Project Hangul
Topic: Biodiversity and its Conservation · NCERT: Class 11, Ch 5 "Natural Vegetation"
Meaning
Project Hangul is a conservation programme begun in 1970 to save the hangul, or Kashmir stag. The hangul is India's only surviving red deer. It is Critically Endangered and is the state animal of Jammu and Kashmir. The project protects the deer's habitat and tries to raise its numbers.
Example
The project centres on Dachigam National Park near Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, where most of the remaining hangul live.
Don't confuse with
- Project Tiger: started in 1973 for tigers across many reserves. Project Hangul (1970) is for a single deer species found mainly in one park.
Related concepts
- Project Elephant
- One-horned rhinoceros
- Asiatic lion
- Project Cheetah
- Gharial
- Hangul
- Red panda
- Snow leopard
- Great Indian Bustard
- Blackbuck