Parambikulam Tiger Reserve

  • December 31, 2021
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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Parambikulam Tiger Reserve

Subject – Environment

Context – Policemen on duty at the Parambikulam Tiger Reserve police station faced an unusual threat on Wednesday night when a female elephant and her calf raided the premises.

Concept –

NameLocationFeatures
Parambikulam Tiger Reserve
  • Located in the Palakkad District of Kerala.
  • It is a well protected ecological portion in the Nelliampathy – Anamalai landscape of the Southern Western Ghats in India.
  • It was declared as Tiger Reserve during 2008-09.
  • The reserve is credited with the first scientifically managed teak plantation in the world which was later merged with the forest land.
  • It has the world’s largest and oldest teak tree named “Kannimara“.

TribesFauna
The Kadar, Malasar, Muduvar, and Mala Malasar are among the four indigenous tribes who call the sanctuary home.Tigers, Grey-headed Fishing Eagle, the Peninsular Bay Owl, the Nilgiri Wood Pigeon, the Black-capped Kingfisher, the Great Black Woodpecker and the Lesser Grey-headed Fish Eagle.
Environment Parambikulam Tiger Reserve