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CZRC, Jabalpur
CZRC, Jabalpur
CZRC, Jabalpur
The Central Zone Regional Centre was established at Jabalpur on 24th February 1960 under Second Five Year Plan. The jurisdiction area of the Centre includes two states of Central India namely Madhya Pradesh (covering 54 districts having 11 National Parks, 24 Wildlife Sanctuaries, 6 Tiger Reserves and 3 Biosphere Reserves) and Chhattisgarh (covering 33 districts having 3 National Parks, 10 Wildlife Sanctuaries and 3 Tiger Reserves and 1 Biosphere Reserve). The National Zoological Collection of this Centre includes a total of 1,49,289 specimens. The Centre has successfully completed 42 research programmes involving faunal exploration in various protected and non-protected areas of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh along with studies on status survey, behaviour, taxonomic revisions/studies and State Fauna Series. As of now, the scientists and staff of the Centre has published 33 species new to science, 20 books (including state fauna series), and more than 385 research papers.
- Major Programmes
- Available Taxonomic Expertise
- Major Scientific Contributions
- National Zoological Collections (NZC)
- Infrastructure
- Other Extension Activities
- Staff Strength
The NZCs maintained at the Centre contain 69,127 identified specimens, including both vertebrates and invertebrates.
The Centre is equipped with compact Insect Storage system for housing insect collections. The major recent additions to the centre include, Leica M205A the automated stereomicroscope, with attached high definition CCD camera and montage software and also Book Scanner PS 7000C MKII.
Compact Insect Storage system
Leica M205A the automated stereomicroscope
Zoological Museum
The museum of Central Zone Regional Centre has exhibits over 350 specimens of various fauna of India including crustaceans, arachnids, insects, molluscs, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. The purpose of this museum is to generate public awareness towards biodiversity and its conservation.
Timing: 10.00 am to 04.00 pm
For Visit
Contact: 0761-2641792
Email: zsiczrcjabalpur@gmail.com
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