**2.1.4 Protected area**

Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh has 1 National Park (i.e., Sri Venkateshwara National Park) and 6 wildlife sanctuaries (viz., Papikonda Wild Life Sanctuary (WLS), Kolleru WLS, Nagarjunsagar Srisailam Tiger Reserve (NSTR) WLS, Gundla Brahmeshwarm WLS, Sri Lankamalleshwara WLS and Sri Penunsila Narsimha WLS) of these only Kolleru WLS is the largest fresh water lake in the country and also treated as one of the Ramsar convention wetland sites in the world.
