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Ongoing monitoring programmes in the sanctuary
Monitoring and evaluation is an important activity of the Sanctuary. It helps to know the present state of the wildlife and habitat in terms of its health and performance. Any changes say positive and negative will help in devising the subsequent strategies for the better management.
The monitoring is now classed into major group
- Habitat monitoring
- Permanent Preservation plots
- Biodiversity indices
- Wildlife monitoring
- Wildlife population
- Wildlife health
- Wildlife behaviou
Under the World Bank assisted Kerala Forestry Project, the following research and monitoring activities were carried out in this sanctuary.
- Project to study the ecology and management of vayals.
- Project to improve the habitat for herbivores with special reference to gaur.
- Project to improve the habitat for water birds.
- Project to study and evolve scientific and sustainable management practices for Mahseer.
The effects of management interventions are being monitored.
In addition the following monitoring activities are also being carried out.
- Continuous collection of pugmarks and their analysis for monitoring tiger and leopard population.
- Monitoring of regeneration status in the teak plantations as compared to natural forests.
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