Kerala Notifies Calicut University Garden as Biodiversity Heritage Site
The State government has notified Calicut University’s Biodiversity Garden in Tenhipalam as a Biodiversity Heritage Site through a gazette notification.
The State government has notified the Calicut University (CU) Biodiversity Garden as a ‘Biodiversity Heritage Site’.
Located at Tenhipalam in Malappuram district, the garden has received the designation through a gazette notification issued on October 31.
The notification states that the decision was taken in consultation with the Kerala State Biodiversity Board under Section 37 of the Biological Diversity Act, 2002.
The garden was inaugurated in 1972 by R.E. Holttum, then Director, Singapore Botanical Garden.
It features tropical India flora and exotic species.
Source: The Hindu
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