Rice-growing scheme to help boost crane’s population


Project to take off: A group of eastern sarus cranes standing in a padi field in Anlung Pring province. — The Straits Times/ANN

Rice is a staple for many in Asia – not just people, but wildlife too.

Now, under a new initiative led by conservation group BirdLife International, some farmers in Cambodia are planting strains of rice favoured by the eastern sarus crane to help increase numbers of the endangered species.

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