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Great Indian Bustard under threat [1]

Destruction of its habitat and poaching are the key problems

Once widely spotted across 11 States, the Great Indian Bustard is currently listed under the category of Critically Endangered birds, in the 2013 ‘Threatened Bird’ list by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

Publication Date: 
17/10/2013
Alok Deshpande [2]
Hindu (New Delhi) [3]
Tags:
Bustard [4], Birds [5], Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) [6], Chandrapur (D) [7], Nagpur (D) [8], Maharashtra [9], Poaching [10], Endangered Species [11], Wildlife [12]

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/alok-deshpande
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/hindu-new-delhi
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bustard
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/birds
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bombay-natural-history-society-bnhs
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/chandrapur-d
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/nagpur-d
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/maharashtra
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/poaching
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/endangered-species
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wildlife