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Tamil Nadu to undo plantations to save Olive Ridley turtles

THE Tamil Nadu revenue department has sanctioned money to uproot casuarinas planted with World Bank fund along the coast because they were affecting the nesting of the endangered Olive Ridley Turtles.

In January, Chennai-based Students

Publication Date: 
30/10/2008
Sumana Narayanan [2]
Down to Earth [3]
Tags:
Beaches [4], Tsunami [5], Disaster Preparedness [6], Wildlife [7], Turtles [8], Invasive Alien Species [9], World Bank [10], NGO [11], Tamil Nadu [12]

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