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Detailed explanation-1: -Notes: The Uttar Pradesh cabinet approved a proposal to set up Pilibhit Tiger Protection Foundation under the provisions of Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.

Detailed explanation-2: -Dileep Vishwakarma. LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh government will constitute a Pilibhit Tiger Conservation Foundation for better management and development of the tiger reserve. The decision was taken in the cabinet meeting on Tuesday. The foundation has got the approval from the central government.

Detailed explanation-3: -Pilibhit Tiger Reserve is located in Pilibhit district of Uttar Pradesh and was notified as a tiger reserve in 2014. It forms part of the Terai Arc Landscape in the upper Gangetic Plain along the India-Nepal border.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Pilibhit Tiger Reserve is situated in the Pilibhit district and Shahjahanpur District of Uttar Pradesh, forming part of the Terai Arc Landscape, in the upper Gangetic Plain Biogeographic Province.

Detailed explanation-5: -LUCKNOW: In a landmark decision, the state cabinet on Tuesday approved the first tiger reserve of Bundelkhand to promote tiger conservation in the state.