National Parks (NP)

National Parks (NP) It is a natural habitat that is notified by the state government to be constituted as a National Park due to its ecological, faunal, floral, geomorphological, or zoological association of importance. No human activity is permitted inside the national park except the activities permitted by the Chief Wildlife Warden of the state under the conditions given in CHAPTER IV, of the Wildlife Protection Act (WPA) ( Table . ). Table . National Parks in Tamil Nadu National Parks in Tamil Nadu Year of establishment District(s) Guindy NP Chennai Gulf of Mannar Marine NP Ramanathpuram and Tuticorin Indira Gandhi (Annamalai) NP Coimbatore Mudumalai NP Nilgiris Mukurthi NP Nilgiris There are existing national parks in India covering an area of , km , which is . % of the geographical area of the country (National Wildlife Database, Aug. ). National Park is an area which is strictly reserved for the betterment of wildlife and biodiversity and where activities like development, forestry, XII Std Zoology Chapter XII Std Zoology Chapter Biodiversity and its Conservation