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22/12/22 21:12 PM IST

Project Lion @ 47: Vision for Amrutkal

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  • Union Minister of State for Environment Ashwini Kumar Choubey told that, “As per the document titled ‘Project Lion: Lion @47 vision for Amrutkal’ the Barda Wildlife Sanctuary, Gujarat, has been identified and assessed by the Wildlife Institute of India as a potential site where a population of 40 adult and sub-adult lions can be accommodated in the larger landscape of Barda-Alech hills.
Project Lion
  • To secure & restore lions’ habitats for managing its growing population;
  • scale up livelihood generation and participation of local communities;
  • become a global hub of knowledge on big cat disease diagnostics and treatment and
  • create inclusive biodiversity conservation through project lion initiative.
  • Project Lion envisages landscape ecology based conservation of the Asiatic Lion in Gujarat by integrating conservation and eco-development.
  • The Project is being implemented in the Gir landscape in Gujarat which is the last home of the Asiatic lion.
  • Financial assistance of Rs. 124.58lakhs have been provided to State of Gujarat for conservation of wildlife including Asiatic Lions under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS)- ‘Development of Wildlife Habitats’ during last three years.
  • Further, revalidation of Rs 1641.42 lakhs of grants released during 2018-19 under the Asiatic Lion Conservation project has also been done during the period.
Source- PIB

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