India’s largest open air fernery inaugurated in Uttarakhand
- India’s largest open-air fernery has been inaugurated in Ranikhet of Uttarakhand on September 12, 2021.
- The new center will serve the dual objective of ‘conservation of fern species’ as well as ‘create awareness about their ecological role and promote further research’.
- The Ranikhet fernery has around 120 different types of fern, spreads over four acres of land at an altitude of 1,800 metres.
- The facility has been developed under Central Government’s CAMPA scheme, by the Research Wing of Uttarakhand Forest Department over a period of three years.
Source: News on Air
Points To Remember:
- India’s largest open-air fernery has been inaugurated in which city/state? Ranikhet / Uttarakhand