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Forest Rangers are state forest officers who serve in the provincial forest forces. They can either be directly appointed to the rank of Forest Ranger or promoted from the position of Deputy Ranger. In India, these officers are recruited either through the Public Service Commission in India or the State recruitment service, depending on the ...
Tamil Nadu Forest Department is the nodal agency responsible for the protection and management of forests in the state. [1] Forests occupy an area of 22,643 km 2 (8,743 sq mi) constituting 17.4% of the geographic area. [2]
Head office of the Tamil Nadu Forest Department is in the Panagal Maaligai or Panagal Building in Saidapet, Chennai. Map of Tamil Nadu, India. The Tamil Nadu Forest Department, formerly the Madras Forest Department, is a government department responsible for managing all the protected areas and forests plus environmental and wildlife related issues of Tamil Nadu state in South India.
The Indian Forest Service (IFS) is the premier forest service of India. [1] [2] [3].The IFS is one of the three All India Services along with the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) & the Indian Police Service (IPS). It was constituted in the year 1966 under the All India Services Act, 1951.
Operation Cocoon was an operation launched by the Special Task Force of Tamil Nadu Police to capture the forest brigand Veerappan and his associates, who were dominant in Sathyamangalam Forest in the South Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala. The operation was headed by K. Vijay Kumar, and N. K. Senthamarai Kannan. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Kadavur Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected area located in Dindigul and Karur districts of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The sanctuary covers an area of 118.06 km 2 (45.58 sq mi) and was notified in 2022. It was created specifically to protect slender loris. [1] [2]
Protected areas of Tamil Nadu cover an area of 3,305 km 2 (1,276 sq mi), constituting 2.54% of the geographic area and 15% of the 22,643 km 2 (8,743 sq mi) recorded forest area of the state of Tamil Nadu in South India. It ranks 14th among all the states and union territories of India in terms of total protected area. [1]
Tamil Nadu Forest Department www .forests .tn .nic .in /WildBiodiversity /ws _sgsws .html The Grizzled Squirrel Wildlife Sanctuary ( GSWS ), also known as Srivilliputhur Wildlife Sanctuary , was established in 1988 to protect the Near threatened grizzled giant squirrel ( Ratufa macroura ).