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title: "Periyar Tiger Reserve: Kerala's Project Tiger Site"
description: "Periyar Tiger Reserve is Kerala's 1978 Project Tiger reserve in the Western Ghats, known for elephant tourism and the EDC eco-development model UPSC GS3 cites."
url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/learn/glossary/periyar-tiger-reserve"
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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

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- Periyar Tiger Reserve is a protected area in Kerala's Western Ghats, declared a tiger reserve in 1978 under Project Tiger and centred on the Periyar reservoir.
- When was Periyar declared a tiger reserve and under what authority?
- How does Periyar's Eco-Development Committee model work?
- Why is the Mullaperiyar dam relevant to the reserve?
- How does a tiger reserve differ from a national park or biosphere reserve?

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In 2019 the All India Tiger Estimation released by the NTCA reported the Periyar landscape among the southern reserves contributing to Kerala's tiger population, reaffirming the reserve's status under Project Tiger.

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