Nandankanan Zoo
Nandankanan Zoo - Aquarium Project:
Nandankanan Zoo is situated at a short distance from Bhubaneswar. With approximately 150 enclosures, a white tiger safari and a lion safari, it is a premier zoo of India. A memorandum of agreement was signed between CEE and Nandankanan Zoological Park to set up 14 aquariums accompanied by educational materials on marine and freshwater ecology and life forms.
10 Panels on fresh, marine and brackish* water diversity have been developed and installed. Project is successfully completed.
* Brackish water has more salinity (saltiness) than fresh water and less then sea water.
Contact:
CEE Ahmedabad
Centre for Environment Education
Nehru Foundation for Development
Thaltej Tekra
Tel: 079 - 26858002 to 8009
Fax: 079 - 26858010
E-mail: [email protected]
Established as a Centre of Excellence of the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Government of India.