Amreli: The forest department has arrested two men from Ahmedabad who were seen harassing a lion in a viral video. In the video, a person in a car turns on the headlights and honks at a lion on the road. Another individual exits the car, approaches the lion, shoots the video, and takes pictures with it while disrupting the natural behavior of the animal. The arrested individuals, Rohit Heerlal Rajput and Tejas Rajendra Singh Parmar, had come to Khambha's Tulsishyam range under Dhari Gi...Read More

Savarkundla: Forest department of Gujarat government filed case against two persons for illegal spotting of wild lion. Two persons namely Akash Chudasama from Surat and Mukesh Vaghela from Savarkundla were nabbed by foresters and forest guard at Palaniya vidi area of Savarkundla range of forest department, when they entered with their vehicle to spot the wild lions. The department has seized the vehicle and sought Rs. 40,000 payment of fine as advance recovery. The Forest department has arranged...Read More

Gandhinagar: Gujarat government today signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for implementation of 'Restore, Conserve & Protect Forest & Tree Cover for NDC Implementation in India' (RECAP4NDC), an Indo-German project. Among four states selected for this project are Gujarat, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand and Delhi. The period of this project is 6 years. The project is already in implementation in the other three States. An event for this MoU signing was held at Hotel Leela here in presence of the ...Read More

Gandhinagar: Chief Forest Conservator of Gujarat who heads the forest force across the State has through an order prohibited plantation of Conocarpus tree as this species go deep into the ground and grows too much to damage the communication cables, drainage lines and drinking water pipelines. A letter banning plantation of this tree further informs that flowering in this tree takes place in Winter and the particles spreading from it causes cold, coughing , asthma, allergy etc harms to human...Read More

Gandhinagar: Chief Minister Mr. Bhupendra Patel today inaugurated Gujarat's first 'Vanpal Memorial' at Van Chetna Kendra, Gandhinagar, on the occasion of 'National Forest Martyr' Day on September 11. Chief Minister Shri Patel and Forest Minister Shri Mulubhai Bera and others, paid their respects to the eight forest martyrs of Gujarat who sacrificed their lives during the protection and preservation of forests and wildlife. They observed two minutes of silence in honor of these martyrs. Nat...Read More

Gandhinagar: Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has directed the Forest Department to conduct an Environment Impact Assessment for both ongoing and planned major projects within the state's sanctuary areas. Within this context, he emphasized the need for environmental impact studies to be conducted in forest sanctuary areas for projects such as railway lines, underground pipelines, and optical fiber networks. These instructions were issued by him during the 22nd meeting of the State Board for ...Read More

Gandhinagar: The Gujarat forest department has sent a letter to Rail Vikas Nigam Limited, urging them to refrain from commencing the Junagadh-Visavadar gauge conversion project without obtaining approvals from the State Board for Wildlife (SBWL) and the National Board for Wildlife (NBWL). The Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change (MOEFCC) of the state has conveyed that the project requires wildlife clearances due to its location within the eco-sensitive zone (ESZ) of the Girnar ...Read More

Palanpur: Four pairs of wolves are brought to the Wolf Soft Release Center in the Nadabet area of Banaskantha district from a Wold breeding center in Sakkarbaug Zoo of Junagadh. Chief Minister Patel had virtually dedicated the Wolf Soft Release Centre in Suigam, Nadabet a few days ago at an event in Pavagadh. The pre-release cage is built across 4 hectares and the prey base cage is built across 1 hectare in this Wolf center. It has facilities such as an animal house, monitoring unit, medical un...Read More