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• Guindy National Park serves as the green lungs to a great metropolitan city in Tamil Nadu.

About Guindy National Park:

• It is India’s eighth-smallest national
• It is one of the last remnants of the tropical dry evergreen forests of the Coromandel Coast.
• A large portion of the area is under mixed dry deciduous scrub jungle.
• The near threatened blackbuck, considered the flagship species of the park, was introduced in 1924 by Lord Willingdon, who later served as the 22nd Governor-General and Viceroy of India.
• The ecosystem services provided by this protected area are sequestration of carbon dioxide, release of oxygen, conserving soil, preventing floods, mitigating climate change, improving water quality, generation of employment opportunities, revenue generation in addition to recreational, aesthetic and spiritual benefits.
• The park has a role in both ex-situ and in-situ conservation.

https://www.downtoearth.org.in/blog/forests/guindy-national-park-from-colonial-game-reserve-to-the-green-lungs-of-chennai-77725#:~:text=Guindy%20National%20Park%20is%20thus,blackbuck%20the%20most%20graceful%20antelope.

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