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Wildlife enthusiasts can now adopt lions, tigers, barking deer at SGNP for one year To involve more people in the conservation of wildlife, the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) has invited citizens, corporates and institutions to adopt 25 animals, including lions, tigers, and leopards, housed in captivity at the park for one year upon paying …

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Veteran Endian Sundarlal Bahuguna dies of COVID Veteran environmentalist and architect of the Chipko Movement Sundarlal Bahuguna died May 21, 2021, at the age of 94, Press Trust of India reported. He had been admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand after having contracted the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Bahuguna was one of the leaders …

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Chipko movement started in Jammu to save Raika About 40 hectares of land covered by more than 38,000 trees in the eco-sensitive Raika-Bahu area is under threat of concretisation. With sanctions from the forest department, the new Jammu & Kashmir high court complex is set to replace the vegetation in the area. Young environmentalists marked …

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We are greedy, and today we are paying the price for it: Reni villagers Reni village in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district, the birthplace of Chipko movement, is a grim reminder of how things change. The village, once a perfectly habitable place for its residents, is no longer the same. Following the flash floods of February 7, 2021, …