World’s largest bird festival organized in Agra to promote Eco-tourism In order to promote eco-tourism in Uttar Pradesh and to declare it as an international bird watching destination, UP Eco-tourism has organized a three-day international festival on birds from 2nd to 4th December 2016 at the National Chambal Sanctuary in the Bah tehsil , Agra.
About International Bird Festival 2016
i. The festival has been organized to encourage bird conservation and eco-tourism in a backward area of the state and concentrates on the discussion of State’s extinct bird species along with their conservation.Uttar Pradesh encourages eco-tourism as Agra hosts world's largest bird festival
ii. The festival also organized on an exhibition with pictures of 350 birds.
iii. About 40 experts from 26 countries and more than 100 indian experts visited not only the Chambal safari but also Sur Sarovar, Samaan, Patna Bird Sanctuary And Dudhva.
iv. About 200 children from different schools of Agra, Etawaah and Manipur are participating to express their view on extinction of valuable species.
v. The festival focuses on the importance of holding more such festivals in order to encourage bird conservation.
vi. This is the second time that Bah is organizing the festival.
National Chambal Sanctuary
National Chambal Sanctuary is a tri-state protected area of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh in Northern India. It is home to critically endangered gharial, the red-crowned roof turtle and the Ganges river dolphin.
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