Sacred groves, such as those in the Khasi hills of Meghalaya, are

patches of forest protected by local communities for religious and cultural reasonsCorrect answerYour answergovernment plantations of teakCorrect answerYour answergardens around temples planted with flowersCorrect answerYour answernational parks named after godsCorrect answerYour answer

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Local people have long left these forests untouched, believing them to belong to deities.
As a result they shelter rare and endemic plants and animals, a traditional form of in situ conservation.

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Sacred groves, such as those in the Khasi hills of Meghalaya, are

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