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Manjampatti Valley is a protected area in the eastern end of Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park (IGWS&NP) in Tirupur District, Tamil Nadu, South India. It is a pristine drainage basin of shola and montane rain forest with high biodiversity recently threatened by illegal land clearing and cultivation.〔The Hindu, Forest personnel conduct raid, seize ganja; 3 July 2004 (Forest personnel conduct raid, seize ganja )〕 ==National Park== (詳細はIndira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary )〕 It is managed as a Ib-Wilderness Area: a large area of unmodified or slightly modified land, retaining its natural character and influence, without permanent or significant habitation, which is protected and managed so as to preserve its natural condition.〔World Commission on Protected Areas〕 The Tamil Nadu Forest Department has divided the valley into 3 administrative areas: Thalinji beat 4290 ha, Manjampatti beat 3741.75 ha and Keelanavayal beat 3058.75 ha. Total = 11,090.5 ha = To the east it adjoins the western ends of the Kodaikanal and Dindigul Forest Districts. These Forests will make up part of the new Kodaikanal Wildlife Sanctuary and the proposed Palani Hills National Park. To the south and west it adjoins Munnar forest Division and Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary in Idukki District, Kerala. To the north it adjoins the north slope of the Amaravathy River basin in the Amaravathy Range of IGWS&NP.〔 p. 2. Some areas of the drainage basin are not included within the political boundaries of the national park, including the Kodaikanal Taluk villages of Kumbur, Mannavanur and Kilanavayal; Upper Palani Reserve Forest (Kilanavayal) and a 2 km wide strip of the east end of Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary.〔 p. 180,〔 The IGWS&NP and the Kodaikanal and Dindigul Forest Districts are designated the Anaimalai Conservation Area,〔Mathur, Dr. P.K. & Tripathi, Dr. Anshuman, Management of Forests in India for Biological Diversity and Forest Productivity–A New Perspective: Phase-II, #26. 01.09.2004 To 31.03.2007, p.34 fig.3.2., (warning: large 2MB file)(Management of Forests in India )〕 a two-year collaborative project of the Wildlife Institute of India and the U.S.D.A. Forest Service.〔U.S.D.A. Forest Service/Asia/archives/India, Sustainable Forestry Practices - Management of Forests in India for Biological Diversity and Forest Productivity (Sustainable Forestry Practices )〕 Manjampatti Valley is under the protection of the Coimbatore Forest Office; Wildlife Warden-Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary〔Conservator of Forests, Coimbatore Circle, Trichy Road, Coimbatore. (Wildlife Warden )〕 A license is required for entry. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Manjampatti Valley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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