MATHIKETTAN SHOLA NATIONAL PARK

'Mathikettan Shola National Park' is a 12.82 km² national park located about in Poopara village of Udumbanchola taluk in Idukki District of Kerala state, South India. This tract, comprising part of the Cardamom Hill Reserve (CHR), had been notified as a Reserve Forest by the Travancore Government in 1897. Part of the land, prior to becoming a national park, had been leased out for the production of Cardamom. It was declared a National Park on Nov 21, 2003 to protect its ecological, faunal, floral and geographical wealth and its environment. ^[1]

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Fauna

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Fauna

Elephants which visit Mathikettan shola from the Munnar Division become trapped between the Bodinayakkanur and Kottamalai areas. This is due to private establishments on the northern side of Mathikettan, as well as degraded forests and human settlements on the southern side in areas of Chinnamanur Forest beat in Gudalur range.^[2]

Notes

1. (Nov 21, 2003) The Hindu, retrieved 6/21/2007''Mathikettan declared National Park''
2. ANAIMALAI - PARAMBIKULAM, Asian nature Conservation Foundation Threat of isolated elephant herds