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Kerala Forests & Wildlife Department is a department of the Government of Kerala responsible for forestry and wildlife management in the state of Kerala, India.The department is involved with the protection and conservation of flora and fauna in their natural habitats and conserves 11,524.149 km 2 (4,449.499 sq mi) of forests forming 29.65% of the total geographic area of the state.
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 ...
The Konni Forest Division is located in Kerala, India, and covers an area of about 331.66 square kilometres (128.05 sq mi). [1] It is the first reserve forest in Kerala, which was declared on 9 October 1888 under the Travancore Forest Act of 1887. [ 2 ]
The Ranni Forest Division in Kerala, India, was constituted on 7 July 1958, comprising the Ranni, Vadasserikkara and Goodrical ranges, with its headquarters at Ranni. [1] It covers the parts of Konni reserve forest and the reserves of Ranni, Goodrical, Rajampara, Karimkulam, Kumaramperoor, Valiyakavu, and Schettakkal. It covers an area of 1,059 ...
Kerala Forest Department Abhayaranyam is an animal shelter– mini zoo , which functions under the eco-tourism project of Kerala government . [ 1 ] Located near to Kaprikad village in Kunnathunad taluk of Ernakulam district, the shelter was opened in 2011, with an aim to rehabilitate the animals in the Kodanad elephant training center, located ...
Kerala forest divisions Cattle egret at the Chirakkal Chira, Chirakkal, Kannur A migratory bird at Kadalundi Bird Sanctuary Chimmini Wildlife Sanctuary. Most of Kerala's native habitat, which consists of wet evergreen rainforests at lower elevations and highland deciduous and semi-evergreen forests in the east, has a humid tropical climate.
In 2006, the forest department of Kerala decided to set up an elephant sanctuary in Kottur. The forest department's project was to construct is an elephant park. It was converted into an elephant rehabilitation center in 2007 in the high level water areas of Neyyar Wildlife Sanctuary. At that time, the forest department had the objectives like ...
Electrical Inspectorate, Kerala; Ground Water Department, Kerala; Kerala Excise; Kerala Fire and Rescue Services; Kerala Forest and Wildlife Department; Kerala Motor Vehicles Department; Kerala Police; Kerala Prisons and Correctional Services; Kerala State Goods and Services Tax Department; Kerala Vigilance and Anti-corruption Bureau; Kerala ...