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A 'wild' classroom: CEC offers some exciting education programmes

The CEC, funded by the Delhi government runs educational programmes, movies and guided walks at the sanctuary

Butterfly walk at Asola Bhati
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Butterfly walk at Asola Bhati | Photo: Asola Bhati wildlife sanctuary

Geetanjali Krishna New Delhi
At a time India’s wild spaces are shrinking to make room for a growing population, over 6,800 acres in Delhi have been re-wilded and turned into a site for some of the most exciting wildlife education programmes in the city. Located inside the urban forest of Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary on the outskirts of Delhi’s Tughlaqabad Fort on the border with Haryana, the Bombay Natural History Society-run Conservation Education Centre (CEC) is an interesting effort aimed at bringing city dwellers closer to wild spaces. With 250 species of trees, 200 of birds, 10 of mammals and 90 of butterflies, the

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