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KERALA PSC / KERALA GEOGRAPHY / FOREST BASED
INDUSTRIES IN KERALA / NOTES / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL
KNOWLEDGE
TRAVANCORE PLYWOOD INDUSTRIES LTD
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The
Travancore Plywood Industries was established in the year 1962 with its
headquarters at Punalur
·
The
intention of establishing the company was to produce quality plywood from the
wood available from the rich forest of Southern Kerala. Now the activities of
the company have almost been stopped.
KERALA STATE WOOD INDUSTRIES LTD (KESWIL)
·
The
KESWIL was established in the year 1981 at Nilambur.
·
Initially
the industries were under the control of forest department and later it was
formed into a limited company.
·
The
company was under lock out since 1993 and has reopened in May 2002.
FEDERATION OF SC/ST SOCIETIES
·
The
Federation of SC/ST societies has been established during the year 1981 by the
Government of Kerala in order to coordinate the marketing of minor forest
products collected by the SC/ST Societies from the forest of Kerala.
·
The
headquarters is located at Thiruvananthapuram.
KERALA FOREST DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (KFDC)
·
Kerala
Forest Development Corporation was established in the year 1975 with
headquarters at Kottayam in order to promote the production of raw materials
for the forest based industries in the state.
PLANTATION CORPORATION OF KERALA (PCK)
·
The
PCK Ltd was established with the intention of developing horticultural crops in
the state.
·
The
headquarters of the corporation is at Kottayam
KERALA STATE BAMBOO CORPORATION LTD (KSBC)
·
KSBC
was established in 1971 with the intention of providing bamboo and reeds for
the benefit of the SC/ST communities in the state and other people engaged in
cottage industries for making mats, baskets etc…
·
The
headquarters is at Angamali.
STATE FARMING CORPORATION OF KERALA LTD (SFCK)
·
SFCK
was established in 1972 with its headquarters at Punalur.
·
The
initial objective of the corporation was to produce sugar for the sugar
industries in Kerala. But the scheme failed and the areas under the company was
converted into rubber, cashew and herbal plantations.
FOREST INDUSTRIES (TRAVANCORE) LTD (FIT)
·
FIT
is situated at Aluva. FIT became a government company in 1960.
·
The
intention of establishing this industry was to exploit and to sell timber and
other forest products from Malayattur Forest Division and elsewhere in
Travancore.
THE REHABILITATION PLANTATIONS LTD
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The
Rehabilitation Plantations Ltd Punalur started as a government rubber plantation
scheme in 1972 for the settlement of Sri Lankan repatriates as per the Sirimavo
– Shastri Agreement of 1964. It became a Government company in 1976.
OIL PAL INDIA LTD
·
Oil
Palm India Ltd with its headquarters at Kottayam is a joint venture of
Government of Kerala and Government of India. The company was established in
the year 1977.
MANGROVE FOREST
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In
Kerala mangroves are distributed in all the districts except Idukki,
Pathanamthitta, Palakkad and Wayanad. Maximum extent is reported from Kannur
district.
·
Mangroves
are the most important group of plants present in the coastal wetlands of
Kerala.
·
The
prop roots of mangroves penetrate deep into anaerobic mud flats and activate
mineral cycling and maintain productivity of the ecosystem. They also provide a
suitable substrate for sessile organisms of economic importance such as
oysters.
·
The
crown of mangrove species provides resting and nesting place for many birds. The
flowers of the trees are good source of honey for the honeybees, which are
excellent pollinators.
·
The
existing mangrove forests of Kerala are highly localized and can be classified
into three categories:
Ø
More
or less undisturbed mangrove areas like Puthuvypin, Mangalavanam, Kadalundi etc…
Ø Degraded mangrove areas where there are still few
patches of good mangroves and where regeneration measures can be tried out. Area
like Kumarakam, Asramom, Kunjimangalom and Kavvai belong to this category.
Ø Completely degraded areas where regeneration is almost
impossible. These include areas, which had been already converted for various
purposes like ports, agriculture farms, built up areas etc…
·
Kumarakom
in Kottayam district is perhaps the best known preserve of mangroves in Kerala.
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