Editing Alappuzha district (section)

==Forest and wildlife==
[[File:Pathiramanal island - view from muhamma.jpg|thumbnail|The [[Pathiramanal]] island – a view from [[Muhamma]]]]
Alappuzha was the only district in Kerala without public forest land. But that changed in 2013, when {{convert|14.5|acre}} of land at [[Veeyapuram]] was declared as reserved forest by the Forest and Wildlife Department.<ref>{{cite news |last=Paul |first=Biju E |title=Alappuzha gets a canopy |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2019/jun/05/alappuzha-gets-a-canopy-1986058.html |date=5 June 2019 |newspaper=[[The New Indian Express]] |access-date=9 March 2020}}</ref>

[[Pathiramanal]] island on the Vembanad lake of Alappuzha district is famous for rare migrating birds.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pathiramanal in Alappuzha |url=https://www.keralatourism.org/destination/pathiramanal-alappuzha/536 |date=2017 |website=Department of Tourism, Government of Kerala |access-date=9 March 2020}}</ref>