Inter Press ServiceThe Chikka Sampige tree is revered by the Soligas tribe in the Billigiri Ranga Temple Tiger Reserve as the sister of the 1000 year old Dodda Sampige tree. Credit: Malini Shankar/IPS - Inter Press Service https://www.ipsnews.net/2012/06/earth-summits-fail-biodiversity-in-india/chikka-sampige-tree/feed/ News and Views from the Global South Wed, 29 Apr 2026 08:36:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 The Chikka Sampige tree is revered by the Soligas tribe in the Billigiri Ranga Temple Tiger Reserve as the sister of the 1000 year old Dodda Sampige tree. Credit: Malini Shankar/IPS https://www.ipsnews.net/2012/06/earth-summits-fail-biodiversity-in-india/chikka-sampige-tree/ https://www.ipsnews.net/2012/06/earth-summits-fail-biodiversity-in-india/chikka-sampige-tree/#respond Thu, 21 Jun 2012 07:37:21 +0000 Kanya DAlmeida http://www.ipsnews.net/Library/2012/06/Chikka-Sampige-Tree.jpg

The Chikka Sampige tree is revered by the Soligas tribe in the Billigiri Ranga Temple Tiger Reserve as the sister of the 1000 year old Dodda Sampige tree. Credit: Malini Shankar/IPS

By Kanya D'Almeida
Jun 21 2012

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