Gujarat to set up captive breeding centre for GIB
January 29, 2014
Ahmedabad, 29 January 2014
Two captive breeding centres, one each in Gujarat and Rajasthan will be set up for conservation of Great Indian Bustards.
GIB are found only in Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh. The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), Government of India, has directed all bustard range states to prepare state level Recovery Plans for conservation of the species.
GIB are protected under schedule-1 of wild life protection act. In 1978 there were 1260 GIB, in 2001 they were 600, now just 300 are left worldwide.
In a meeting chaired by Government of India’s Director General of Forest was held at WWF in New Delhi recently a decision was taken to set up two captive breeding centers in Rajasthan and Gujarat.
As per year 2007 counting, there are 48 GIB in Kutch. The state forest department has prepared a recovery plan to save the bird from extinction.
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