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50 Years of Crocodile Conservation Project
June 23 , 2025
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- India began its Crocodile Conservation programme in 1975.
- India launched this project at Odisha’s Bhitarkanika National Park with support from UNDP and the FAO.
- This year marks 50 years of this initiative.
- India is home to three main kinds of crocodile species – the gharial, the salt water crocodile or salties, and the muggers.
- Odisha is the only Indian state to host the wild populations of all three native crocodilian species.
- India hosts nearly 80% of the global wild gharial population.
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