ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
We, here by express our sincere thanks and gratitude to Mr. PUGAZHENDI, IFS ,Deputy Conservator of Forest Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary for all the helps and guidance he had provided for the completion of this work. Dr. N. SIVAGANANAM (Professor and Head, Department of Geography, University of Madras) our advisor and guide, without whom we could have never thought of this project, helped us illimitably and guided us all through the project work; we belive that this is not enough a method to express our gratitude to him. We also express our thanks to Mr. M.L. Thomas (Assistant Conservator of Forest, Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary), Mr.Mohammod Kunju (Range Officer Parambikulam Range, Dr. Sughadan, Resident Scientist, Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary and Dr.Nelson, Wildlife Assistant for all the helps and suggestions we received from them for the completion of this work. We also express our thanks and gratitude to Dr. B. Sukumar and Dr. Ahalya, Scientists , Center for Earth Science Studies Trivandrum for all the data they provided.
The advises and directions provided by Dr. T. VASANTHAKUMARAN (Professor, Department of Geography, University of Madras) were of boundless value as far as this project is concerned. DR. V. SUDARSAN (Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Madras) advised and guided us all through the project, in spite of his busy schedule. It has to be specially noted that Mr. Ramesh (Cartographer, Department of Geography, University of Madras) and Mr. Rajendran (System Administrator), helped us a long way in achieving this goal. We also express our gratitude to Mr. A. Rajmohan (Cartographer, Department of Geography) and Dr. R.Gunaselvam (Guest Lecturer, Department of Geography) for all the advises and suggestions that they extended from time to time. Mr. Ramachandran (Forest Guard, PWLS) and Mr. Manikandan, (Forest Guide, PWLS) helped a lot in successfully completing this project.
We express our thanks to Mr. Alexander Sasmonov for his generous mind to provide the software GeoHtml, which helped in a long way to integrate the maps, documents and images in html format.
Finally, we express our thanks to all the research scholars and classmates , who extended their support at all stages of the project.