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Mudumalai declared a tiger reserve

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Mudumalai declared a tiger reserve
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Mudumalai National Park in the Nilgiris was declared a tiger reserve under Project Tiger, with a buffer zone of about 368 square km.

Mudumalai in the Nilgiris district had been protected as a wildlife sanctuary since 1940 and later became a national park. It was declared a tiger reserve under Project Tiger in April 2007, together with a buffer zone of about 368 square km. The core was notified as critical tiger habitat in December 2007. The reserve is part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve.

Related events

  1. 1940

    1. 1940Mudumalai National ParkEnvironment

      Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary established

      About 60 square km of forest in the Nilgiris district was set aside as the Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary.

  2. 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.

  3. 2007

    1. 9 Apr 2007Pallikaranai wetlandEnvironment

      Pallikaranai marsh notified as a reserve forest

      To stop the shrinking of Chennai's last large freshwater marsh, 317 hectares of Pallikaranai were declared a reserve forest.

  4. 2012

    1. 2012Nilgiris districtEnvironment

      Western Ghats inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site

      The Western Ghats mountain range, which runs through western Tamil Nadu including the Nilgiris and Anamalai hills, became a World Heritage Site.

  5. 2013

    1. Mar 2013SathyamangalamEnvironment

      Sathyamangalam declared a tiger reserve

      The Government of India declared the Sathyamangalam wildlife sanctuary in Erode district the fourth tiger reserve in Tamil Nadu.

    2. Oct 2013Gangaikondan Spotted Deer SanctuaryEnvironment

      Gangaikondan Spotted Deer Sanctuary notified

      Tamil Nadu notified a sanctuary at Gangaikondan in Tirunelveli district dedicated to the protection of spotted deer.

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