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A reserved forest (also called a reserve forest) and protected forest in India is a forest accorded a certain degree of protection. The concept was introduced in the Indian Forest Act of 1927 during the British Raj to refer to forests granted protection under the British crown in British India, but not associated suzerainties.
A "Common Important Forest" in India is a forest governed by local communities in a way compatible with sustainable development. Such forests are typically called village forests or panchayat forests , reflecting the fact that the administration and resource use of the forest occurs at the village and panchayat (an elected rural body) levels.
The protected areas of Kerala include a wide range of biomes, extending east from the coral reefs, estuaries, salt marshes, mangroves beaches of the Arabian Sea through the tropical moist broadleaf forests of the Malabar Coast moist forests to the North Western Ghats moist deciduous forests and South Western Ghats moist deciduous forests to South Western Ghats montane rain forests on the ...
Veeyapuram is a place in kerala is surrounded by the Pamba and Achankovil rivers. This village is under Kuttanad sector and has many paddy fields and streams from both of these rivers. About 15 acre of land belongs to forest department was declared as reserve forest by Kerala forest department in 2013.
The vested forest portion of the sanctuary is 32.64 square kilometres (12.60 sq mi) and the 22.36 km2 is part of Kottiyoor RF (Reserved Forest). Till 30.6.98 this sanctuary was a range in Wayanad Wildlife Division. It started functioning as an independent wildlife division since 1.7.98 as per GO (MS) 36/98 dated 27.5.98.
There are also numerous protected conservation areas, including 1455.4 km 2 of the vast Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve and 1828 km 2 of the Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve. [5] Parambikulam forest in Palakkad district is one of the jungle regions in Kerala. Figs (Ficus species) like this strangler fig are an important floral element and support many ...
Attappadi (HQ:Agali) is a tribal taluk in Kerala state covering an area of 735 km 2 (284 sq mi). It was carved out of Mannarkkad taluk in Palakkad district in February 2021. [2] [3] Attappadi Reserve Forest is a protected area comprising 249 km 2 of land in the western parts of Attappadi. [4]
The Indian Forest Act, 1927 was largely based on previous Indian Forest Acts implemented under the British Raj.The most famous one was the Indian Forest Act of 1878. Both the 1878 Act and the 1927 Act sought to consolidate and reserve the areas having forest cover, or significant wildlife, to regulate movement and transit of forest produce, and duty leviable on timber and other forest produce.