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Project Lion and Project Dolphin
August 20 , 2020
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- Prime Minister on August 15, 2020, announced that the centre will launch Project Lion and Project Dolphin using modern technology to replicate the success of Project Tiger.
- The projects will be launched by the central government for the biodiversity conservation of two endangered species in India.
- Project Lion is to involve conservation of Asiatic Lions.
- It will focus on habitat development by engaging modern technologies.
- The Gangetic Dolphin is one of those indicator species whose status provides information on the overall condition of the ecosystem.
- The Gangetic Dolphins have been declared ‘Endangered’ under IUCN Red List of Endangered Species.
- It has been listed under CITES Appendix-1.
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