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Mathikettan Shola National Park
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- One-kilometre area surrounding the Mathikettan Shola National Park was declared as ESZ.
- The notification was issued by the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change under the Environment Protection Act 1986.
- Mathikettan Shola National Park is situated in the high ranges of southern Western Ghats in Kerala.
- It is the last remnant of the original forests of the Cardamom Hill Reserve.
- It shares an inter-state boundary with Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
- The area earmarked for the construction of the Neutrino Observatory is in Theni.
- It is the east side of Mathikettan Shola National Park.
- This area will not be an ESZ.
- Eco-Sensitive Zones (ESZ) or Ecologically Fragile Areas are areas within 10 kms around Protected Areas, National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries.
- The purpose of declaring ESZs is to create some kind of "shock absorbers" to the protected areas by regulating and managing the activities around such areas.
- They also act as a transition zone from areas of high protection to areas involving lesser protection.
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