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Parambikulam Tiger Reserve
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
Parambikulam Tiger Reserve
Map showing the location of Parambikulam Tiger Reserve
Map showing the location of Parambikulam Tiger Reserve
Map showing the location of Parambikulam Tiger Reserve
Map showing the location of Parambikulam Tiger Reserve
LocationPalakkad District, Kerala, India and Thrissur District, Kerala, India
Nearest cityPalakkad (90 km)[1]
Coordinates10°23′0″N 76°42′30″E / 10.38333°N 76.70833°E / 10.38333; 76.70833
Area643.66 square kilometres (248.52 sq mi)
Established2009
Visitors100000 (in 2019)
Governing bodyKerala Forest Dept.
Vysak Sasikumar IFS, Deputy Director (Project Tiger)
Websitewww.parambikulam.org

Parambikulam Tiger Reserve, which also includes the erstwhile Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary, is a 643.66 square kilometres (248.5 sq mi)[2] protected area lying in Palakkad district and Thrissur district of Kerala state, South India. The Wildlife Sanctuary, which had an area of 285 square kilometres (110 sq mi) was established in part in 1973 and 1984. It is in the Sungam range of hills between the Anaimalai Hills and Nelliampathy Hills.[3][4][5] Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary was declared as part of the Parambikulam Tiger Reserve on 19 February 2010.[6][7][8] Including the buffer zone, the tiger reserve has a span of 643.66 km2. The Western Ghats, Anamalai Sub-Cluster, including all of Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary, has been declared by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee as a World Heritage Site.[9] The Tiger Reserve is the home of four different tribes of indigenous peoples including the Kadar, Malasar tribe, Muduvar and Mala Malasar settled in six colonies. Parambikulam Tiger Reserve implements the Project Tiger scheme along with various other programs of the Government of India and the Government of Kerala. The operational aspects of administering a tiger reserve is as per the scheme laid down by the National Tiger Conservation Authority. People from tribal colonies inside the reserve are engaged as guides for treks and safaris, and are provided employment through various eco-tourism initiatives.[10][11] Parambikulam Tiger Reserve is among the top-ten best managed Tiger Reserve in India.[12] The tiger reserve hosts many capacity building training programmes conducted by Parambikulam Tiger Conservation Foundation in association with various organisations.[13]

  1. ^ "Map", GMap
  2. ^ "Parambikulam Tiger Reserve".
  3. ^ Parambikkulam Forest Development Agency.official website
  4. ^ Wildlife Institute of India, "State/UT Wise Details of Protected Areas" ENVIS Archived 2007-08-13 at archive.today
  5. ^ T R Shankar Raman, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore Rediscovery of the Oriental Bay-Owl Archived 20 July 2006 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ staff (20 February 2010), "Parambikulam Tiger Reserve opened", The Hindu, archived from the original on 3 January 2013, retrieved 19 January 2011
  7. ^ "Parambikulam Tiger Reserve to be inaugurated on Feb. 17". The Hindu. Palakkad. 24 November 2009. Retrieved 24 November 2009.
  8. ^ "Parambikkulam likely to become a tiger reserve soon". The Hindu. 3 October 2007. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2008.
  9. ^ "Western Ghats".
  10. ^ "These tribal guides 'shoot' for a change". The Hindu. 2 July 2015. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  11. ^ "Where tigers, tribes coexist". The Hindu. 29 July 2015. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  12. ^ "Parambikulam Tiger Reserve | Official Website of Parambikulam Tiger Reserve". www.parambikulam.org. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  13. ^ "Enforcement agencies gear up to fight wildlife crime in Kerala". www.wwfindia.org. Retrieved 20 October 2015.

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