50 hectares in the critical Kallar elephant corridor declared as private forest
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June 10, 2021 11:07 IST
This is the first corridor area in the State to be brought under the Tamil Nadu Preservation of Private Forests Act, 1949
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The second edition of ‘Right of Passage: Elephant Corridors of India’ by the Wildlife Trust of India has listed Kallar as one of the corridors with “high” ecological priority. (Image for representation)
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This is the first corridor area in the State to be brought under the Tamil Nadu Preservation of Private Forests Act, 1949
Inching a step towards the protection of one of the most critical elephant corridors in Tamil Nadu, the Coimbatore District Collector has declared 50.79 hectares of private land in the Kallar elephant corridor area as private forest under the Tamil Nadu Preservation of Private Forests Act, 1949.