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	'''Papikonda National Park''' is a [[national park]] in [[India]], located near [[Rajamahendravaram]] in the Papi Hills of the [[Alluri Sitharama Raju district\|Alluri Sitharama Raju]] and [[Eluru district\|Eluru]] districts~~<~~!--Not in Bhadrachalam municipality of old Khammam anymore--~~>~~ of [[Andhra Pradesh]], and covering an area of {{convert\|1012.86\|km2\|mi2\|abbr=on}}.~~<~~ref~~>~~{{Cite web \|url=http://wiienvis.nic.in/WriteReadData/UserFiles/image/PAs_Map_Database/images/andhra_pradesh.jpg \|title=Wildlife Protected Areas Andhra Pradesh \|date=2014}}~~<~~/ref~~><~~ref name=papikonda~~>~~{{cite web\|title=Papikonda Wildlife Sanctuary\|url=http://forest.ap.nic.in/WL%20PAPIKONDA.htm\|publisher=AP forest department\|access-date=28 June 2014 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140125021421/http://forest.ap.nic.in/WL%20PAPIKONDA.htm \|archive-date=25 January 2014}}~~<~~/ref~~>~~ It is an [[Important Bird and Biodiversity Area]] and home to some endangered species of flora and fauna.~~<~~ref name=":1"~~>~~{{Cite book \|url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7llECrdHHq7SW5PNXJ2QXlQcG8/view\|title=Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas in India: Priority Sites for Conservation \|edition=Revised and updated \|last1=Rahmani \|first1=A. R. \|last2=Islam\|first2=M. Z.\|last3=Kasambe\|first3=R. M. \|publisher=Bombay Natural History Society, Indian Bird Conservation Network, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and BirdLife International U.K. \|year=2016 \|isbn=978-93-84678-02-9 \|location=India\|pages=206–208}}~~<~~/ref~~>~~ No part of Papikonda remains outside East and West [[Godavari]] districts after 2014 and the construction of [[Polavaram Dam]].		'''Papikonda National Park''' is a [[national park]] in [[India]], located near [[Rajamahendravaram]] in the Papi Hills of the [[Alluri Sitharama Raju district\|Alluri Sitharama Raju]] and [[Eluru district\|Eluru]] districts<!--Not in Bhadrachalam municipality of old Khammam anymore--> of [[Andhra Pradesh]], and covering an area of {{convert\|1012.86\|km2\|mi2\|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://wiienvis.nic.in/WriteReadData/UserFiles/image/PAs_Map_Database/images/andhra_pradesh.jpg \|title=Wildlife Protected Areas Andhra Pradesh \|date=2014}}</ref><ref name=papikonda>{{cite web\|title=Papikonda Wildlife Sanctuary\|url=http://forest.ap.nic.in/WL%20PAPIKONDA.htm\|publisher=AP forest department\|access-date=28 June 2014 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140125021421/http://forest.ap.nic.in/WL%20PAPIKONDA.htm \|archive-date=25 January 2014}}</ref> It is an [[Important Bird and Biodiversity Area]] and home to some endangered species of flora and fauna.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book \|url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7llECrdHHq7SW5PNXJ2QXlQcG8/view\|title=Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas in India: Priority Sites for Conservation \|edition=Revised and updated \|last1=Rahmani \|first1=A. R. \|last2=Islam\|first2=M. Z.\|last3=Kasambe\|first3=R. M. \|publisher=Bombay Natural History Society, Indian Bird Conservation Network, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and BirdLife International U.K. \|year=2016 \|isbn=978-93-84678-02-9 \|location=India\|pages=206–208}}</ref> No part of Papikonda remains outside East and West [[Godavari]] districts after 2014 and the construction of [[Polavaram Dam]].

	== History ==		== History ==
	Papikonda Wildlife Sanctuary was established in 1978.~~<~~ref name=":0"~~>~~{{Cite book \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HSnDO8Nlj2IC \|title=Perspectives on Polavaram, a Major Irrigation Project on Godavari \|author1=Gujja, B. \|author2=Ramakrishna, S. \|author3=Goud, V. \|author4=Sivaramakrishna \|date=2006 \|publisher=Academic Foundation \|isbn=9788171885787}}~~<~~/ref~~>~~ It was upgraded to a national park in 2008.		Papikonda Wildlife Sanctuary was established in 1978.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HSnDO8Nlj2IC \|title=Perspectives on Polavaram, a Major Irrigation Project on Godavari \|author1=Gujja, B. \|author2=Ramakrishna, S. \|author3=Goud, V. \|author4=Sivaramakrishna \|date=2006 \|publisher=Academic Foundation \|isbn=9788171885787}}</ref> It was upgraded to a national park in 2008.

	== Geography ==		== Geography ==
	The national park's boundaries lie between 18° 49’ 20" N to 19° 18’ 14" N, 79° 54’ 13" E to 83° 23’ 35" E spread across the Alluri Sitharama Raju and Eluru districts of Andhra Pradesh. Its altitude ranges from {{convert\|20\|to\|850\|m\|abbr=on}}, and it receives an annual rainfall of 1168&nbsp;mm. [[Godavari River]] flows through the park.~~<~~ref name=":1" /~~>~~		The national park's boundaries lie between 18° 49’ 20" N to 19° 18’ 14" N, 79° 54’ 13" E to 83° 23’ 35" E spread across the Alluri Sitharama Raju and Eluru districts of Andhra Pradesh. Its altitude ranges from {{convert\|20\|to\|850\|m\|abbr=on}}, and it receives an annual rainfall of 1168&nbsp;mm. [[Godavari River]] flows through the park.<ref name=":1" />

	== Flora ==		== Flora ==
	The vegetation of Papikonda national park contains species of moist deciduous and dry deciduous forests.~~<~~ref name=":0" /~~>~~ Tree species include ''[[Pterocarpus marsupium]]'', ''[[Terminalia elliptica]]'', ''[[Terminalia arjuna]]'', ''[[Adina cordifolia]]'', ''[[Sterculia urens]]'', ''[[Mangifera indica]]'', ''[[Anogeissus latifolia]]''.~~<~~ref name=":1" /~~>~~		The vegetation of Papikonda national park contains species of moist deciduous and dry deciduous forests.<ref name=":0" /> Tree species include ''[[Pterocarpus marsupium]]'', ''[[Terminalia elliptica]]'', ''[[Terminalia arjuna]]'', ''[[Adina cordifolia]]'', ''[[Sterculia urens]]'', ''[[Mangifera indica]]'', ''[[Anogeissus latifolia]]''.<ref name=":1" />

	== Fauna ==		== Fauna ==
	=== Mammals ===		=== Mammals ===
	The mammals either sighted or recorded by [[camera trap]]s includes [[Bengal tiger]], [[Indian leopard]], [[Rusty-spotted cat]], [[Jungle cat]], [[Leopard cat]], [[Sloth bear]], [[Small Indian civet]], [[Asian palm civet]], [[Wild boar]] and [[Honey badger]]. [[Herbivore]]s recorded include [[Chital\|spotted deer]], [[Sambar deer]], [[Indian muntjac]], [[Indian spotted chevrotain]], [[Gaur]], [[Nilgai]] and [[Four-horned antelope]].~~<~~ref name=":2"~~>~~{{Cite journal \|author1=Aditya, V. \|author2=Ganesh, T. \|year=2017 \|journal=Journal of Threatened Taxa \|volume=9 \|issue=10 \|pages=10823–10830 \|doi=10.11609/jott.3021.9.10.10823-10830 \|title=Mammals of Papikonda Hills, northern Eastern Ghats, India \|url=https://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/3021/4187\|doi-access=free }}~~<~~/ref~~>~~		The mammals either sighted or recorded by [[camera trap]]s includes [[Bengal tiger]], [[Indian leopard]], [[Rusty-spotted cat]], [[Jungle cat]], [[Leopard cat]], [[Sloth bear]], [[Small Indian civet]], [[Asian palm civet]], [[Wild boar]] and [[Honey badger]]. [[Herbivore]]s recorded include [[Chital\|spotted deer]], [[Sambar deer]], [[Indian muntjac]], [[Indian spotted chevrotain]], [[Gaur]], [[Nilgai]] and [[Four-horned antelope]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal \|author1=Aditya, V. \|author2=Ganesh, T. \|year=2017 \|journal=Journal of Threatened Taxa \|volume=9 \|issue=10 \|pages=10823–10830 \|doi=10.11609/jott.3021.9.10.10823-10830 \|title=Mammals of Papikonda Hills, northern Eastern Ghats, India \|url=https://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/3021/4187\|doi-access=free }}</ref>

	The national park has population of both [[Rhesus macaque]] which are normally found north of [[Godavari River\|Godavari]] and [[Bonnet macaque]] that are usually found south of Godavari. [[Gray langur]]s are also seen inside the national park.~~<~~ref name=":1" /~~>~~ The presence of [[water buffalo]]es in the area was recorded during the British imperial time.~~<~~ref~~>~~{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_RG2x2xDQ5UC\|title=Gazetteer of South India\|last=Francis\|first=W.\|date=1989\|publisher=Mittal Publications\|volume=1\|location=New Delhi\|pages=270}}~~<~~/ref~~>~~		The national park has population of both [[Rhesus macaque]] which are normally found north of [[Godavari River\|Godavari]] and [[Bonnet macaque]] that are usually found south of Godavari. [[Gray langur]]s are also seen inside the national park.<ref name=":1" /> The presence of [[water buffalo]]es in the area was recorded during the British imperial time.<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_RG2x2xDQ5UC\|title=Gazetteer of South India\|last=Francis\|first=W.\|date=1989\|publisher=Mittal Publications\|volume=1\|location=New Delhi\|pages=270}}</ref>

	=== Birds ===		=== Birds ===
	The national park was recognized as an [[Important Bird and Biodiversity Area]] by [[BirdLife International]] in 2016. Some of the endangered, vulnerable and near threatened species of birds reported includes [[Black-bellied tern]], [[Pale-capped pigeon]], [[Yellow-throated bulbul]], [[Oriental darter]], [[Pallid harrier]], [[Great Thick-knee]], [[River lapwing]], [[River tern]], [[Malabar pied hornbill]], [[Alexandrine parakeet]].		The national park was recognized as an [[Important Bird and Biodiversity Area]] by [[BirdLife International]] in 2016. Some of the endangered, vulnerable and near threatened species of birds reported includes [[Black-bellied tern]], [[Pale-capped pigeon]], [[Yellow-throated bulbul]], [[Oriental darter]], [[Pallid harrier]], [[Great Thick-knee]], [[River lapwing]], [[River tern]], [[Malabar pied hornbill]], [[Alexandrine parakeet]].

	Some of the tropical moist forest species of birds sighted were [[Black-throated munia]], [[Indian scimitar babbler]], [[Jerdon's nightjar]], [[Malabar trogon]] [[Malabar whistling thrush]]. A subspecies of [[Abbott's babbler]] identified and named after ornithologist [[K. S. R. Krishna Raju]] was sighted around the periphery of the national park.~~<~~ref~~>~~{{Cite journal\|last1=Ripley\|first1=S. D. \|last2=Beehler\|first2=B. M. \|title=A new subspecies of the babbler genus ''Malacocincla abbotti'' from the Eastern Ghats, India \|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/123887#page/290/mode/1up \|journal=Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club \|volume=105 \|issue=2\|pages=67}}~~<~~/ref~~>~~		Some of the tropical moist forest species of birds sighted were [[Black-throated munia]], [[Indian scimitar babbler]], [[Jerdon's nightjar]], [[Malabar trogon]] [[Malabar whistling thrush]]. A subspecies of [[Abbott's babbler]] identified and named after ornithologist [[K. S. R. Krishna Raju]] was sighted around the periphery of the national park.<ref>{{Cite journal\|last1=Ripley\|first1=S. D. \|last2=Beehler\|first2=B. M. \|title=A new subspecies of the babbler genus ''Malacocincla abbotti'' from the Eastern Ghats, India \|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/123887#page/290/mode/1up \|journal=Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club \|volume=105 \|issue=2\|pages=67}}</ref>

	=== Reptiles ===		=== Reptiles ===
	[[Indian golden gecko]], endemic to the [[Eastern Ghats]] was reported from this national park.~~<~~ref~~>~~{{Cite journal \|last1=S.M. \|first1=M. J. \|last2=Archana \|first2=W. \|last3=Tampal \|first3=F. \|date=2007 \|title=On the Occurrence of Golden Gecko (''Calodactylodes aureus'') in Papikonda Hills, Eastern Ghats, Andhra Pradesh, India \|url=https://zoosprint.zooreach.org/ZooPrintJournal/2007/June/2727-2729.pdf \|journal=Zoos' Print Journal \|volume=22 \|issue=6 \|pages=2727–2729 \|doi=10.11609/JoTT.ZPJ.1735.2727-9 \|archive-date=26 November 2020 \|access-date=27 December 2018 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126074505/https://zoosprint.zooreach.org/ZooPrintJournal/2007/June/2727-2729.pdf \|url-status=dead }}~~<~~/ref~~>~~ [[King cobra]]s were sighted in and around the protected area.~~<~~ref name=":1" /~~><~~ref~~>~~{{Cite journal \|last1=Satyanarayana \|first1=J. E. \|last2=Balaji \|first2=K. \|date=2018 \|title=King Cobra: Occurrence of ''Ophiophagus hannah'' in Papikonda National Park, Eastern Ghats, Andhra Pradesh \|url=https://www.zoosprint.zooreach.org/index.php/zp/article/view/123 \|journal=Zoo's Print \|volume=33 \|issue=3 \|pages=15–18 \|archive-date=27 May 2022 \|access-date=27 December 2018 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527190812/https://www.zoosprint.zooreach.org/index.php/zp/article/view/123 \|url-status=dead }}~~<~~/ref~~>~~		[[Indian golden gecko]], endemic to the [[Eastern Ghats]] was reported from this national park.<ref>{{Cite journal \|last1=S.M. \|first1=M. J. \|last2=Archana \|first2=W. \|last3=Tampal \|first3=F. \|date=2007 \|title=On the Occurrence of Golden Gecko (''Calodactylodes aureus'') in Papikonda Hills, Eastern Ghats, Andhra Pradesh, India \|url=https://zoosprint.zooreach.org/ZooPrintJournal/2007/June/2727-2729.pdf \|journal=Zoos' Print Journal \|volume=22 \|issue=6 \|pages=2727–2729 \|doi=10.11609/JoTT.ZPJ.1735.2727-9 \|archive-date=26 November 2020 \|access-date=27 December 2018 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126074505/https://zoosprint.zooreach.org/ZooPrintJournal/2007/June/2727-2729.pdf \|url-status=dead }}</ref> [[King cobra]]s were sighted in and around the protected area.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite journal \|last1=Satyanarayana \|first1=J. E. \|last2=Balaji \|first2=K. \|date=2018 \|title=King Cobra: Occurrence of ''Ophiophagus hannah'' in Papikonda National Park, Eastern Ghats, Andhra Pradesh \|url=https://www.zoosprint.zooreach.org/index.php/zp/article/view/123 \|journal=Zoo's Print \|volume=33 \|issue=3 \|pages=15–18 \|archive-date=27 May 2022 \|access-date=27 December 2018 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527190812/https://www.zoosprint.zooreach.org/index.php/zp/article/view/123 \|url-status=dead }}</ref>

	== Threats ==		== Threats ==
	Poaching, forest fires and clearing forest for cultivation are some of the threats.~~<~~ref~~>~~{{Cite journal \|last1=Ganesh \|first1=T. \|last2=Aditya \|first2=V. \|date=2018 \|title=Deciphering forest change: Linking satellite-based forest cover change and community perceptions in a threatened landscape in India \|journal=Ambio \|pages=790–800 \|doi=10.1007/s13280-018-1108-x \|pmid=30406924 \|volume=48 \|issue=7 \|pmc=6509315}}~~<~~/ref~~>~~		Poaching, forest fires and clearing forest for cultivation are some of the threats.<ref>{{Cite journal \|last1=Ganesh \|first1=T. \|last2=Aditya \|first2=V. \|date=2018 \|title=Deciphering forest change: Linking satellite-based forest cover change and community perceptions in a threatened landscape in India \|journal=Ambio \|pages=790–800 \|doi=10.1007/s13280-018-1108-x \|pmid=30406924 \|volume=48 \|issue=7 \|pmc=6509315}}</ref>

	== References ==		== References ==

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'''Papikonda National Park''' is a [[national park]] in [[India]], located near [[Rajamahendravaram]] in the Papi Hills of the [[East Godavari district|East Godavari]] and [[West Godavari district|West Godavari]] districts of [[Andhra Pradesh]], and covering an area of {{convert|1012.86|km2|mi2|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://wiienvis.nic.in/WriteReadData/UserFiles/image/PAs_Map_Database/images/andhra_pradesh.jpg |title=Wildlife Protected Areas Andhra Pradesh |date=2014}}</ref><ref name=papikonda>{{cite web|title=Papikonda Wildlife Sanctuary|url=http://forest.ap.nic.in/WL%20PAPIKONDA.htm|publisher=AP forest department|access-date=28 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140125021421/http://forest.ap.nic.in/WL%20PAPIKONDA.htm |archive-date=25 January 2014}}</ref> It is an [[Important Bird and Biodiversity Area]] and home to some endangered species of flora and fauna.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7llECrdHHq7SW5PNXJ2QXlQcG8/view|title=Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas in India: Priority Sites for Conservation |edition=Revised and updated |last=Rahmani |first=A. R. |last2=Islam|first2=M. Z.|last3=Kasambe|first3=R. M. |publisher=Bombay Natural History Society, Indian Bird Conservation Network, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and BirdLife International U.K. |year=2016 |isbn=978-93-84678-02-9 |location=India|pages=206–208}}</ref> No part of Papikonda remains outside East and West Godavari districts after 2014 and after the construction of [[Polavaram Dam]].

== History ==
Papikonda Wildlife Sanctuary was established in 1978.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HSnDO8Nlj2IC |title=Perspectives on Polavaram, a Major Irrigation Project on Godavari |last=Gujja |first=B. |last2=Ramakrishna |first2=S. |last3=Goud |first3=V. |last4=Sivaramakrishna |date=2006 |publisher=Academic Foundation|isbn=9788171885787|language=en}}</ref> It was upgraded to a national park in 2008.<ref name=":1" />[http://wiienvis.nic.in/WriteReadData/UserFiles/file/ap_papikonda%20np.pdf]

== Geography ==
The national park's boundaries lie between 18° 49’ 20" N to 19° 18’ 14" N, 79° 54’ 13" E to 83° 23’ 35" E spread across the East and West Godavari districts of Andhra Pradesh. Its altitude ranges from {{convert|20|to|850|m|abbr=on}}, and it receives an annual rainfall of 1168 mm. [[Godavari River]] flows through the park.<ref name=":1" />

== Flora ==
The vegetation of Papikonda national park contains species of moist deciduous and dry deciduous forests.<ref name=":0" /> Tree species include ''[[Pterocarpus marsupium]]'', ''[[Terminalia elliptica]]'', ''[[Terminalia arjuna]]'', ''[[Adina cordifolia]]'', ''[[Sterculia urens]]'', ''[[Mangifera indica]]'', ''[[Anogeissus latifolia]]''.<ref name=":1" />

== Fauna ==
=== Mammals ===
The mammals either sighted or recorded by [[camera trap]]s includes [[Bengal tiger]], [[Indian leopard]], [[rusty-spotted cat]], [[jungle cat]], [[leopard cat]], [[sloth bear]], [[small Indian civet]], [[Asian palm civet]], [[wild boar]] and [[honey badger]]. [[Herbivore]]s recorded include [[Chital|spotted deer]], [[sambar deer]], [[Indian muntjac]], [[Indian spotted chevrotain]], [[gaur]], [[nilgai]] and [[four-horned antelope]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal |author1=Aditya, V. |author2=Ganesh, T. |year=2017 |journal=Journal of Threatened Taxa |volume=9 |issue=10 |pages=10823–10830 |doi=10.11609/jott.3021.9.10.10823-10830 |title=Mammals of Papikonda Hills, northern Eastern Ghats, India |url=https://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/3021/4187|doi-access=free }}</ref>

The national park has population of both [[Rhesus macaque]] which are normally found north of [[Godavari River|Godavari]] and [[Bonnet macaque]] that are usually found south of Godavari. [[Gray langur|Gray langurs]] are also seen inside the national park.<ref name=":1" /> The presence of [[water buffalo]]es in the area was recorded during the British imperial time.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=_RG2x2xDQ5UC|title=Gazetteer of South India|last=Francis|first=W.|date=1989|publisher=Mittal Publications|volume=1|location=New Delhi|pages=270}}</ref>

=== Birds ===
The national park was recognized as an [[Important Bird and Biodiversity Area]] by [[BirdLife International]] in 2016. Some of the endangered, vulnerable and near threatened species of birds reported includes [[Black-bellied tern]], [[Pale-capped pigeon]], [[Yellow-throated bulbul]], [[Oriental darter]], [[Pallid harrier]], [[Great Thick-knee]], [[River lapwing]], [[River tern]], [[Malabar pied hornbill]], [[Alexandrine parakeet]].

Some of the tropical moist forest species of birds sighted were [[Black-throated munia]], [[Indian scimitar babbler]], [[Jerdon's nightjar]], [[Malabar trogon]] [[Malabar whistling thrush]]. A subspecies of [[Abbott's babbler]] identified and named after ornithologist [[K. S. R. Krishna Raju]] was sighted around the periphery of the national park.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Ripley|first=S. D. |last2=Beehler|first2=B. M. |title=A new subspecies of the babbler genus ''Malacocincla abbotti'' from the Eastern Ghats, India |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/123887#page/290/mode/1up |journal=Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club |volume=105 |issue=2|pages=67}}</ref>

=== Reptiles ===
[[Indian golden gecko]], endemic to the [[Eastern Ghats]] was reported from this national park.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=S.M. |first=M. J. |last2=Archana|first2=W. |last3=Tampal|first3=F. |date=2007 |title=On the Occurrence of Golden Gecko (''Calodactylodes aureus'') in Papikonda Hills, Eastern Ghats, Andhra Pradesh, India |url=https://zoosprint.zooreach.org/ZooPrintJournal/2007/June/2727-2729.pdf |journal=Zoos' Print Journal |volume=22|issue=6|pages=2727–2729}}</ref> [[King cobra]]s were sighted in and around the protected area.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Satyanarayana|first=J. E. |last2=Balaji|first2=K. |date=2018 |title=King Cobra: Occurrence of ''Ophiophagus hannah'' in Papikonda National Park, Eastern Ghats, Andhra Pradesh |url=https://www.zoosprint.zooreach.org/index.php/zp/article/view/123 |journal=Zoo's Print |volume=33|issue=3|pages=15–18}}</ref>

== Threats ==
The [[Polavaram Project|Polavaram irrigation project]] once completed will submerge parts of the national park.[http://www.moef.nic.in/downloads/public-information/Indira%20Sagar%20%28%20Polavaram%29.pdf]

Poaching, forest fires and clearing forest for podu cultivation were some of the threats.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/150625/nation-current-affairs/article/papikonda-forest-area-shrinks-hunting-rise|title=Papikonda forest area shrinks, hunting on rise|last=nilesh|first=v|date=2015-06-25|website=Deccan Chronicle|language=en|access-date=2018-12-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Ganesh|first=Thyagarajan|last2=Aditya|first2=Vikram|date=2018-11-08|title=Deciphering forest change: Linking satellite-based forest cover change and community perceptions in a threatened landscape in India|journal=Ambio|language=en|pages=1–11|doi=10.1007/s13280-018-1108-x|pmid=30406924|issn=1654-7209|volume=48|pmc=6509315}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/9282307#map=8/17.301/81.874 Pakikonda National Park] marked on OpenStreetMap

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