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'Protecting India's tigers good for climate'
By Agence France-Presse
May 27, 2023 12:50 am

PARIS: India's efforts to protect its endangered tigers have inadvertently helped avoid a large amount of climate change-causing carbon emissions by preventing deforestation, a study said on Thursday.

Three-quarters of the world's wild tigers live in India, but the destruction of their natural habitat has seen their numbers plummet.

WORTH SAVING A stray Bengal tiger is seen roaming near a tea garden in search of food in Nagaon district of India’s northeastern state of Assam on March 13, 2023. India’s efforts to protect its endangered tigers have inadvertently helped avoid a large amount of climate change-causing carbon emissions by preventing deforestation, a study said on Thursday, May 25, 2023. XINHUA PHOTO

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