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Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve created

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Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve created
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A tiger reserve was formed in the southern Western Ghats by joining the Kalakkad and Mundanthurai wildlife sanctuaries.

In 1988 the Kalakkad and Mundanthurai Wildlife Sanctuaries, each dating from 1962, were merged into the Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve. Its forests belong to the South Western Ghats montane rain forests and fall within Tirunelveli and Kanyakumari districts. Among Tamil Nadu's protected areas only one is larger, and the reserve forms part of the Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve.

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  1. 1974

    1. 1974Anamalai Tiger ReserveEnvironment

      Anaimalai Wildlife Sanctuary notified

      The forests of the Anaimalai hills in the Western Ghats were notified as a wildlife sanctuary, later the Anamalai Tiger Reserve.

  2. 1986

    1. Sep 1986Nilgiris districtEnvironment

      Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve established, India's first

      India's first biosphere reserve was created from the Nilgiri hills and nearby forests, stretching across Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka.

    2. 1986Gulf of Mannar Marine National ParkEnvironment

      Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park declared

      Twenty-one islets lying offshore between Thoothukudi and Dhanushkodi were designated the Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park.

  3. 1989

    1. 1989RamanathapuramEnvironment

      Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve created

      The Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park and a 10 km buffer zone along the Ramanathapuram and Thoothukudi coast were declared a biosphere reserve.

  4. 1990

    1. 15 Oct 1990Mukurthi National ParkEnvironment

      Mukurthi National Park created to protect the Nilgiri tahr

      The montane grasslands and sholas of Mukurthi in the Nilgiris, a wildlife sanctuary since 1982, were upgraded to a national park.

  5. 2001

    1. 2001Agasthyamalai Biosphere ReserveEnvironment

      Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve established

      A biosphere reserve was created at the southern tip of the Western Ghats, spanning Tirunelveli and Kanyakumari districts and southern Kerala.

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