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Sathyamangalam Wildlife Sanctuary and Tiger Reserve is a protected area and tiger reserve along the Western Ghats in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Sathyamangalam forest range is a significant wildlife corridor in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve between the Western Ghats and the rest of the Eastern Ghats and a genetic link between the four other protected areas which it adjoins,〔 including the Billigiriranga Swamy Temple Wildlife Sanctuary, Sigur Plateau, Mudumalai National Park and Bandipur National Park. First declared in 2008 and enlarged in 2011, it covers a forest area of and is the largest wildlife sanctuary in Tamil Nadu. In 2013, it became the fourth tiger reserve as a part of Project Tiger in the state of Tamil Nadu. The sanctuary covers parts of Sathyamangalam taluk and Gobichettipalayam taluk of Erode District in the north western Tamil Nadu.〔 〕 Conservation of the Sathyamangalam Forest Division is administered by the Tamil Nadu Forest Department governed through Conservator of Forests, Erode, Divisional Forest Officer, Gobichettipalayam and District Forest Officer, Sathyamangalam. ==Declaration== In exercise of the powers conferred by the Wild Life Protection Act of 1972, the Governor of Tamil Nadu, having considered the area is of adequate ecological, faunal, floral, geomorphological, natural and zoological significance, for the purpose of protecting, propagating and developing wild life and its environment, declared that the defined area shall be a sanctuary, on and from the 3 November 2008.〔 The sanctuary includes the following areas of Sathyamangalam Forest Division: # Guthiyalathur Reserved Forest (Portion) , # Guthiyalathur Extension Reserved Forest , # Thalamalai Reserved Forest (Portion) , # Thalamalai Extension Reserved Forest , The total area was .〔 The boundaries of the sanctuary were: :North: Talavady(Thalavadi) Range of Thalamalai Reserved Forest and Hasanur and T.N.Palayam (Gobichettipalayam Taluk) Ranges of Guthiyalathur Reserved Forests. Contiguous with Biligiriranga Swamy Temple Wildlife Sanctuary :East: Bargur reserved forest Anthiyur taluk of Erode Forest Division. :South: Moyar River and Bhavani River. Contiguous with Mudumalai National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary and Sigur Plateau south of the Moyar River. :West: Karnataka State Boundary.〔 Contiguous with Bandipur National Park. In September 2011, the Forest Department increased the sanctuary area 169% by adding in seven reserve forests of Sathyamangalam Forest Division to the existing wildlife sanctuary spread over . The largest chunks of additional area are from Guthiyalathur and from Talamalai reserve forests, thus increasing the total sanctuary area to .〔 〕 Of the total area, the core zone comprises (65%). Tourism and minimal construction will only be allowed in the buffer zone, while only forest officials will be permitted entry in the core zone. 〔 〕 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「Sathyamangalam Wildlife Sanctuary」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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