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SSB protectors for Singalila forest species [1]

- WWF trains border guards to conserve park & keep away smugglers

Siliguri, April 30: The forest department is trying to bring in the Sashastra Seema Bal to check the smuggling of rare medicinal plants from the Singalila National Park to Nepal.

The 78.6sqkm park is on the Indo-Nepal border in Darjeeling district.

Publication Date: 
01/05/2010
Telegraph (Kolkata) [2]
Tags:
Forests [3], Medicinal Plants [4], Wildlife [5], National Parks [6], WWF [7], Sikkim [8], West Bengal [9], Darjiling (D) [10], Siliguri [11], Extinct Species [12]

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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/ssb-protectors-singalila-forest-species
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/telegraph-kolkata
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/medicinal-plants
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wildlife
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/national-parks
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wwf
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sikkim
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/west-bengal
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/darjiling-d
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/siliguri
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/extinct-species