Concern Over Plans To Downgrade Karera Bird Sanctuary

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First published in Sanctuary Asia, Vol. 30 No. 6, June 2010

But critics say any move to downgrade Karera bird sanctuary - created in 1981, principally to help save the Great Indian bustardÂ - would be an admission that conservation efforts there have failed. If ratified by the central government and the Supreme Court, Karera will become the country's first national park to lose its official recognition. Read the full report here.

Source: Prachi Pinglay, BBC News, UK

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