{"id":106448,"date":"2026-06-03T13:43:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T08:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=106448"},"modified":"2026-06-03T13:43:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T08:13:01","slug":"agasthyamalai-biosphere-reserve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/agasthyamalai-biosphere-reserve\/","title":{"rendered":"Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Supreme Court has ordered the immediate removal of encroachers and demolition of illegal structures across the ecologically sensitive Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve landscape in South India.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Location: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is located in the <\/span><b>southern part of the Western Ghats<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> spanning the states of <\/span><b>Tamil Nadu and Kerala.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was established as a Biosphere Reserve in 2001 and added into the <\/span><b>UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves list in 2016.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve has peaks reaching <\/span><b>1,868 m above sea level.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It includes <\/span><b>protected areas<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> namely<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Shendurney <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wildlife Sanctuary<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Peppara <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wildlife Sanctuary<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Neyyar <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wildlife Sanctuary<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Kalakkad Mundanthurai<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Tiger Reserve<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Vegetation:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It comprises tropical<\/span><b> wet evergreen forests, moist deciduous forests, montane rain forests and Shola.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Fauna<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: It<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is home to 2,254 species of higher plants including about 400 that are endemic.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Fauna:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It includes the Asian elephant, tiger and Nilgiri Tahr and birds like Great Indian hornbill.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Tribal People:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is home to <\/span><b>the Kanikaran<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014one of the oldest surviving tribes in the world.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/india-news\/supreme-court-orders-sweeping-clean-up-of-agasthyamalai-landscape-101780338450306.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">HT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve  is located in the southern part of the Western Ghats spanning the states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala. 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