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Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Monday said from 2021, 10 best National Parks, five coastal and marine parks and the top five zoos in the country will be ranked and awarded every year.At present, India has a network of 903 protected areas covering about 5% of the total geographic area of the country.

The minister while releasing Management Effectiveness Evaluation (MEE) of 146 National Park and Wildlife Sanctuaries in the Country also said, "70% of the global tiger population, 70% of Asiatic lions and more than 60% of leopards population in India is a certificate of India's thriving biodiversity. India has achieved what other countries could not."

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