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Rice-growing scheme to help boost crane's population

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Rice is a staple for many in Asia - not just people, but wildlife too.
Now, under a new initiative led by conservation group BirdLife International, some farmers in Cambodia are planting strains of rice favoured by the eastern sarus crane to help increase numbers of the endangered species.
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