Department of Forests and Wildlife (Kerala)

Department of Forests and Wildlife (Kerala)
Department of Forests and Wildlife of State of Kerala
കേരള വനം വന്യജീവി വകുപ്പ്
Vana Vanyajeevi Vakuppu
Seal of Kerala greyscale.jpg
Agency overview
Formed 1888
Jurisdiction Kerala
Headquarters Thiruvananthapuram
Minister responsible K. B. Ganesh Kumar, Minister for Forests and Wildlife; Sports and Youth Affairs
Website
http://www.keralaforest.org/
A board of Kerala Forest Department Periyar Tiger Reserver, Peerumed

Kerala Forest and Wildlife Department is a law enforcement agency for the state of Kerala, India. It concerns on the entity of the human beings with the survival of each species in its habitat. It conserves 10,336 km2 of forests forming 29.101 % of the total geographic area of the state.[1]

The headquarters of Kerala Forest Department is located at Vazhuthacaud, in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

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