Which among the following National Park Wildlife Sanctuaries have performed best in the Management E...........

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Which among the following National Park/Wildlife Sanctuaries have performed best in the Management Effectiveness Evaluation (MEE) of Protected Areas?

Tirthan Wildlife Sanctuary
Great Himalayan National Park
Turtle Wildlife Sanctuary

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1&2 only

2&3 only

1&3 only

All of the above

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Explanation:

Recently, the Ministry for Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has released Management Effectiveness Evaluation (MEE) of 146 national parks and wildlife sanctuaries (NP&WLS) in the country.

MEE of Protected Areas has emerged as a key tool that is increasingly being used by governments and international bodies to understand strengths and weaknesses of the protected area management systems.
The assessment process of India’s National Park and Wildlife Sanctuaries adopted from IUCN WCPA (World Commission on Protected Areas) framework of MEE.

Findings

Overall Performance: The results of the present assessment are encouraging with an overall mean MEE score of 62.01% which is higher than the global mean of 56%.
Regional Performance: The eastern region of India presents the highest overall mean MEE Score of 66.12% and the Northern region represents the lowest mean MEE Score of 56%.
Best NP& WLS: Tirthan Wildlife Sanctuary and Great Himalayan National Park (GNHP) in Himachal Pradesh have performed the best among the surveyed protected areas (Total -146).
Worst NP& WLS: The Turtle Wildlife Sanctuary in Uttar Pradesh was the worst performer in the survey.

Hence option 1st is correct.