Anamudi Shola national park

• The Pazhathottam area in Anamudi Shola National Park, near Munnar, in Idukki has transformed into a green heaven teeming with life, thanks to an initiative by the Forest department.
• Munnar Wildlife Division converted a park filled with exotic species of trees into 50 hectares of forest land.
• The project was implemented through the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). It was started in 2019 and completed in 2022.

ABOUT ANAMUDI SHOLA NATIONAL PARK

• It is a protected area located along the Western Ghats of Idukki district in Kerala state.
• It is surrounded by Eravikulam National Park, Pampadum Shola National park, Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary and Mathikettan Shola Park.
• It was declared as a National Park in the year of 2003.
• It consists of three Shola Reserve Forests – Pannavan shola, Pullaradi shola and Indivara shola.
• Vegetation consists of southern subtropical hill forests, southern montane wet temperate forests and moist deciduous forests.
• Fauna includes Elephant, Tiger, Panther, Indian Bison, Nilgiri tahr, Gaur, Spotted Deer, Sambar, Giant Grizzled Squirrel, Common Langur, Sloth Bear, Flying Squirrels etc.

ABOUT SHOLAS

• Shola forests are tropical Montane forests found in the valleys separated by rolling grasslands and only in the higher elevations.
• They occur only in the valleys where there is least reach of the fog and mist.
• They are found only in South India in the Southern Western Ghats high altitude mountains in the states Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
  • Nowhere else in the world exists such a kind of forests.