- The Indian Crocodile Conservation Project is one of the most successful conservation initiatives in the world.
- It has pulled back the once threatened crocodilians from the brink of extinction and placed them on a good path of recovery.
- The broad objectives of activities under crocodile project were
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- to protect the remaining population of crocodilians in their natural habitat by creating sanctuaries;
- to rebuild natural population quickly through `grow and release’ or `rear and release’ technique
- to promote captive breeding;
- to take-up research to improve management; and
- to involve the local people in the project intimately.
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- Gharial is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List