- Ratapani has been declared as the 8th Tiger Reserve area of Madhya Pradesh.
- The Ratapani Wildlife Sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh has been declared a tiger reserve after approval from the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change.
- Ratapani is the 57th Tiger Reserve of India.
- Ratapani Tiger Reserve has a core area of 763.8 sq km and has a buffer area of 507.6 sq km and a total area of 1271.4 sq km.
- This conservation initiative will strengthen wildlife management in the forests of Ratapani, Bhopal Sehore area.
- Standard protection, habitat management, ecotourism, community engagement activities etc shall be adopted in this tiger reserve.
- It will strengthen Wildlife conservation in the Ratapani Tiger landscape.
