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Indiscriminate use of pesticides posing a threat to vultures [1]

Study in the wild to create awareness of conservation

The last significant vulture population in the Western and Eastern Ghats are threatened by the indiscriminate use of pesticides, say researchers watching vulture habitats. A team of researchers from CareEarth Arulagam has taken up a detailed study in the wild and creating awareness of conservation of these forest scavengers. The organisation has its field station located within the vulture habitat at Bhavanisagar in Erode district.

Publication Date: 
27/04/2012
P. Oppili [2]
Hindu (Chennai) [3]
Tags:
Erode (D) [4], Western Ghats [5], Eastern Ghats [6], Pesticides [7], Vulture [8], Nilgiri [9], Ecology [10], Farmers [11], Birds [12], Endangered Species [13], Wildlife [14], Tamil Nadu [15]
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