The Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve is a protected area and a Tiger Reserve located in the Chandrapur district of Maharashtra. It is recognized as Maharashtra's oldest and largest National Park. The reserve is an institution created for the conservation of the Bengal Tiger and other wildlife. Its origin lies in the combination of two distinct areas: Tadoba National Park, which was created in 1955, and the Andhari Wildlife Sanctuary, which was declared a reserved forest as early as 1879. The reserve is one of India's designated Project Tiger reserves, established to solve the problem of declining tiger populations.
The reserve works by dividing its total area of 625.4 km² into a Core and a Buffer zone. The Core/critical tiger habitat consists of the Tadoba National Park (116.55 sq.km.) and the Andhari Wildlife Sanctuary (508.25 sq.km.). Management mechanisms include stepped-up protection through smart patrolling, 24x7 field surveillance, and the deployment of the Special Tiger Protection Force (STPF). The reserve connects to the larger Central Indian landscape, having corridor linkages with Nagzira-Navegaon and Pench Tiger Reserves in Maharashtra, and also with reserves like Kawal (Telangana) and Indravati (Chhattisgarh). A significant ongoing change involves securing inviolate space through voluntary village relocation. Since the first relocation of Boteyzari in 2007, villages like Kolsa (2007 and 2022), Navegaon (Ramdegi) (2013), Jamni (2014), and Palsagaon Singru (2019) have been rehabilitated, with Rantalodhi currently under the process of rehabilitation.