{"id":30223,"date":"2025-02-19T08:29:44","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T02:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=30223"},"modified":"2025-04-10T08:59:23","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T03:29:23","slug":"peppara-wildlife-sanctuary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/peppara-wildlife-sanctuary\/","title":{"rendered":"Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>Recently, The Periyar Tiger Conservation Foundation has implemented the real-time monitoring and networking system in the Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary under the Thiruvananthapuram Forest Division.<\/p>\n<h2>About Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary It is <strong>located in the Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala<\/strong> spread over <strong>area 53 sq km.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It was <strong>declared as wildlife sanctuary in 1983.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The sanctuary constitutes the catchments of <strong>peppara dam constructed across the Karamana River.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Topography:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Altitude ranging from 100 to 1717 m.<\/li>\n<li>The major peaks in the sanctuary are Chemmunjimottai (1717 m), Athirumalai 1594 m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>The vazhvanthol waterfall<\/strong> is located nearby to it.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Forest Types: <\/strong>Forest types include tropical evergreen forests, moist mixed deciduous forests and semi-evergreen forest, Myristica swamp forest etc.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Biodiversity:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Common tree species are Terminalia paniculta, T. bellerica, PTEROCARPUS MARSUPIUM, Palaquium ellipticum, Mesua ferrea, Hopea parviflora, Bombax ceiba, etc.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a043 species of mammals, 233 sp. of birds, 46 species of reptiles, 13 species of amphibians and 27 species of fishes are reported from the sanctuary.<\/li>\n<li>The common mammals found are <strong>Tiger, Leopard, Sloth bear, The Asian Elephan, Sambars, Barking deer, Lion-tailed macaque, Nilgiri langur, Nilgiri tahr<\/strong> etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1. <\/strong>In which state is Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans. <\/strong>The Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary is a wildlife sanctuary in Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala, India.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2. <\/strong>Which animal is protected in Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans. <\/strong>The common mammals found are tiger, leopard, sloth bear, elephant, sambar (deer), bonnet macaque, Nilgiri langur, Nilgiri tahr.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3. <\/strong>Which is the first largest wildlife sanctuary in Kerala?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans. <\/strong>Peppara Dam is a masonry gravity dam on the Karamana River in Trivandrum District.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q4. <\/strong>Which NGO protects wildlife?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans. <\/strong>Wildlife SOS is in a unique position to care for individual animals as well as an entire species.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q5. <\/strong>What is the full form of IUCN?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans. <\/strong>IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) was established on 5 October 1948 in the French town of Fontainebleau.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/kerala\/real-time-monitoring-and-networking-system-implemented-in-peppara-wildlife-sanctuary\/article69223274.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">TH<\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Real-Time Monitoring System Implemented in Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary to Enhance Conservation Efforts in Kerala\u2019s Rich 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