Dehradun, June 29 -- Garhwal Post Bureau

Dehradun, 26 Jun: Union Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Bhupender Yadav inaugurated the Indian Conservation Conference (ICCON 2025) at the Wildlife Institute of India in Dehradun on Wednesday. The three-day event, concluding on 27 June, has drawn a large gathering of students, researchers, forest officials and conservation professionals from across India and abroad.

In his keynote address, Yadav said that under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership, India is setting a global benchmark in biodiversity conservation. He pointed out that the number of tiger reserves has increased from 47 in 2014 to 58 in 2024, and Ramsar wetland sites have grown from 25 to 91 in the same period, r...