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Some
of the ongoing projects that the Satpuda Foundation is involved with are:
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'Kids for Tigers' programme in the schools of
Nagpur city
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Nature Education Programme for tribal kids and
villagers in and around Tiger Reserves in the Satpuras.
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Green Army Project: Creating a ‘Green
Army’ by imparting training in selected schools from
Akola, Wardha, Gondia, Buldhana, Nagpur
districts.
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Community Conservation programme for villages in
and around Pench Tiger Reserve Maharashtra and Pench
Tiger Reserve Madhya Pradesh.
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Establishment of a Wildlife Research and Community
Conservation Centre at Kanha National Park.
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Relocation of villages from the Tadoba-Andhari
Tiger Reserve (TATR)
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Vulture Conservation programme in Central India
For
the last six years, almost everybody concerned with
nature conservation is worried about the disappearance
of vultures. There has been a decline in the population
of two most common species of vultures, the white
-backed Gyps
bengalensis and Long-billed Vulture Gyps
Indicus.
Experts initially declared that a viral disease was
the main cause of the vulture decline but later, many of
them changed their stand and declared the chemical
diclofenac, used for veterinary purposes, as the cause
of death..more
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· Tiger
Protection Fund
Assistance
for Tiger Protection in TATR.
(Funded
by Wildlife Conservation Trust)
Tadoba-Andhari
Tiger
Reserve, presently one of the best tiger reserves of
India
, is
located
in the Chandrapur district of Maharashtra state. Tadoba
is the place where one can see Tigers...more
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