Tag: T.N. notifies Cauvery South Wildlife Sanctuary

T.N. notifies Cauvery South Wildlife Sanctuary The Tamil Nadu government has declared an area in the reserve forests of Krishnagiri and Dharmapuri districts as the Cauvery South Wildlife Sanctuary. The sanctuary will include 686.406 sq. km of reserve forests in the Anchetty, Urigam and Jawalagiri ranges of the Hosur Forest Division, which covers the forest stretches of Krishnagiri and Dharmapuri districts. This would be part of a protected landscape contiguous to the forests that constitute the Cauvery North Wildlife Sanctuary shared between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. The declaration of the Cauvery South Wildlife Sanctuary has been made under Section 26A (1) (b) of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972. The declared landscape lends continuity to the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve through the Malai Mahadeshwara Wildlife Sanctuary, the Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple Tiger Reserve of Karnataka and the Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve in the Erode Forest Division of Tamil Nadu. Note Tamil Nadu has been a pioneer State in Protected Area management and development of forest resources and wildlife.  The total area under the protected area management is 7,072.95 sq. km. which comes to 30.92% of the State’s Forest area.  The Protected Areas in the State includes 5 National parks, 15 Wildlife sanctuaries, 15 bird sanctuaries and 2 conservation reserves besides 5 Tiger Reserves. Name of Wildlife Sanctuary Sanctuary Area in Ha District in which located Year in which started WILDLIFE SANTUARIES Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary 21776.00 Nilgiris 1940 Mundanthurai Wildlife Sanctuary (R.F. 35228.38+ R.L.22979.20) 58207.58 Tirunelveli 1962 Point Calimere Wildlife Sanctuary 1728.81 Nagapattinam 1967 Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary 84149.00 Coimbatore 1976 Kalakad Wildlife Sanctuary 22358.00 Tirunelveli 1976 Vallanadu Black Buck Sanctuary 1641.00 Tuticorin 1987 Grizzled Giant Squirrel Wildlife Sanctuary 48520.00 Virudhunagar 1988 Kanyakumari Wildlife Sanctuary 40239.55 Kanyakumari 2007 Sathyamangalam Wildlife Sanctuary 141160.94 Erode 2008, 2011 Megamalai Wildlife Sanctuary 26910.81 Theni and Madurai 2009 Point…