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Call to save Nilgiris [1]

ON the World Environment Day on Thursday, green activists in Nilgiris demanded the conservation of Nilgiri Hills to save it from destruction. Nilgiris is the first biosphere reserve in the country and is the district where the forest coverage is around 55 percent.

Publication Date: 
06/06/2008
New Indian Express (Chennai) [2]
Tags:
Nilgiri [3], Biosphere Reserves [4], Biodiversity Conservation [5], Tamil Nadu [6]
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[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biodiversity-conservation
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tamil-nadu