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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.
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]
Positions in state forest department, such as District/Divisional Forest Officer (DFO), Conservator of Forests, Chief Conservator of Forests and Principal Chief Conservator of Forests etc., are held, at times, by Indian Forest Service officers. The highest-ranking Forest Service official in each state is the Head of Forest Forces. A forest ...
The village community and Tamil Nadu Forest Department manage the area. Community participation and public support is crucial for any conservation effort to succeed. Amendments to the Wild life Protection Act in 2003, provided a mechanism to provide recognition and legal backing to community initiated efforts in wildlife protection. It provides ...
Thanthai Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary is a proposed protected area located along the area straddling both the Western Ghats and Eastern Ghats in the Erode District of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. [1] [2] It was notified by Government of Tamil Nadu in March 2023 and will become the 18th wildlife sanctuary in Tamil Nadu. [3]
Anaimalai Tiger Reserve, earlier known as Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park and as Anaimalai Wildlife Sanctuary, is a protected area in the Anaimalai Hills of Pollachi and Valparai taluks of Coimbatore District and Udumalaipettai taluk in Tiruppur District, Tamil Nadu, India. The Tamil Nadu Environment and Forests Department by ...
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 ).