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Kerala notifies critical tiger habitats
K.S. Sudhi
KOCHI: The Kerala government has notified the critical tiger habitats (CTH) of the Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary and the Periyar Tiger Reserve.
A 1,150-sq km zone has been notified as the critical tiger habitat of Parambikulam, by adding 958 sq km forest from the Anamalai side of Tamil Nadu to the sanctuary. Fifty sq km of the Parambikulam sanctuary, covering eight tribal hamlets, reservoirs of three dams and places where ecotourism is active have been excluded.
The notifications have been issued by the State government following Central directives.
The declaration is considered a major step towards ensuring sustainable tiger population.
The tiger habitat is meant to be inviolate places for human beings where tigers can breed. An ideal extent of the habitat will be between 800 sq km and 1,000 sq km, say officials of the Forest Department.
In the case of the Periyar Tiger Reserve, the habitat will be 881 sq km.
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