Summary
They use maps from space to see where the grass needs help. 🌍
Special protected trees called sacred groves are looked after by local people.
Key Points
4 points1
India wants local families to lead the care of grasslands.
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Scientists and traditional knowledge are being combined.
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About 25,000 protected sacred groves cover 0.6 million hectares.
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Saving grasslands helps animals, water, and clean air.
New Words to Learn
13 wordsrangelands
big open areas with grass where animals can graze
pastoralists
people who raise animals like cows and goats on grasslands
custodians
people who take care of something and protect it
ecosystems
all the living things and their environment that work together
biodiversity
many different kinds of plants and animals living together
satellite
a machine that circles the Earth and takes pictures from space
atlas
a collection of maps that show information about the land
sacred groves
special small forests that local people protect because they are important
statutory
made into a law by the government
reintroduction
bringing an animal back to a place where it used to live
carbon cycles
the way carbon moves between the air, plants, and soil
land degradation neutrality
keeping the amount of damaged land the same by fixing it
South‑South cooperation
countries in the southern part of the world helping each other
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