forest department located in the district of Bhiwani. It was visited during the month of August 2019 by a team of Zoologists, Geographers, and Botanists to study the eco-geography, flora and fauna of the breeding centre. The present study presents the results of first such short term survey of this important wildlife area lying in the centre of the state of Haryana. A total of 18 plant species and 79 animal species were documented during this survey. The total number of Chinkara (Gazella bennettii) were 106 ( 53 bucks, 51 does and 2 fawns) in this breeding centre. The paper further discusses the importance of such studies for the betterment of biodiversity conservation efforts in case of an ecologically fragile state of Haryana where majority of the wildlife is under constant threat from urbanization and industrialization. Keywords: Avifauna, Chinkara, diversity, point count method, Haryana Cite This Article: Parveen Kumar Vats, Ranjeet Singh, Jarnail Singh Sehrawat, and Jainder Singh Chhilar, “A Preliminary Survey of the Flora and Fauna of Chinkara Breeding Centre, Kairu: A Protected Area in District Bhiwani, Haryana, India.” Applied Ecology and Environmental Sciences, vol. 8, no. 4 (2020): 160-165. doi: 10.12691/aees-8-4-3. 1. Introduction India has rich diversity of plants and animals in variety of habitats and ecosystem [1]. India is a mega biodiversity nation with different types of habitats ranging from rain forests on northeast to hot deserts of Rajasthan. India has three of the world’s 34 biodiversity hotspots located in Western Ghats, Indo-Burma and in the eastern Himalayas [2]. According to MoEF & CC, GoI environment and forest report [3], the country is estimated to have over 45000 plants species and 81000 animal species representing about 7.0% of the world flora and 6.5% of its fauna. The forests play a key role in maintaining a wide range of delicate relationship with nature and its ecosystem [4]. The Indian subcontinent is very rich in biodiversity as well as in forest cover and forms a large area of Oriental bio-geographic region. Haryana occupies an important position (latitude 27°39’ to 30°55’ N and longitude 74°27.8’ to 77°36.5’ E) in northern India. Diversified habitats available in different districts of state of Haryana make this region extremely rich in biodiversity.This northern state of India has number of protected areas viz. 2 National Parks, 8 Wildlife Sanctuaries, 2 Wildlife Conservation Reserves, 5 Animal & Bird Breeding Centres etc. Chinkara Breeding Centre, Kairu is situated on Bhiwani-Behal Road at Kairu, Distt. Bhiwani& lies between 28° 40’N latitude and 75° 56’E longitude. It is a protected Chinkara breeding centre in Kairu village, Tosham tehsil, Bhiwani district, Haryana, India.The centre started in 1985 Initially, 10 chinkaras from the natural habitat were released with in the 60 acre fenced area to provide assured protection to them, and as of 31 st March 2019 had 106 animals (53 bucks, 51 does and 2 fawn) [5]. 2. Materials and Methods Chinkara Breeding Centre, Kairu is situated on Bhiwani-Behal Road at Kairu, Distt. Bhiwani & lies between 28° 40’N latitude and 75° 56’E longitude. C.B.C. Kairu is 1 Km. away from the Kairu bus stand and 35 Km. away from the Bhiwani railway station (Figure 1). The Breeding Centre is well connected by road with Delhi, Chandigarh, Jaipur, and other important cities. There is a good network of approach roads all along the periphery of the Breeding Centre. Nearest Airport is Delhi which is 150 Km. away from the Breeding Centre. Chinkara breeding Centre, Kairu was visited during the month of August 2019 during a photography workshop by a team of